Quiroga - 395

 GOOD AND BAD PEOPLE

Given the innocence of childhood, how could the adult world wisely act to prepare children to enter civilization without them having to pay the price of losing trust in humanity?

How can we lose innocence without losing trust? That is the question!

We usually lose our innocence when we experience firsthand the ambiguity of feelings and the betrayal of those who are supposed to care for us, because we are naive, that is, through situations in which, in addition to our innocence, we also lose trust.

And without trusting that, despite the ambiguities of civilization, there would continue to be good will and care among the thousands of good people that exist, what kind of world would we be building?

We will inevitably encounter good and bad people throughout our lives, because we are all also good and bad people.

There is no good person incapable of committing evil acts, nor is there a bad person who cannot act with kindness.

Ambiguity makes us complete. This first step helps us to better adapt ourselves emotionally to treat everyone with delicate realism, avoiding forcing reality to fit into one denomination or another. By accepting the complexity of our structure of being, we may find better ways to move from childhood to adulthood without losing confidence.

 Life is magical, but that does not mean that we should not do anything to make our dreams become accomplished works. This magic would be illusory, because true magic is based on concrete and decisive movements.