{"id":410,"date":"2015-05-30T20:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/zen\/?p=410"},"modified":"2015-06-03T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T09:22:42","slug":"the-valuable-time-of-maturity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/zen\/the-valuable-time-of-maturity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Valuable Time of Maturity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here’s a wonderful piece I found, written by a renowned Brazilian poet M\u00e1rio De Andrade.<\/p>\n

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I counted my years and discovered\u00a0that I have fewer years left to live compared to the time I have lived until now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel like a boy who won a package of treats. The first he eats with pleasure, but when he realizes that there are a few left, he then starts to contemplate upon them.<\/p>\n

I no longer have time for endless meetings that achieve nothing as statuses, rules, procedures and regulations are discussed.\u00a0Neither do I have time to give encouragement to absurd people who, despite their age, have not grown up.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have time to deal with mediocrity.\u00a0I don\u2019t want to be in meetings where egos parade.\u00a0I won\u2019t tolerate manipulators and opportunists.\u00a0I am bothered by envious people, seeking to discredit the able ones, to usurp their places, talents and accomplishments.\u00a0I hate to witness the ill effects, generated by the struggle for a better job, among ambitious people.<\/p>\n

I detest people who do not argue about content but titles. My time is too precious to discuss titles.\u00a0I want the essence, my soul is in a hurry. Not many treats are left in the packet.<\/p>\n

I want to live among human people, very human.\u00a0People, who can laugh at their mistakes.\u00a0Who do not become full of themselves because of their triumphs.\u00a0Who do not consider themselves elite, before they have really become one.\u00a0Who do not run away from their responsibilities.\u00a0Who defend human dignity.\u00a0Who do not want anything else but to walk along with truth, righteousness, honesty and integrity.<\/p>\n

The essential thing is what makes life worthwhile.<\/p>\n

I want to surround myself with people who can touch the hearts of others.\u00a0People who, despite the hard knockouts of life, grew up with a soft touch in their soul.<\/p>\n

Yes, I am in a hurry. So that I can live with the intensity, which only maturity can give me.<\/p>\n

I intend not to waste any of the treats I have left. I am sure they will be more exquisite compared to the ones I have eaten so far.<\/p>\n

My goal is to reach the end satisfied and at peace with my loved ones and my conscience.<\/p>\n

I hope yours is the same, because the end will come anyway\u2026<\/p>\n

M\u00e1rio De Andrade (October 9, 1893 \u2013 February 25, 1945)<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a wonderful piece I found, written by a renowned Brazilian poet M\u00e1rio De Andrade. I counted my years and discovered\u00a0that I have fewer years left to live compared to the time I have lived until now.\u00a0 I feel like a boy who won a package of treats. The first he eats with pleasure, but when he realizes that there are a few left, he then starts to contemplate upon them. I no longer have time for endless meetings that…<\/p>\n

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