To TRY? or To DO?

Not long ago I attended a personal development course. As I believe myself to be "developed", I thought it to be a waste of time, but after a few experiences I have learned to give things a chance. And, as usual, I was wrong. 

The people attending the course came from all walks of life, and were very interesting. All of them (and the course itself) made me see again that there is plenty to be learned, plenty to develop individually, plenty to understand, a lot to be done. Actually, they helped me remember that we learn every day and that we can grow every day. The day we can't learn or grow anymore better be our last day on this earth. 

I learned a few lessons. Right now I'll talk about the first one: One should not TRY, one must DO. Those who have read the initial posts in this blog will remember that one of the motivations behind coming to Colombia was to try and make a difference. Try to make this country move towards a better future. Try to help those who need it most. Try to make this a better place. What do all those phrases have in common? to TRY. But that is not the point. The point is to DO. I've come to realize that to try is to have an excuse ready for when things go wrong. A way to unload the guilt of not doing by saying that I tried.  What we need to DO is DO. Do make a difference. Do change the way this country is going. Do change the life of those who need it most. Do make this country a better place. When something is done, things happen. When something is tried, one is not committed to it. That is why we need to be the pig and not the chicken at breakfast time.

What do the chicken and the pig have to do with this? Well, at breakfast time there is a difference between the role of the Pig and that of the Chicken: the Chicken is involved, the Pig is committed. Hence, one has to be the Pig.