Happiness In Nicaragua

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This man did his best at school, university and we can say that even in life; at an early age, he used to teach others and obtained the recognition of rulers, literary people and the rest of the population in Nicaragua, but what we should keep in mind is that this is not as easy as it sounds, it is really difficult and pressuring thing, because you have a lot of people that believes in you, and by doing a ‘wrong move’, you would lose the faith and hope everyone have given you. I can relate to him and I think we all can, because at some point of our lives, we have had the thought to not disappoint someone, nevertheless, we have to keep in mind that we need to be happy.

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