Well, maybe if I see more of your input Dragon I will see other aspects of this mans journey and how he was pushed pass being ill.

What I had gotten by Paulo's life is that he was denied his true desire for a very long time. The fact that he eventually got the opportunity to experience and enact his desire and did infact do well was telling me something very significant.

Theres no one in charge? And when that happens we are just supposed to come out all right, but that doesn't happen. For a person to come out right they have to learn to be in charge of themselves, and not be denied. Paulo's parents denied him of his true desire. What I see of mental illness, something has been denied somewhere within that patient. Now I am not talking about brain defects and severe mental illness due to lack of the brain functioning properly.

I would be curious to see what Paulo's impressions were of the mental hospitals and what he saw in the different patients. I even wonder if in some of these institutions patients are continued to be denied. I do know that has happened in the past.

I do know that children are still lacking the guidance they need to learn good coping skills and yes, they can be denied their own personal identity. When someone says they wasted their life, they had talents but were never encouraged to use these gifts and they often do not realize it until later in life that really is a waste.

But lets see what Paulo says. Maybe his point is different.

Open Eyes