Lazy me? Of course not.

I read by chance a post about @JonicaBradley laziness, so I wanted to participate, since a situation happened to me that motivated me to write about it. Although I don't know if all the topics should be done in order, I'll do it anyway, I need to get it off my chest somehow.

Since I was a girl, I was taught that work dignifies man. Since people feel useful and capable of earning something through their own efforts. That it is the personal fulfillment that every individual must acquire over the years. That is what I was told over and over again, until I got tired of hearing it.

My father is a great example of that, all his life he has dedicated himself to work from sunrise to sunset. From a very young age he started mining metals with my grandfather, then he continued working in aggregate extraction. And at present he is a guard in a state establishment. As you can read, he came up little by little, being a man who was never given the opportunity to study, although he is quite intelligent. Surely if he had, he would be someone with a much more important position. All my paternal family are hard-working people.

I always helped my mother at home, but unfortunately it was not the same for my brother. He was treated differently and never lifted a finger to help our mother. That meant that we grew up in different ways, while I was only 13 years old when I took care of the chores at home, my brother was only 10 years old when he was playing and receiving gifts from my parents. They were quite marked differences, which today hurt like daggers in my heart.

Today I remembered those years because with the pandemic I was left without a job and I still haven't been able find anything. While my mother calls me "lazy", my brother, who is 34 years old, is still doing nothing. Mom does everything for him, but it's me she calls lazy, it's inconceivable.

What is laziness according to the Cambridge Dictionary.

Laziness is the quality of not being willing to work or make any effort.

Which is according to me...

Well, I agree with the dictionary, laziness for me is something completely negative. It is synonymous with being someone useless, a person with no desire to emerge or undertake. Perhaps others see it in a not so inquisitive way as I do. But because of the bad experience that each one lives, it is how we perceive what surrounds us.

Maybe some moments of relaxation will be mistaken by parents as being lazy, but they are totally different things. Someone who works has the right to rest properly, and they shouldn't say that's why you're lazy. It is different when you are on the computer all night chatting with your friends and the next day you wake up at noon, not even wanting to prepare your lunch. That's being lazy with big words. The worst thing is to be pampered in everything, when you lead such a quality of life it is difficult to leave it being so old.

How wrong mom is in her actions.

My final words.

It's great to write about something that overwhelms you, you don't feel so upset anymore. How lucky I was to find @JonicaBradley creative writing challenge, thanks for sharing this initiative. I've been wandering around readcash finding amazing posts and of course learning a little more from those who have been here longer.

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English is not my native language, so it is translated with deepl.com.

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