week #250/ All for a Smile...

The first thing we must take into account to want to improve as a person is undoubtedly to want to do it and have the will to get down to work and start acting with a view to do things in the best way and be aware of the welfare that you are going to have and provide. In my case, at the beginning what showed me that I had to improve every day, were the mistakes I was making with others in some way and obviously it was because I was not doing what I should and for those moments I thought I was doing well and this applied to family, friends and acquaintances.

But I must say that what opened my eyes the most, were all my experiences, both good and bad, but what helped me to see beyond, was to know the word of God. I am not a particularly religious person, but being filled with this knowledge helped me a lot to recognize my mistakes in many things and with others. For example, a few years ago, I was very impulsive and I let myself be carried away in many occasions by my emotions, feelings like anger, resentment, frustration and let's stop counting and this brought me many inconveniences.

Besides my level of tolerance in many things was very low; but as I was recognizing through the teachings of this wise book, the bible and to know more closely the word of that carpenter who lived many years in this world, I was realizing that I was not really gaining anything by letting myself be carried away by my impulsiveness and my impatience and that I should learn to have self-control of my emotions and feelings and all this I have learned to digest better, through these teachings. I understood that sometimes we gain more by withdrawing from meaningless discussions.

Not to take the attitudes of others personally, because they speak more about them and their shortcomings than mine; that we must always be willing to accept a sincere apology and that, if we want to make a difference, we must be a testimony of what we preach. It has not been easy, but I must admit, that it has helped me to improve those areas of my life where I needed help; being clear, that we are human beings and how perfect we are not, but we can try to improve, for ourselves and for others.

And this, over the years, has become more latent in my life and is a constant struggle, every day, but now I feel I have the tools to fight with my darkness and putting light on them. I am very grateful to those people who have helped me on this path, because they have supported me in this process. In the cover photo I have some girls from my church, where we were going to provide assistance and companionship to some elderly people in our town. I must say, that in these activities I feel very good, because nothing like putting a smile on someone who needs it, that is the best reward.

This is my participation in Weekend-Engagement topics: WEEK 250, greetings!