I’m curious: what does a non-dysfunctional family look like? My dad was an alcoholic. He died from this damned sickness. His parents did, too. Both of them. My mom has the same addiction, plus a whole bunch of other issues. Wait—we’ll get to me and my own quirks later. But I grew up in a broken home that felt like hell. My cousins’ dad drank, too. My classmates either didn’t have fathers, or their dads had the same “talent” as mine, or they were abusers. One boy’s mom left him with a grandmother for the sake of a new husband. Another friend of mine abandoned her daughter with the father to go find a new love. And now, I’m standing guard by the bathroom so my son doesn’t waste water. I heard somewhere that this kind of control is a sign of a dysfunctional family. So, I guess I follow the same pattern now. Not because I’m stingy with the water, though. I’m here because our power grid is being shelled, electricity is hit-or-miss, and we have one 50-liter water heater for everyone. There a...
Today, I’m going to share with you my thoughts. But before I get started, I must say that I don’t judge anyone. I’m not in your shoes, and who knows where my destiny will lead my life steps and what decisions I will have to make.
Let me put it plainly: the fundamental principle. Moreover, if this were the main principle of humanity, we would not have problems now. And we wouldn’t find ourselves in a world where peace is guaranteed only by a nuclear bomb.
So, the principle, ladies and gentlemen: do no harm.
Yes, I took it from the Hippocratic oath. When I was learning to drive, during the section on first aid for drivers while waiting for an ambulance, the nurse who taught the lesson emphasized several times: do no harm! Don’t do it if you don’t know if you can apply a tourniquet correctly. Because you can kill a person. Who knew that the ability to use a tourniquet in my country would become so necessary, say more critical, in six months? But I got off-topic.
Any work we do leaves a trace. A writer’s work also leaves a trace, remaining in the depths of the digital dimension. And therefore, our first and main commandment, in my opinion, is: do no harm.
Don’t give a person poison, even at their request. And don’t suggest how to make their idea a reality.
You know what I’m talking about. Each of us has our own boundaries that separate the understanding of “do no harm.” But you have to think a few steps ahead: what will be the consequences of your words? Do they carry benefit or harm? If your every work aims to provide assistance, you will not lose. But...
Not everything in life is as rosy and unambiguous as I would like it to be. And although actions are, after all, black and white, there is something else beyond color.
Unfortunately, such situations are not an exception nor a rare occurrence. In fact, I come from one of them, from that damned hopelessness. So, you, my dear colleague, will not see a judge in me. I have been in such situations. Although a very long time ago, but I’ve been there! Over time, when my living level crossed the mark of 40, I left the stones of condemnation somewhere on the roadside.
I know it’s hard to choose between the available job against your principles or your child staying hungry. As a former hungry child, I know exactly what the price of my principle is. Praise be to the Almighty, while I didn’t have to pay it. But I know it. So I certainly won’t be a judge.
Everything you write has an impact both on other people and on yourself. And it doesn’t matter if you believe in karma or the afterlife, whether you believe in reincarnation or eternal life. Words have their price. Period. And the one who uses knowledge and the ability to apply its power for business purposes and ambition, more than anyone else, should know that they will have to pay for it sooner or later.
The Main Principle For Everyone in This World
Let me put it plainly: the fundamental principle. Moreover, if this were the main principle of humanity, we would not have problems now. And we wouldn’t find ourselves in a world where peace is guaranteed only by a nuclear bomb.
So, the principle, ladies and gentlemen: do no harm.
Yes, I took it from the Hippocratic oath. When I was learning to drive, during the section on first aid for drivers while waiting for an ambulance, the nurse who taught the lesson emphasized several times: do no harm! Don’t do it if you don’t know if you can apply a tourniquet correctly. Because you can kill a person. Who knew that the ability to use a tourniquet in my country would become so necessary, say more critical, in six months? But I got off-topic.
Applicable to Writers of the Great Road
Any work we do leaves a trace. A writer’s work also leaves a trace, remaining in the depths of the digital dimension. And therefore, our first and main commandment, in my opinion, is: do no harm.
Don’t give a person poison, even at their request. And don’t suggest how to make their idea a reality.
You know what I’m talking about. Each of us has our own boundaries that separate the understanding of “do no harm.” But you have to think a few steps ahead: what will be the consequences of your words? Do they carry benefit or harm? If your every work aims to provide assistance, you will not lose. But...
Not everything in life is as rosy and unambiguous as I would like it to be. And although actions are, after all, black and white, there is something else beyond color.
Situations Without Choice, Which I Have No Judgment About
Unfortunately, such situations are not an exception nor a rare occurrence. In fact, I come from one of them, from that damned hopelessness. So, you, my dear colleague, will not see a judge in me. I have been in such situations. Although a very long time ago, but I’ve been there! Over time, when my living level crossed the mark of 40, I left the stones of condemnation somewhere on the roadside.
I know it’s hard to choose between the available job against your principles or your child staying hungry. As a former hungry child, I know exactly what the price of my principle is. Praise be to the Almighty, while I didn’t have to pay it. But I know it. So I certainly won’t be a judge.
In Conclusion, I Remind You: Do No Harm
Everything you write has an impact both on other people and on yourself. And it doesn’t matter if you believe in karma or the afterlife, whether you believe in reincarnation or eternal life. Words have their price. Period. And the one who uses knowledge and the ability to apply its power for business purposes and ambition, more than anyone else, should know that they will have to pay for it sooner or later.
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