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Today I ate some pine beans (dunno if that’s the correct name, in italy we call them “Pinoli”, it’s the fruit of the pine, the seed thanks to which new pines grow).

They are delicious to me, and they remind me of that time when me and my granpa went to the school garden searching for the pines fruit.

It was great.

But while I was eating it I noticed that it’s quite a complex flavour, something one might not be accustomed to.
And if you think about it that’s the main problem when you eat something that’s not belonging to your home world.

The first time I drank miso-soup I hate it. It was disgusting.

Now I love miso soup and the reason why is that I started understanding the flavour and getting accustomed to all the nuances that are in it.
The point is: the world is full of flavours and tastes. Each unique, each special. What we think might be “bad” is something we’re not accustomed to.

Get accustomed, accept its flavour as part of your personal scale of flavours, and you’ll start loving it.

There are so many ways to react to a super-bad news you can’t count them.

But it’s what you do with your life after it that makes the difference.

Will it build up a good part of your character? Will it step up your game or will you feel defeated?

Your life might entirely change based on one event, but what will make the difference is you.

The strongest of all isn’t the biggest, nor is the one that makes more noise.

His/Her power resides in the way he thinks and acts.

The strongest of all is happy for others if they are happy, and looks at them with respect when they succeed in the small things.

He doesn’t compare, because he knows that we all come from a different story. 
The strongest of all won’t win a punch battle, but will surely know what hurts the most, because he’s been hurt.

The strongest of all won’t deny his dreams, and at the same time will recognize his limits, knowing the boundaries between dreaming and lazyness, between hoping and cowardry.

The strongest is not the wisest, yet he knows things. He has experience and has empathy to share and teach. He’s not the best, yet he’s better than you.

He’s not something you can become in one life, but you can try.

The strongest is the part you are not freeing, the part that’s hiding, the part you fear.
Not because of its power, but because of the price you’d have to pay.

Because everything has a price, even being the strongest, and we might not be ready to pay its toll yet.

If you have an idea is ok, but if you compare it with other ideas you might even improve it.

I was talking with a collegue today and he said these words: “if 3 people with different views think about it is better” and he was damn right.

Confronting with different point of views allows you to go for the best route, to search for the non-ego solution, this obviously only if the people involved don’t fall in the ego-trap.

But if they’re smart and they don’t fall for it, then you might as well have a chance.