After the recent days of soul-searching I realized that there are alot of fundamental things I preach that I actually do exercise as well. The three most important ones are :
1) respect for other people, other religions and other opinions. Some people have mistaken some points that I’ve been making when discussing things that they think I’m a racist and/or immigrant-hater. But I’m not, and every time that happens I have to point out that my mother is an immigrant. And when I started working at a fast-food joint (Clock) when I was 15 at least 50% of the people I was working with were immigrants. So if I was a racist, I’d be one lonely loser!
2) Protecting the freedom of speech. Although there aren’t that much I can really do about that, and it does go hand in hand with point #1. Yesterday I saw a little VH1 special featuring “Madonna’s Greatest TV Moments”, and it featured some people who had a lot of problems with some of her videos (like “Erotica” and “Like a Prayer”) and how immoral she was. I dunno about you, but that’s one thing I’ve always liked about her. Not that she’s immoral, but that she does what she does regardless and is allowed to.
3) Appreciating the moments. The people that work with me are probably laughing as they read that because I’ve become quite the little effectiveness-specialist (Borg-like!). But that’s at work, and even then I can take a little pause to enjoy a moment. But even if I’m stuck in a traffic jam or interrupted at home watching a movie by a black-out, I’m still able to make the most of it. And oh, I still don’t have a watch 🙂
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