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In an interview, a young woman said that she was about seven years old when she went to the grocery store near her with her mother. While the mother did the shopping, she, the girl, hid a candy in her pocket.
On the way out, feeling like the smartest girl in the world, the girl showed the candy to the mom and said: Look, I took it without paying.
She received a stern look back. The mother took her by the hand, returned to the market, had her return the candy and asked her to apologize. The girl cried so much from being ashamed but now, years later she understands that that gesture taught her the value of honesty.
Childhood Education
It is possible that several of us have had similar experiences, so we ask: when did we forget the lesson? What made us forget our childhood education?
Childhood is the period in which the human being is mostly malleable to the construction of the self. It is the period when the education given by parents have more weight because after all, they know everything. It is the period where examples speak much louder than words.
How many of us, still had teachers who taught us to be responsible, disciplined and correct? Teachers who devoted their lives to teaching with their own examples?
Why did we forget?
So why did we leave those noble lessons behind?
If most of us came from homes where we were taught virtues, what made us despise honor and honesty? Why so many of us become corrupt politicians, bad professionals, beings who only think about themselves?
So here are some points that you probably learned in your childhood that are worth reflecting:
- Do not take anything that does not belong to you.
- If you find an object, look for the owner because he must be missing it.
- Respect your neighbor, your space, your property.
- Public goods belong to the people and everyone should benefit from them. No one has to take for themselves what belongs to everyone.
- Respect the domestic servant, the postman, the garbage man. They are valuable contributors to our lives.
- Remember to thank the diligent work of those who delicate their lives to the public.
- Greet peoples smile.
- Give up your place, in the collective, to the elderly, to people with special needs, to pregnant women, to those who carry small children in their arms.
- Give way to traffic, wait a second longer for the pedestrian to complete the crossing, before starting off with speed, just because the signal has opened.
Final Thoughts
Laws are created so that by obeying them, we live better as a society. Let us make a return to childhood and remember the virtuous examples given to us by our parents and our teachers.
The world of tomorrow awaits our correct actions today. Now.
