The first reckless act of my life was when I was five years old, but at the time I didn't see it that way, but rather as a way of defending myself.
In life, mistakes are made, and as long as you learn from them, it's worth it. Sometimes those mistakes take the form of recklessness. I don't remember doing anything insensitive, since I am so sensitive that I take that very seriously, but if I did, it really wasn't my intention. But looking back on my long life... it's been many years, and I can see that I have made reckless decisions that could have had very bad consequences. Fortunately, that was not the case.
The first reckless thing I did was confront my father when I was only five years old. On that occasion, he was shouting at me too much, which is why I don't like shouting, and he asked me where my mother was. She was at a kindergarten meeting, which he never attended. I confronted him by looking him in the face. I was only five years old and didn't think about what he might do, because he is a sadistic and perverse person with a violent streak. It could have ended badly. But an angel protected me.
Another reckless act I remember was when I was older. I really liked a boy, too much, but I didn't know him very well and he invited me to go to a tourist town for the weekend. His family was going too. My family didn't agree, but they agreed.
The recklessness was that I didn't know those people and I didn't use my head. I guess it was teenage recklessness and whims. I didn't even know what kind of people they were, and I went there for two days. The worst thing that happened was that I didn't have fun, I felt lonely and different, even though the family was nice. In the end, over time, it didn't work out. That taught me to use my head more... it was a long time ago, I think in another life.
The third big reckless thing I did in my life was to risk my health. It was a very complicated and extreme situation. The second job I took here in Spain, at first I didn't know what it was, it wore me out physically, putting me in a dangerous situation. I ate poorly and little, I hardly drank any water, and I was away from home for more than 12 hours a day, walking the streets trying to sell telephones.
Now that I know about it, I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone, but at the time I had to do it. It was reckless, yes, and I looked for ways out, but everything got complicated. When I quit, I was very weak for a long time. I weighed 48 kilos and was on the verge of being admitted to hospital. I did wrong, but desperation sometimes makes us do crazy things.
All these actions taught me to be more cautious, to think more and to take good care of myself. Putting yourself first is not being selfish, it is being well so that everything else is well. I wonder how many things I still have to learn... undoubtedly many.
If they help us improve, reckless actions are life lessons, as long as we realise it. This topic and other very interesting ones are raised by @galenkp in the weekend topics.
Thank you all for reading today, I wish you a very good weekend. See you soon.
Amonet.
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