Some believe that people in their adult life tend to be either smiling and cheerful or serious and sad. We all have our points of view, opinions that come at least from an analysis of the situation, studies, and research on human behavior, while others simply give their point of view based on how life has treated them.
Good and evil seem to be at the surface of every person, exploding in one direction or another with the slightest stimulus. Some, when they explode, show their worst faces of irritation, anger, envy, or hatred, while others, with just a glance at a little animal, explode with affection. Of course, we shouldn’t confuse pleasure with happiness or anger with displeasure.
So where does a happy child’s face come from? We cannot deny that the vast majority of children tend to be happy, complete, even when they lack shoes or when their hardships are great. Could it be that people tend to be happy and, as we go through life, we take some wrong paths, form some wrong relationships, make mistakes, and are overcome by guilt?
This phenomenon is called NOISE. How do we remove the noise from our lives to smile and be happy again? Well, first we need to discern between the essential and the accidental. Aristotle said that essence is what makes things what they are, while accidents are everything that happens to the essence. To be happy, we must hold on to the essential. Most children live in that wisdom of the moment, the present, what is happening at that very moment: playing, dancing, singing, or sleeping. In those moments, they are not thinking about what they will do next week, what career they will study when they grow up, how they will pay for their tuition, nor what movie they want to watch or what they will eat tomorrow. Children have that wisdom which generally also blocks out the past, what has already happened, their bad grades, the scolding, or the punishment for not helping with their household chores.
For adults, noise is nothing more than everything that is out of our hands and takes our breath away when we remember our stumbles or failures. Let’s live with our happy faces. In fact, I invite you to put a smile on your face right now. You’ll see how it will grow, and in a good moment, you’ll even laugh at all the noise that separates you from what is essential in life.
Summary prepared for Protocol AB, LLC, July 23, 2024.
