Ep. 08 - Experience
The other day I was feeling uninspired. After a rainy, the clouds began to open, and invited me for a walk. Among tourists, I walked about the many point views on the way, from Baixa to Graça. I couldn’t help to notice how beautiful Lisbon is, how fond of the tramways the tourists are, how hot the policemen look in their dark uniforms. It was a wonderful and relaxing experience.
In life, in a job, in a relationship, every day you need and gain experience. It’s a top requisite and a guarantee with the passing of time, no matter what, you become more experienced. So the question would be: what is that experience good for?
Not long ago I heard a curious affirmation: experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. It left me confused. What if you get what you want? I mean, ok, I didn’t get any hot policeman during my tour. That would be experience! What if I had? What would that be? A great experience? An experience to remember and tell my grand-nephews? A disappointment, perhaps?
When you apply for a job, you deliver a résumé of your experience, work experience, mostly. That experience was acquired with jobs you got! So the affirmation would be untrue. Again, if you’re applying for a new job, maybe the job you had wasn’t exactly what you wanted, but you got it, and with it came the experience. So the affirmation is true again!
When you «apply» for a relationship, why is it that no one asks, up front, for you résumé? Are they afraid of what they may know? Or are people just seeking for experience with whom they don’t really want?
June 19th, 2008 at 12:48
This post got me thinking about my part of the city - the praça - where a “circus” has been set up in the last couple of weeks and disturbed the quiet neighborhood. Last night I was talking to my mother about it and we were rambling about how many policeman are here every night. She told me they where hired privately to be here - they call it special duty (or something). I promptly say: “well, can anyone hire a policeman??? hummm, and can we pick?”. If only they would come like in a shopping catalog! Now that would be a great experience!
Luv u 1000 my friend!
June 19th, 2008 at 18:09
I knew already that one can hire a policeman but only to perform his duties… but if you have the chance to hire a policeman that takes the expression «cover my back» too serious, let me know!!