I am ambitious, so what? Many times, people relate the word “ambition” with something wrong, and almost always they tell us that we must not to be ambitious, that is to say, wanting no more than neces

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I am ambitious, so what? Many times, people relate the word “ambition” with something wrong, and almost always they tell us that we must not to be ambitious, that is to say, wanting no more than necessary and to be more “humbles” as if humility means missing of abundance or simply poorness. I disagree with this belief, because if you look for in a dictionary the definition of “humility”, you can realize that this word is not associated with poorness, social class or similiar, in fact, in according to REA (Real Academia Española, in English is Royal Spanish Academy) humility means “Knowledges of our own limitations and weaknesses and to act in according to this knowledge”. Ok, We already know the definition of humility, but what happens with ambition? Is it wrong really?, from my viewpoint, it is not, because through ambition, human beings can carry out their goals and to consider other goals can be increasingly important, not to be conform with what we have and to wish to be better than we are currently. In particular, I think the trouble with this, is when there is not moderation, and we are able to do anything in order to get own dreams regardless the damage that we can cause. Five years ago, I watched a movie called “The gone with the wind”, it is a great film made in 1939, its starring was Scarlet O’Hara (interpreted by Vivian Leigh) which was very very ambitious, in fact, she married three times for convenience and not for love, despite of that, this woman by means her ambitions, could cope a civil war, misery, poorness and the death of her parents and daughter, She didn’t never carry away by her tragedies, and always fought for life (at least at the film, I could not read the book yet). When I talk to somebody about this film, almost always says “Scarlet was a bad person, opportunist, selfish and so on”, yes, it is true, but there is something to consider, this woman had a power quality to survive “her ambition”. I am confident saying “I am ambitious” hahaha I am not as Scarlet, but I love to propose goals and to fight for them, and you? Are you ambitious?

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I am ambitious, so what?

Many times, people relate the word “ambition” with something wrong, and almost always they tell us that we must not to be ambitious, that is to say, wanting no more than necessary and to be more “humbles” as if humility means missing of not having an abundance, or simply poorness poverty.

I disagree with this belief, because if you look for in a dictionary for the definition of “humility”, you can will realize that this word is not associated with poorness poverty, social class or anything similiar. In fact, in according to REA (Real Academia Española, in English it is the Royal Spanish Academy) humility means “Knowledges of our own limitations and weaknesses and to act in according to this knowledge”.

Ok, we already now know the definition of humility, but what happens with ambition? Is it wrong, really? From my viewpoint, it is not because through ambition, human beings can carry out their goals and to consider other goals can be increasingly important, not to be conform with what we have and to wish to be better than we are currently. <- Not sure what you mean, here.

In particular, I think the trouble with this, is when there is not moderation, and we are able to do anything in order to get our own dreams, regardless of the damage that we might can cause.

Five years ago, I watched a movie called “The Gone with the Wind”. It is a great film that was made in 1939 its starring was and featured Scarlett O’Hara (interpreted played by Vivian Leigh) which was very very ambitious. In fact, she married three times for convenience and not for love. Despite of that, this woman by means due to her ambitions, could cope with a civil war, misery, poorness poverty, and the death of her parents and daughter, She didn’t never get carry carried away by her tragedies, and always fought for life (at least, at in the film; I could have not read the book yet). When I talk to somebody people about this film, they almost always says “Scarlett was a bad person, an opportunist that was selfish and so on”. Yes, it is true, but there is also something else to consider: this woman had a powerful quality that was necessary to survive - her ambition.

I am confident saying “I am ambitious” - hahaha. I am not as like Scarlet, but I love to propose make goals and to fight for them. And you? Are you ambitious?

ah ok, Thanks for your correction!

Actually, Georgia is a state. I know, it's hard to keep all of the foreign geography straight! :-)

Georgiaaaaaa!!!!!!!, that was the city, I didn't remember it

Great essay, Grecia! I enjoyed reading it. Yes, Gone with the Wind was set in Georgia in the American South. I am from the South, too, but I am from a totally different part of it.

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