I write to you
this letter in order to share some of my life experiences, hoping it will
contribute to your education, your way of thinking and living, your emotional
well-being, your sense of responsibility to yourselves and to others, your
maturity, and above all, to your happiness, which should be the result of
your daily existence.
You are
privileged within society due to your talents and efforts, and for the best
reason, your own worth.
Success is not
about doing things well or even very well, or being acknowledged by
others. It is not an external opinion, but rather an internal
status. It is the harmony between the soul and your emotions, which
requires love, family, friendship, authenticity and integrity.
To be as
exceptional as you are is a privilege, but it also entails many risks that
can have an impact on values that are much more important than professional,
economic, social or political “success”. Emotional strength and
stability are in the interior life, and in avoiding emotions that erode the
soul such as envy, jealousy, arrogance, lust, selfishness, vengeance, greed
and laziness, which are a poison that is ingested little by little.
When you give,
do not expect to receive. “Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the
rose,” says a Chinese proverb. Do not allow negative feelings and
emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from
others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Do not mix up
your values or betray your principles. Life’s road is very long, but it
is traveled fast. Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the
past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person
forges his or her own destiny and it may influence reality. Do not
ignore it.
Live with
positive feelings and emotions such as love, friendship, loyalty, courage,
joy, good humor, enthusiasm, peace, serenity, patience, trust, tolerance,
prudence and responsibility. Do not allow their opposites to invade
your soul, may they pass quickly from your mind, do not allow them to stay
there, banish them. You will make mistakes many times, it is normal and
human; but try to make them small, then accept, correct and forget them. Do
not be obsessed by them; heaven and hell are within us. What is most
valuable in life does not cost anything but is very precious: love,
friendship, nature and what man has been able to achieve with it; the forms,
colors, sounds, smells that we perceive with our senses can only be
appreciated when we are emotionally awake.
Live without
fear and guilt; fear is the worst feeling men can have, it weakens them,
inhibits action and depresses them. Guilt is a tremendous burden in our
lives, the way we think and act. Guilt and fear make the present
difficult and obstruct the future. To fight them, let us have good
sense and accept ourselves as we are, with our realities, our merits and our
sorrows.
Staying
occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems,
they disappear. Thus, they make us stronger every day. We should learn
from failure, and successes should be silent incentives. Act always as
your conscience dictates, because it never lies. Fear and guilt will
then be minimal. Do not block yourself in, do not ruin your life, live
it with intelligence, with soul and senses aware and on the alert; get to
know their manifestations and train yourselves to appreciate and enjoy life.
Work well done
is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an
emotional need.
At the end we
depart with nothing, we leave behind only our work, family and friends, and,
perhaps, a positive influence which we have planted.
My very best
wishes,
Carlos Slim HelĂș
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