The joy of living together, or of living in general, is a deep satisfaction that always encourages us to do everything we have to do out of love not only for our own good, but also that of others. Indeed, even if it is just as plausible to remain in joy despite hate speech or scabrous acts which distort the face of a life which deserves to be lived by making it wear masks unfavourable to a climate of appeasement in the world, each Men has a role to play in the daily quest for happiness which would like everyone to feel concerned when things go wrong by proposing as many solutions as possible to resolve the crisis or by sharing joy of others when things are going well because in one way or another, their happiness is also ours.
The fact that this desire to share the joy of living with others is threatened by insidious impulses which generate conflictual relationships which threaten social cohesion does not detract from the efforts that each individual is called upon to make to remedy the problems caused by these acts driven by selfish impulses which do not allow serious dialogue between sometimes hypocritical protagonists, but rather the propaganda of pernicious tendencies which define life as an obstacle course which only benefits the most cunning because all means are permitted to achieve a goal, however sulphurous it may be.
Senselessness and indecency have become the norm to the point of having sowed confusion in consciences which, instead of seeing others as an enrichment, consider them rather as obstacles on the path to their accomplishment.
Moderates have a habit of saying that we must take everything calmly. But we cannot remain calm when some give a bad direction to a life that deserves to be lived with dignity by conditioning it to selfishness whose only aim is to satisfy paralyzing ambitions.
Everyone should use their right to denounce and condemn everything that the followers of immorality have established as norms and want to perpetuate in the name of a power which would consist of forcing others to adopt a point of view which does not suit them or by subjecting them by force to arbitrary human wills which have made meekness our ability to impose our choices on others by force.
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But gentleness is not letting yourself be tortured by others. It is also demonstrating one’s freedom to have a bias that does not suit others. It is choosing a side and assuming this choice on a daily basis through moral acts which truly contribute to the well-being of all.
Taking life gently means looking at the variation in the colour of the sky at dawn, in the morning, at noon and at bedtime, saying to yourself: everything has a time and that our contribution to a world of Peace will always bear fruit despite everything. But that’s easier said than done; it is more in the realm of daydreaming than pragmatism; hence the importance of daily exercises so as not to let ourselves be defeated by the daily vicissitudes which are part of life and which require that we invest personally in the fulfilment of our dreams of prosperity, peace and social cohesion and not remain a slave to a crisis situation which seems to want to drag on when it is only a stage of life which will end following a permanent and necessary human investment to escape from the crisis created by the apostles of excess.
To take life gently is to have a taste for living. It is refusing to remain in persistent unhappiness. It is sharing the suffering of others and contributing at our level to the resolution of conflicts and wars. It is being aware of our responsibilities in maintaining a common heritage. It means making the necessary efforts at our level and accepting that others do not want to or are not yet ready to do what we expect of them. Indeed, if gentleness includes the acceptance of contradictions, these contradictory discourses should certainly not exclude moderation. In other words, we must not be satisfied with just living because we must enjoy life. We must enjoy it in moderation by setting goals or always aiming for a goal that is useful for us and the world in which we live.
Anything useful always calls for more responsibility. Breweries are useful, but alcohol should be consumed in moderation. The same is true for the foods we eat.
The proliferation of counter values in society has exceeded the limits of moderation to give way to a lack of sincerity which characterizes a world corrupted by fraudulent practices and a lack of sincerity in service and interhuman relations. If we must take life gently, it is because we must be patient while actively committing ourselves against everything that tends to create a harmful climate in society.
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