The Letter to the Young by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
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irst of all a simple concept which is both essential and true: if you want something you can achieve it. If a young man or woman is smart they must be able to adapt to the situations if they believe part of their path.
Developed countries such as Italy and England always talk about unemployment and I honestly speaking find it rather absurd: we can now observe the phenomenon of migrants who are willing to do jobs that the Italians or English do not want to do, yet we are not able to adapt ourselves. The poorer classes both in England and in Italy are not willing to do certain jobs that are still available and useful to the community. It takes acceptance of the opportunities and adaptability. The ideal job does not come from heaven, you must train and then work in every way and direction in order to create your own personal and professional experience so that you can achieve your goal. Then respect. I have always respected other people, or at least I have always tried to. It is the most important thing and we constantly keep on forgetting about it. For example somehow I have always respected my clients and obviously, there are some people I just can’t stand, it would be nice to say they do not exist, but we still have to respect them. I believe “respect” is the most important word in the world, but it is often misused, often very badly. In Sicily, the Mafia says “persona di rispetto” (a person of respect), but this is a bad form of respect! It has nothing to do with the true, sincere respect for the value of another human being that we are asked to feel and show.
PrimiDieci 2016
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