At this time of the Olympics and Paralympics, the extremes of perfection caught my attention. At the Olympics, you could see the perfection of each muscle in the athlete's work. In the Paralympics, the advancement of technology was seen helping the athlete to present perfection. Dedication, overcoming and love for what you do exist in all of them.
I write today about this topic, because I realize that people are more and more integrated. If before there was a look of comparison, nowadays the look has evolved. We perceive others as different and no longer as better or worse. Diversity belongs to the world and the world, in turn, is made of diversity! In it we grow, evolve, respect and love. Anything that is different from this denotes prejudice, disrespect and comparison. These are very strong characteristics of the pride still dominant in the individual. Thinking about this and how we feel about each of these points will show us a little more about our level of consciousness and how far we still need to go.
Considering that we are a duality in terms of level of consciousness - egocentric and empathic - these situations allow us to look inside ourselves and realize how each of these parts of the duality are in us. To better understand where we are, we need to know that our egocentric part says we are better than others. Our empathetic part, on the other hand, does not compare, sees everyone as human beings with their peculiarities and limitations.
Still on diversity, I watched a movie that talks about the real estate crisis in the United States in 2008 called “The Big Bet”. In it we perceive the character Michael Burry with very different characteristics, such as, for example, the great difficulty to adjust socially. He works in a secluded room, listening to loud music, wearing shorts and flip-flops. He has an exceptional ability for math and numbers and can predict the coming crisis. In the film, based on real events, his intelligence is very evident, his intense and almost obsessive interest in analyzing the documents that indicated the future crisis in the market. This way of acting is characteristic of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asperger's Syndrome). It is estimated that 3% of the world's young population has this disorder, which predominantly affects boys.
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The person with this disorder may make repetitive movements, create a ritual to accomplish things, may have difficulty making eye contact with the other in a conversation and is usually very literal in the way of speaking, that is, he/she does not understand meaningless games. double. And, because of that, some may find her naive and practice bullying. Knowing that this can happen makes me reflect on who is most in need: the one who has the disorder or the one who practices bullying?
The film shows us that, despite the disorder, the person can lead a life of fulfillment and success. It is possible to get married, have children, have a profession and if there are limitations, who doesn't have them to live with!?
Roberta Haude, who is Laura's mother diagnosed with the disorder, has a blog called Autism and Maternity, with the aim of interacting and helping all mothers who go through the same experience as her. Roberta has always encouraged and offered her daughter everything necessary for her to develop and live life as fully as possible. Success has proven itself. Laura studies, has dreams and goals and is very happy. Likewise, Michael Burry also lives his life well and happily. We realized that, more than Laura and Michael Burry's look at the world, it's the world's look at them that needs to be more loving! For Roberta, the transforming medicine is love. And it is with this tip that I end this article and leave the following questions for reflection: “How has my look at the next one been? Do I compare and think I'm better than him or do I have a look of love, because we're all special?"
