Este está em Inglês porque foi um dos discursos do Toastmasters
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For context, this is a Toastmaster’s speech 

How many times have you felt you were doing something you shouldn't but, in your gut, deep inside you, you felt it was the right thing? You felt pulled, compelled, even as if it has to be done?

I'm am sure you can relate do that too well, in fact, I would argue all of us experience that in some point in our lives.

I've had several moments of growth in my life, in my personal journey and this is has been of those moments, where you discover yourself, you find new interests, I read a book, talk to someone completely random but inexplicably interesting, you find someone that changes your perspective, a moment of pure clarity, like when you are driving through dense fog and in a split second it disappears.

It's not the first time that I quote Steve Jobs and his speech, I've listened to it dozens of times, and I can always go back to those 15 minutes and relate to every single word he said. Of course, we interpret things differently depending on our state of mind, just like listening to a song, watching a movie, but clarity is that, knowing where we are tryng to understand why we interpret those words in that way. 

During that Commencement speech in 2006, Steve Jobs said "And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

We heard amazing speeches here, everyone has a story to tell and Rick mentioned the 4000 weeks from Oliver Burkeman, and that got me thinking - bloody hell, do I want to do this? Do I need to be this grumpy idiot all the time? Do I need to make excuses not to go? Is it worh that argument? Shouldn't I pursue what I really want?

If we go back to younger Me, there was a point where I didn't become risk averse as some might have said, I simply adopted "The no is always guaranteed, and the worst that can happen, is staying exactly where you are".

All of these things, have one thing in common - gut, heart.

The feeling that it's the right thing do to - It's complex, we are complex, life is complex, and we live in a time where everyone should have therapy, why shouldn't we pursue living happy lives, right? Why do we constrict ourselves to "it's ok".

If I ask you, "how are you?", what are you going to say?

Why are we stuck to dogmas, trying to live someone else's life, pretending to smile when we don't want to, regretting a situation, hating a job, the food we are eating, the place where we live, the person sitting right next to us, the career we chose.

I like to think that when I endure, I'm "walking the path" to get where I want to be, but if I stop just for a second, reality sinks in and, does it have to be this hard?