EVIDENCE: WISDOM COMES WITH

EXPERIENCE
A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS WORKING IN A NIGHTCLUB ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF MY CITY, AT THAT TIME I WAS 22 YEARS
OLD, MY JOB WAS MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND I COULD INTERACT
WITH OTHER CO-WORKERS, ON ANY GIVEN DAY, TWO CO-
WORKERS DID NOT SHOW UP TO WORK IN THE DISCO, MY CO-
WORKER WAS AN OLDER ADULT AND HIS JOB CONSISTED OF
TAKING CARE OF THE CARS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON
THE STREET, IT IS NIGHT THERE WAS NOT MUCH PUBLIC AND
WE COULD TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING A LITTLE, HE TOLD ME
THAT WHEN HE HAD MY AGE, HE LOST THE OPPORTUNITY TO
STUDY AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL CAREER BECAUSE HE
SPENT IT FROM PARTY TO PARTY AND DRANK A LOT OF
ALCOHOL, AS THE YEARS PASSED HE LOST MANY JOB
OPPORTUNITIES, HE TOLD ME, AND HE LAMENTED IN FRONT
OF ME, LOWERING HIS HEAD AND MOVING IT TOWARDS THE
SIDES, THEN HE HARASSED ME AND SAID CONSTANTLY:
FRIEND DIEGO, STUDY WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO NOT THINK
LIKE ME, BECAUSE LIFE PASSES AND WE DO NOT REALIZE IT,
ONE MUST PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IN THIS JOB
YOU ARE WASTING YEARS OF YOUR LIFE. AS TIME GOES BY
YOU WILL GROW OLD AND YOU WILL NOT REALIZE IT, I
WOULD LOOK AT HIM VERY CAREFULLY PAYING ALL THE
ATTENTION TO HIS LIFE STORY AND THEN I EVALUATED MY
SITUATION, SHORTLY AFTER I QUIT THAT NIGHT JOB AND I
DEDICATED MYSELF TO DAY JOBS THEN I WENT TO STUDY IN
THE NIGHT AND I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE TWO TECHNICAL
CAREERS, WHICH OVER TIME MOTIVATED ME TO CREATE MY
OWN COMPANY AND WORK FROM HOME, I STILL REMEMBER
THAT MAN AND HIS WISE ADVICE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES
THAT I STILL PUT INTO PRACTICE.NOW I AM GRATEFUL FOR
HAVING MET MR. ARMANDO. A GREAT MAN WHO IS ALREADY
DEAD, BUT HE LEFT ME MANY TEACHINGS THAT
STRENGTHENED THE SKILLS HE HAD AND I WOULD NOT HAVE
DISCOVERED WITHOUT HIS ADVICE, THAT IS WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO PRACTICE WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE BECAUSE OF
THEIR GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT BRINGS US TO OUR PATH OF
LIFE.

DIEGO CHÁVEZ

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