Monday, July 29, 2002

Hardships

Hardships

HOW MUCH easier it is to give recommendations to companies about what to do during an economic crisis, than, as I have been asked, to people of flesh, blood and unseasoned hearts!

What's more, I think it would even be disrespectful to try to give her information on how to find a solution or how to make more money, like an ingenious housewife. Everyone knows what is within their reach and I can only wish them the best. Much less would I dare to give any recommendation to a desperate father, who does not have the resources for the medicines his sick son needs, other than praying to God, if he is a believer.

What I would dare to talk about is how to face the emotional pressure, which naturally arises in a crisis like the current one. Ah...Kurowski became a psychologist! They will say... Noooo, what's up! My recommendations have no other foundation than my intuition and if someone has the audacity to publish them, it's just my luck.

Perhaps, because I am a financial consultant, I get the image of the overwhelmed debtor, who tosses and turns in bed unable to sleep, until he opens the window and yells at his neighbor, the banker, "Friend, I can't pay you!" thus shedding an immense weight after having screwed his friend over. The above shows that it is not advisable to swallow our anxieties, but that we should share them openly with our wife, children and friends and not just with our pillows.

Perhaps, because you are an economist, you understand that individual shame should not cause any shame, since unemployment of the magnitude that exists in Venezuela suggests a state of war and, in war, no one has to feel ashamed that a crazy missile Just reach your house.

Perhaps, because you are a father, you see the urgent need to seek to learn from difficulties, that we must learn to enjoy the little things in life as much as possible, which are also free.

However, as a Venezuelan, overcome by deep anger at the ridiculous and unjustified situation in which we find ourselves, I am sure that the solution is in our hands and not in that of imported healers. Colleagues, let's stop looking for an escape door. That's depressing! Let's dedicate ourselves to finding the gateway to a better Venezuela, through which we can all pass.

P.S. To my compatriots who are not fighting, I remind them of the superhuman challenge of being human and avoiding ostentation.


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