Growing from the inside - out — The Communicator's Lens

I wonder what's that intangible something I have stolen from other people?

I don't know the answer, but I can say one thing: I have probably stolen their time, and if we see it from a profound perspective, the time it's something important you need to learn, grow and gain maturity throughout years of life experience. Time is something one can't get back, something you lose it forever.

Taking time from others is a privilege when we learn from each other. It is an action that makes me happy. The exercise of exchanging opinions, backgrounds, and cultures, among others, enriches who we are and want to be. It makes us grow from the inside - out because listening and understanding others' points of view lets us come back to ours and challenge what we thought would be the only way of existing, doing, or having things.

I sometimes wonder if we are all trading time and knowledge to gain skills then. Interesting how short time is, and even more so, how we still get to share and spend it with others just for the sake of skills acquired by others’ living traditions. Growing from the inside out takes our and others' time. It is a special train that picks up more and more passengers every time, and it's also about your drive for more: the discovery and curiosity you have for the massive world of possibilities we have out there.