ways I have changed since I was a child
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Life is a river; originates from its first source, then flows on mountains, crosses the jungles, passes the cities, and finally joins a sea or swamp. During this adventurous journey, the river faces plenty of changes; suffers from stones and rocks, enjoys companying flowers and birds, sometimes needs to run down the hills and must learn how to adapt itself with cold and hot weather.
Everybody, like that river, experience lots of different changes during his/her life. We are not completely free and independent to choose our future based on our ideal utopias. There are many other factors (internal and external) which affect our lives, and we, little by little, learn how to challenge them and not to be afraid of difficulties and troubles; since, the life has to be learned through trial and error.
Early in my life, I displayed an interest in theater and cinema. I used to spend a lot of time, reading cinematic magazines, standing by the media stations and gazing for a long period into the pictures and newspapers. But I was not really looking at them; I was imagining myself, acting on the theater stage in the role of an ancient hero or as a young prince who has fallen in love with a princess and writes love-letters to her.
After a while this enthusiasm subsided, and I became all devoted to religion. I began to attend any meeting which was related to spiritual discussions, and that's why, sometimes I felt lonely between my friends...