What are we able to do?

        Usually, in Western films, the gunman used to notch his gun stock for every victim he killed. It was a terrible kill count, enumerating deaths like someone who collects things. Financial traders buy and sell stocks and assets, and at the end of the day, they take stock of their gains and losses. In general, economic agents evaluate their abilities through earnings from financial transactions. Over time, we may conclude that we can do many things and accumulate experience to figure out our goals.
       Therefore, we are stimulated to make money. But this is not exactly a sign of merit. In this case, we do not achieve fame through death but through greed. If we are skilled and have the willpower to reach goals, or have experiences like adventurers, the adventure itself and a strategic plan can become references or trophies.
       At times, we do something and give it up because we cannot measure it in profit or money to celebrate our success. Generally, we give up our talents because we cannot evaluate them monetarily.
       When we see monetary value as our final goal, our abilities will not be recognised through our work, but through financial gains. Therefore, our abilities must pursue final objectives: profits and gains. And what if our abilities did good and relevant things, not for ourselves, but for the collective?
      How many abilities and real callings have been abandoned because people were not skilled enough to earn money? On the other hand, people have changed their goals because they cannot become a money machine.
      If we avoid being and doing what we want to be, because it is impossible to both earn money and have power, this behaviour may lead us to a life of frustration. Unhappiness is the impossibility of turning our desires into reality and, at the same time, the motivation to overcome obstacles and to embrace other dreams. Dreams are challenges to test our talents, and they become a paradox because, if we suppress them, we may be unhappy.
      How many people in the world have exchanged their dreams for a comfortable life? When we suffocate our ambition and focus on what the material world offers, we can walk the path of unhappiness, even if we seem happy. No one can be happy alone because we bet on our abilities and wait for others’ recognition to measure our success. Therefore, ability is a two-way track. It would be wonderful if we could estimate our ability through people’s smiles and thanks. After all, smiles and thanks cannot be equated with financial gain.
      Unfortunately, we don’t live in that fictional world, and we avoid smiling and saying thanks because money is important to many people. It’s incredible how money destroys its own capacity to create smiles and thanks.
      In conclusion, we cannot prove our ability, and we cannot measure it like the gunman who notches his gun. Life drives us to follow the usual path, but it would be wonderful if it were completely different.

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