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The person, the mask that the ego builds to protect us from society, also prevents the good things from entering, that's why you have to take it off, but from time to time you have to put it back on... Nothing good is achieved with insistence. Do you know why? Because insistence only produces rejection and in this it differs from perseverance which is the opposite. Therefore, it is so important to be faithful to our principles by conviction, and by reflection. In the networks where topics become fashionable one day and fade away the next day, I want to make clear the contribution of what has been lived through experience in relation to empathy, compassion to that fragile aspect that reflects us when we are vulnerable. The point here is not whether it seems ridiculous or not to persevere, the point is what we are shouting when we insist in a negative and taxing way, this speaks of a human identity that is not feeling enough, that the axis of what it means to have a solid identity is being lost and not by fashion, but by personality breakdown and self-esteem. True maturity lies in understanding that my reality is not the only one. I think what I'm talking about has many of us with a wrinkled heart, but it's teaching us that attachment is not dependence... that even when life hits hard, we can always insist to find comfort in something small... in a memory, in a dream or in the hope of moving on. Let's never stop embracing what gives us strength. Every mind is a universe, so at least mine is, and that universe begins when we stop judging what we don't understand. Let's value the safe spaces of each person and learn to live together from acceptance. In addition, it is better to stop living and insist with the mind in alert mode, because that wears us out too much.I remember a few years ago I was about to defend my doctoral thesis and a month after losing a very close relative to me, there was someone who told me, don't give up, persevere, you don't need much, you can be talented, you are intelligent, strong valuable, insist you can with that more... There I understood that this person was showing me his love, and I'm not talking about my husband, I'm talking about Jannet, my best friend. The triumph, the success, is much better when they support you, support you. It is so important to have people with good intentions by your side who are able to tell you insist or don't do it at a certain time, without envy and without competition. Today, my friend, 30 years ago, is still a part of my life. Janitze 🦋

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Persevere