The eternal question

This is the place I am writing from. Every morning I pass by a fountain, where I stop to fill up a bottle. The glass fogs up because of the contrast between the cold water and the heat outside.

I’m very lucky, I know, to be able to work among the mountains with close contact to nature.

When I’m here, I “function” better. I am more efficient, more creative and above all, more relaxed. Also “work” is a big word. I can say that right now my life has been a continuous search to force myself half the time and earn double doing what I’m passionate about. I think it was a reaction to the way in which I grew up, “work before play”. Unfortunately, in my house the pleaure never came, there was always some work to do and money to save up.

How I “hated” the word! Work has always been a synonym for “sacrifices” and “effort”.

Today I have my father to thank, who by stimulating this repulsion in me, makes me ask the eternal question, to which I continue to answer every single day:

How do I have fun, earn and invest for the future without it being all hard work and sacrifices?

The answers that I continue to give myself are part of the intricate design of my life. I have “Training With Movies”, but not only that. Shareholdings, companies, investments and training are part of my interests. All in line with my passions.

“Yes Dad, first comes pleasure and then an even greater pleasure“. This has become my motto today. Yes, because when you do what you like, you do not call it “work” or “duty.” The discipline required to achieve the results is not cumbersome, it is pure adrenaline.

I think it is the dream many of us have, “to make a living doing what you love“, but unfortunately some have locked this dream away and thrown the keys, thinking it impossible. Some people, when they look in the mirror, they do not what they see because what they see is not what they dreamed of.

Perhaps it would be useful for you to know what has allowed me to achieve this balance in life. The answer is “imagination“. I always imagined how I would have wanted to see myself at 40 years old. I checked the mental images, which inevitably our brain produces, and I have proceeded to mentally construct what I now have. Thank God that when I look in the mirror my reflection is what I have always wanted.

“The Imagination. That’s God’s gift to make the act of self-examination bearable” is a phrase taken from the movie “Six Degrees of Separation.” Will Smith says what the imagination is in one of his monologues, much better than me, and how it affects the material manifestation of our results.

Sitting in the middle of nature talking about films that help you grow is an image that I had in my head only a few years ago. Now it is real, around me. It ‘s my reality. So, as I write, I am far away from artificial sounds and I cannot help but think how beautiful nature is.

“… and in case I don’t see ya…

good afternoon, good evening and good night!”…

(The Truman Show)

Virginio