August 7th

Question Of The Day

 1. We are not shaped by the people we believe in; we are shaped by the people who believe on us. Comment.

 I disagree with this statement. I believe we are shaped by both people: who we believe in, and who believe on us. I had a person that I admired very much. She presented of one of the few TV programs that I watch on TV. Soon, I was picking up her way of talking without even noticing.

Another example that proves this statement is false is the relationship with my mother. We have a mutual belief; she believes on me, and I believe on her. In my point of view, she has much more belief on me than I have on her. She is an adult, an independent grown up (well.. a little more than that) living more than 18thousand kilometers from her entire family. So she must be relying on me more than some other parents. But just because of her "bigger" belief on me, I didn't get much of her influence. I was rather shaped by people on the outside: colleagues, friends, teachers, and even strangers. 

I believe that we’re shaped by all the people around us. But we’re mostly molded by us, ourselves. We’re what we think, and we’re what we live. By mixing those outside stimulation and inside thinking, we’re molding ourselves each day, becoming a better (or worse) person.

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