Words are very important and they carry tremendous weight in our lives, whether we like it or not. We all know how rude and insulting it can be, how easy it is to cross the line between good and bad, and how rare and almost forgotten are a respectful and polite word in our society.
Many people never get a word of recognition, kind praise. They do the hardest work and most take it for granted. They quietly do a thousand small things at home, in the office, in the company, in the society. And there is no one to notice them. Only if they take the wrong step. At that time, such a person is noticed and receives the enumeration and hanging of mistakes, often also the mistakes of others. Do you know? That’s why our society, which doesn’t ask for reliability and loyalty, has crippled so many people already. That is why so many people feel humiliated, exploited, written off. Work is no longer a joy to them, they no longer have the joy of life.
On the other hand, the word “recognition” can give wings to “crushed” people. Praise is like a pen. Praise from time to time – and people get wings. But what about when your wings are quickly cut or even broken again. Anyone who has had enough time in the world knows what I’m writing about. You come to terms with the fact that this is just life and you persevere, you get wings again, for which you also draw “fuel” from the “heel veins”… However, it could be different, better and not worse. Words matter. The culture of behavior is important, the culture is important … Physical culture is also important.
I remember the elementary school period. Where is that when we learned about Prešeren?! 😊 Not online, but from the board and from books. And at that time, I really mastered two things. One was sports and everything related to it (including sports education card) and the other was a recitation of a song. The longer the songs were and the more stanzas they had, the more challenging they posed to me. Of course, there was no lack of encouragement from the teachers who “gave me wings”, also for performances on the stage of the Šentvid Cultural Center, where the Primary School had a training ground for all celebrations on national holidays, in Dražgoše and many other places in Slovenia. performances almost an evergreen point. The Flood Man was also among them.
And this one, the Flood Man, really touched me. Of course, because of Urška, the most beautiful woman in Ljubljana, and because of the waves of the Ljubljanica, which was very polluted in those, my, school times. Since I practiced swimming, I imagined (although arrogance and conceit were never close to me) that the Flood Man could not “come to life” for me, just like Prešeren’s Urška. “Urška” is also the reason why in my life I allowed random or famous people to call me by that name, but I never responded to Urša’s name and so I got used to my classmates that my name is Uršula, even though it seemed too long, strange to them… Yes, it was one of my “stubborn” things that I still insist on today 😊 We know who we are and if you are sure of something, you don’t give up. The easiest thing in this world, though, is to be confident in your own name. If you give in to your name, if you neglect your identity, then you can get lost in this crazy pace of life very quickly … But that’s another story.
I also built my identity through sports. I don’t know. By the way, do you know that physical culture is part of cultural history in general? In short, sport has been my passion since elementary school. I loved exercising and never understood my classmates who apologized for physical education classes. I was looking forward to sports lessons and sport has always helped me, built me, shaped me, taught me and even today it relieves and releases a lot of pain …
I enjoyed swimming, running and team sports. Since we had a teacher in elementary school who was in favor of rhythmic and dance gymnastics, and I lacked “action,” I attended handball, basketball, and soccer classes in the afternoon, along with the boys. They always welcomed me happily. There were no differences between us. In fact, I was very fast and I nurtured a love, or rather a challenge to the game of football, even later, when I was already working on the radio as a sports journalist and the idea of a women’s football team was born to an older journalist colleague of Sportske novosti. Of course, I was first in line. However, five girls, eager to socialize and play on the football field, were not enough for one team. And so the “dream” of a football dirge was buried. But it was not about being a “man”, only the desire for team spirit and action was always close to me.
In 2007, I was offered the opportunity to test my football skills as part of a charity event and socializing with cherries and a soccer ball in Bilje. Long-time sports journalist and reporter Ervin Čurlič “drummed” us, journalists of RTV Slovenia and POP TV, to play in the match within the project “Youth without drugs”, led by the Sparrow of Hope Foundation. I enjoyed it, scoring the only goal and contributing to our team’s victory. The memory is also immortalized in the photo, where Jolanda Bertola, Polona Bertoncelj, Sara Oblak (today Benkovič), Jasna Tepina, Vanda Levstik, Tjaša Slokar and others are with me … 😊😊
Even today, I firmly believe that the values, attitudes and goals of a team influence its success and success. That’s the way it is everywhere in life. Culture is a key factor in the success of any organized group, be it a corporate organization or a sports team. Culture is not what you think or want to do, it is what you do. Dot. Culture is ‘the conversation you walk after’.
They say positivity or negativity is contagious – the same goes for culture. Everyone is responsible for this “spice” of their culture. Honestly, when a culture is aligned, everyone wins. In all environments, whether business or sports, primarily for people development. So if you develop your people, your business will be more successful. It is true, however, that many people are not close to communication skills, let alone to develop, develop and conquer them. Well, they will have to! Because in life you don’t get what you want, but you get what you are. Because once you open your mouth, you tell the world who you are.
At the end, congratulations to all, on the national holiday of Slovenian culture. Be physically and culturally active and stay healthy 😊
We conquer the world with the words
let them be beautiful.
We conquer the world with actions
let them be good.
Let positive energy win.
Let good stories shine.
Let tongue not overtake reason.
Let language follow the heart.
UM (mind) on the wings of the HEART, Uršula Majcen (UM)