SLC-S24/W5 - Thoughts and reflections.
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah, I hope everyone is well, I am also well by the grace of Alhamdulillah. I will now write a few words related to the topic of this contest. As much as I have an idea about the subject, I will try to give the maximum. I hope everyone will like this post and my expression. So let's get started without delay.
Should we experience life in order to mature our character?
Yes, it is important for us to gain real experience in life to mature our character. We have to struggle to survive from childhood to old age. We grow up learning from small things; we learn how to deal with adversity and turn situations in our favor. This world seems like a real game, where we lose, try again, succeed, and then fail again. It feels like a cycle, a cycle where there is only the pain of losing and the joy of winning. Since childhood, I have grown up listening to this, listening to the elders, following their advice because they have more experience. They have more experience because they have seen and learned a lot from the world, they have tried, failed, and succeeded; over time, they have gained these experiences.
Personality Man from Pixabay
After a certain time, I also came to realize that, yes, this is 90% correct; with age, a person's experience increases, and they can distinguish between reality and fantasy, understanding very well what is good and what is bad. To mature our character, real-life experiences play a much more important role. There is a significant difference between me ten years ago and the present me. Ten years ago, I thought life would go very smoothly, without any struggles, without any hard work, living a very ordinary life.
However, as I grow older, this simple way of living seems to be a challenge for me. I realize that life is not as easy as I thought; it is not truly easy like our dreams. When I want to achieve something, I have to put in a lot of hard work and spend a lot of time behind that achievement. Gradually, I am learning and understanding that real experiences have truly changed me, transforming my immature self into a mature individual.
How can we tell when someone is just trying to take advantage of our good heart?
We can understand in various ways whether someone is taking advantage of our simplicity; through people's expectations, behavior, and actions towards me, I can easily comprehend it. There are many selfish people in the world, but there are also many good people. When someone tries to hide their selfishness from me and pretends to be very amiable and extraordinary, it is not their true personality. The acting of such people is easily recognizable because they carry a fake personality.
They think they can easily win people's hearts with their fake personality and trap simple people. However, that is not the case; simple people are not actually foolish; those with a good mindset can feel which is a fake personality and which is real. A simple and good-hearted person never exploits others for their own benefit, nor do they harm others for their own interests. They do not only think about their own well-being; they consider the well-being of others more important than their own.
Every person has value in their eyes. A person with a good heart can easily feel how others are treating him and why they are doing so. When a person with a fake personality shares their personality, their fake personality is revealed in their behavior, speech, and body language, and this is how we can understand if someone is trying to take advantage of our good heart.
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Share a true story of your own or a close one about a similar situation.
Such incidents of being deceived have happened to many people around me. A few years ago, a relative of mine, an aunt, was very disappointed with her elder son because there was no able-bodied person in her family. So, she decided to send her elder son abroad for work. Accordingly, she got introduced to a man through a trusted agency, who told her that he would try to send her son to America very quickly. For this, he took seven lakh taka from my aunt, and she felt relieved. The man fixed a specific date for taking her son to America.
On that date, the aunt's son began his journey. However, the aunt could never imagine that such a huge deception would happen to her; that man had drugged her son and trafficked him to another country, where he was subjected to brutal torture. In the country, the aunt filed many cases and lawsuits. After a long 10 years, her son was able to escape from that horrific torture. This was a very terrifying situation for the aunt.
Share a reflection of your own or a close one about a situation where you see someone taking advantage of you without compassion to achieve their personal goals.
Yes, I have had many such incidents where people have repeatedly hurt me without showing any sympathy and used me for their own interests. They considered me very cheap because I helped them without any request, I stood by them. I tried to protect them with my utmost effort. However, at the end of the day, I realized that they never tried to understand me, they were never by my side, and they left me alone in my tough moments.
I had no complaints against them, and still don't, but despite not hurting them, they repeatedly blame me for their mistakes, which truly hurts me. They forget that I am also a human being and I need sympathy too. There are very few people around me who haven't used me for their own interests.
What advice would you give to someone currently experiencing this situation?
Currently, in this situation, I would advise anyone facing it to stay away from selfish people, because selfish people will use you only for their own interests, there will be no appreciation for your feelings from them, they will think of you as cheap. In trying to please them this way, you will one day lose yourself and lose your existence. People's expectations will only increase on you, they will not let you live as you want, if you want to take care of yourself, then move on. Know yourself, love yourself.
In this great competition, I think everyone has the best. By participating, their talent and creativity can be revealed. There is no harm in participating, but there is a small gain. So I'm inviting some of my friends here. They are.
