When people are our inspiration

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When we find inspiration in the people around us, we are saved. From boredom, monotony and lack of ideas. We find inspiration in others in quite ordinary situations, in other people's sentences that they themselves will not even remember later. These are the drivers of everything.

Without everyone else, we would be something like Palle alone in the world. A brilliant yet simple story written by child psychologist Jens Sigsgaard was based on numerous conversations with children. He thus revealed their greatest wish, to have everything. And the biggest fear is that they will be left alone.

One morning little Palle wakes up and realizes his parents aren't there. He goes to the streets of Copenhagen, but they are empty. That made him happy. Everything is available and he can do whatever he wants without anyone's permission. He embarks on a train ride, enters a bank where all the money is his, he can have any toy he wants. But he soon realizes that money is superfluous in this situation, toys are worthless if there is no one to play with and life is lonely if there is no one around.

After my colleagues came back from vacation, I stopped being Palle. I find inspiration in them in moments when they are not even aware of it. And Palle stopped being alone in the world after he woke up from sleep. It was at this point that he understood the definition of true happiness.