Course Of Life

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Milton Erickson University. The first day of the beginning of the school year, my first class, where I will be as a teacher, our professor, Merlin Atkinson, rector, with the first speech for the opening of the school year - "This year, we have a new student. You will find him very interesting and kind of unusual "she said … I started looking for him (an unusual student), looking around, I felt that someone gently touched me, putting his hand on my shoulder … I'm here … the face of a carefully groomed, wrinkled old woman smiled at me …" I am Rose, "she said - "My name is Rosa, handsome … I am 87 years old. Can you hug me since we met?" I laughed, "Of course!" I said, "Come on, hug …" I hugged her tightly … "You are so young and innocent, why did you come to teach at the university at that age?" I joked by answering with a laugh:

"I came here to find a bride. I will marry her, she will give birth to several children. When I retire I can afford to go on a world tour …"

After the first lesson, we went to the cafeteria where we drank milk chocolate. We became friends immediately. The next day and for the next three months, while I was giving my course, we were always in the cafeteria in a place … She was so smart and experienced that listening to her, I felt that I could learn a lot from her, despite the fact that she is a listener my course.

Rose was a goddess at the university for a semester. Wherever she was, there were a lot of friends around her at once. She loved to dress well, she loved to attract the attention of other students. Rosa lived the full life of a student. Probably even brighter and more complete than most students lived …

At the end of the semester, we invited Rose to the Christmas ball to give a speech.

She prepared as for a big performance, wrote several sheets of the text of the performance.

Rose went up to the stage podium with this bundle of sheets, and threw these sheets on the floor. The intrigue was destroyed. She approached the microphone a little embarrassed …

"How embarrassing, isn't it? … I'm sorry … before I came here, I experienced a lot of excitement, this led to the fact that I took a double martini. You can see the results … Even now, if I collect these sheets, I will not be able to spread them out in order. I'll tell you what is in my head now, and there is quite a bit, after all, we all came here to rest, right?"

Everyone "went to sleep" with laughter, she took a sip of water and began to speak, holding a glass in her hand:

We are having fun, because we do not feel old, we can afford to play, have fun … I cannot stop life, but I know one secret, we are getting old because we stop playing and visiting. Young people to stay young To be happy and successful, you only need to know four secrets. Every day, laugh and find humor in your life. You must have a dream, a big dream, an absolute one.… Do you know that if you lose your dreams, you will die. Many the people who walk around us are actually dead, and they don't even know, it's themselves …

As we age, there is a huge difference between age and old age … If you do nothing, if you are 19 years old, and you think that if you sleep a year without doing anything, and that you have a century ahead of you, and you will only have 20 … all life can go to waste. I am only 87, and I can’t afford to do nothing for a year, I won’t wonder if I’ll be 88 years old. Every year we are one year older. To understand this, you do not need special skills or knowledge. However, in order to grow more than a year, you must do something to produce, find opportunities to develop yourself, and you must use every day to do this. Never put off what you can do today!

… We often feel sorry for the elderly, but we do not regret what we do, perhaps except for those who are afraid of death. Don't let yourself do nothing."

She passed away at the end of the school year, which began several years ago, it was a break in the struggle for survival, she left … with a higher education …

A week after graduating from university, in her sleep, she died peacefully. More than two thousand students took part in the funeral.

"Never put off what you can do today." We all wanted to be worthy of the memory of this wonderful woman who taught us how …

Learning to live like a Rose, in fact, should be a required course in all universities in the world:

"Do what you can now, then it might be too late!"

Valery Rozanov Doctor of Psychology