Once it occurred to me to ask, out of curiosity, a good american friend, what was the difference that he considered between the Venezuelan idiosyncrasy and that of his country of origin? and, the answer was: well, I think the sense of belonging and community.
After that, when I told my venezuelan friends that opinion and, when they were about to refute that assessment, they finally bowed in favor of the american; They said, yes, he is right.
Then, as time went by, I tried to appreciate that sentence in the life experiences that I had to go through. In my classroom at the university, when we tried to solve a problem, it was difficult to agree even if there were no more than twenty of us. In the workplace, the same thing emerged in the same way, both in conduct and in omissions.
In venezuelan society, it seems that suspicion and waiting from our inaction and comfort for others or someone else to resolve the conflict situation or the resolution of any common problem, is the constant and normal way of assuming daily life with respect to our self-responsibility.
It is normal to see that each and every one of the community members compete to see who does the least, who refrains from participating the most. Creole liveliness, which is not an exclusive element of venezuelan society, is evident in each of the facets that we have to live, as a member of a specific human group.
The habit of waiting for everything to be given to you. The belief that things should be obtained without paying a fair price that guarantees the supplier to continue operating his business are patterns that come from within the home. It is believed, according to experts, that these are formed within the first seven years of the individual's life and will mark and guide our behavior throughout our existence, unless these acquired models are superimposed and altered or modified for the better.
On one occasion when I was exposing these reflections to a co-worker, he asked me: Miguel, and if someone stops applying creole liveliness in their life, then what would be their antonym, that is to say the opposite, perhaps, will he then be an asshole or a creole fool? To which I replied: no, that guy will have become a being that will breathe and live, creole decency. And, what do you think?
Author: Miguel Ángel Moreno Villarroel
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