What about Passion?

I know that probably I won’t be saying anything new about this topic, but I have arrived at a conclusion that I find amazing: how a whole country can become one single thing just for something as simple as a football match. I know that probably when reading this blog, you will not understand which my point on writing this is, but last night, when I was watching Argentina vs. Peru football match, I came to think how passion can change everything.

I come to the conclusion that passion is what leads all human beings to achieve their goals or aims.  Passion is that necessary fuel in our lives to obtain whatever we want. Last night, I realized that it does not mean only that, but also something that unifies hearts. I am saying this because we are used to listening and watching everyday in our lives divisions: River vs. Boca, Peronistas vs. Radicales, Macristas vs. Kirchneristas, pro-death penalty groups vs. human rights groups, pro-abortion groups vs. catholic groups. These are just some of the divisions that we observe in our daily lives. But do you know what? When Argentina is playing against any country it does not matter which your political, social or religious beliefs are, we are all Argentineans. Suddenly, you get to see a kirchneristas hugging a macrista yelling, screaming and celebrating because Argentina scored. It was in that point that I came to think: why are we all the time fighting and marking the differences between one group and the other? Why are we constantly defining ourselves in order to detach their beliefs from ours? Why? If when it comes to Argentina we are sharing and enjoying the same feeling. That is the answer: we are passionate. We feel passion for our country; we are in love with our colors. 

Basically, all human beings need to believe in something. It looks almost impossible to believe that someday we will be thinking, desiring and wanting the same things, but we are sure that we have passion. The same feeling is what makes us, as society, commit mistakes, believe in diverse concepts and follow different trends. I dare to say that this characteristic is unique and innate of Argentinean people. I have never seen other countries or communities believe in something as profoundly as we do. At this point, you will probably keep on asking which the main idea of this blog is. The point here is not to make you be less passionate or to disbelieve in what you already believe or follow, but instead to make you realize that divisions are part of our daily lives, that we are getting used to seeing them, and that is part of Argentina. If you don’t disagree with your friends, they are not friends. If you don’t argue with your siblings, they are not your siblings. These are some of the Argentinean sayings about relationships.  The thing here is that we should think differently, that we must believe in different things, but we also have to accept and understand other’s point of view. How do we do that? Not by changing their beliefs, but just by looking at that without violence and mistreat. By doing that, we are demonstrating that we are sure of our position. It is because of that that I decided to write this post, not because of the football match or because of Argentina not winning the match, but because I was able to see that at the end we all have something in common; we all love something; we are passionate. If a football match can help us understand that it does not matter which our beliefs are or how different we are we should respect each other. I strongly believe that we should thank Argentina for that.