The game of Life can be both played in single and multiplayer modes, but there's no denying that the latter is where it's at. To achieve something in life, you will most probably have to interact with the other players, and there's one thing that is inherent in all great players (those that we call successful) - they are masters of interaction. You will, however, often hear someone bragging that he/she has attained everything in life on his/her own; to that, you are ought to reply with "What total nonsense!". One's own efforts constitute only one part of the story.
Standing together ©Daniel Slavov
A friend of mine surprised me once by saying "Dan, I admire you because you have succeeded in so many things on your own!". Well, not really. My mother took great care of me and showered me with love and affection when I was a little boy, my classmates in high school helped me when I had problems passing my accounting and statistics exams, my grandparents gave me their savings so that I can go study abroad and pursue a better life, a colleague from university found me a job when I literally had zero money in my pockets, I got my recent job because a friend recommended me... I can keep going, but it will probably become a long and boring list of similar events. I am where I am because of my persistence and because there have been others that were willing to interact.
First steps in pottery ©Daniel Slavov
We rarely achieve things on our own - there's always someone, at some point in the life, that helps us do a certain thing or attain a goal. That's something to remember next time you are thinking about your achievements.
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I personally thing those who believe they got where they are solely on their own achievements are fooling them selves more often than not, there may be exceptions but I think the vast majority only get where they are in life because of the various interactions with others in their life, and one can never remember all the interactions that may in some small way have placed some direction in the path their life took, its perhaps easy to remember big events people had but you cannot discount the combined wight of all the small interactions
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Oh, yes, absolutely. The things that I have listed are pretty significant, probably because these are the ones that we usually remember. It would be so cool if we could know how seemingly minor interactions have impacted our lives. Thanks for your comment!
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Beautiful photos and great words @irrevetent-dan. I'm really enjoying your posts! Keep it up :) Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for reading through the post and commenting, man! Appreciated :)
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Read this article a few days ago Daniel and I feel like it's one of THE best articles I've read here at Steemit. Brought to mind so many of the people who in their different ways have supported me as well. And we know for all the ones we can recall, there must be so many more that were quietly there for us, shaping us. Also makes one realize how we too impact others and the need to take care. 🌀🐋🌀
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Thank you so much, Ally! Can we, thus, say that we are somewhat products of our environments? :) You got me thinking now about the concepts of individuality and originality.
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