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BELLSPIRATION CLUB - STEFAN STOJANOVIĆ, Serbia/USA: Najbitnije je živeti svoj autentičan život! (Part 3/4)

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1) Možeš li podijeliti s nama šta je to što si naučio iz dosadašnjeg životnog iskustva, a što smatraš jako bitnim za miran, sretan i uspješan život? Mislim da je prvenstveno najbitnije živeti svoj autentičan život u skladu sa svojim vrednostima. Poštovati sebe i druge, svoje lične tradicije i uspomene i postupati sa drugima onako kako želimo da oni postupaju sa nama. Biti otvoren ka novome, jer zbilja budala je čovek koji nikad ne menja mišljenje. Davati bez očekivanja nečeg za uzvrat, prihvatati od srca. Prihvatati sve i dobro i loše po redu. Dozvolite da vam se stvari dese i da vam se život desi, jedan po jedan dan. Jer ta naša stega, ta kontrola koje se toliko grčevito držimo ne donosi nam ništa do odlaganja određenih neminovnosti. A na kraju dana postoji samo mali broj stvari koje zaista možemo kontrolisati. Oslobađajuće je prestati opirati se životu i putu gde nas on nosi. To ne znači konformizam i pasivnost, već jedan zdrav pogled na svet i proaktivan život u kom ne uslovljavam

BELLSPIRATION CLUB - Luka Radičević, Serbia/Slovenia: I fell in love with volunteering and youth activism (Part 2/4)

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1) Luka, in the previous interview you mentioned that you received an award for the activist of the generation of the high school "Svetozar Markovic" in Nis, which you deserved by engaging in several school sections and clubs, but also as a program coordinator of the youth association "Aktilum". you later continued to justify your engagement in various activities. How important is youth activism for a young man who builds his personality? Can you tell us how all that diverse activism built you? Frankly, I don't know exactly how it happened and where the desire came from, but I couldn't wait to turn 15 and get the legal right to volunteer. I guess it was "natural" for me, since I have been involved in sports from a young age, and I was lucky that Niš hosted the European Handball Championships for men and women in 2012 and the World Handball Championship for women in 2013. At the European Championships, as an enthusiastic boy who got the opportunity

BELLSPIRATION CLUB - Luka Radičević, Srbija/Slovenija: Zaljubio sam se u volontiranje i omladinski aktivizam (Part 2/4)

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1) Luka, u prethodnom intervjuu si spomenuo da si dobio nagradu za aktivistu generacije gimnazije ''Svetozar Marković'' u Nišu, koju si zaslužio angažovanjem u nekoliko školskih sekcija i klubova, ali i kao programski koordinator omladinskog udruženja ''Aktilum'', a koju si kasnije nastavio da opravdavaš svojim angažovanjem u raznim aktivnostima. Koliko je bitan omladinski aktivizam za jednog mladog čovjeka koji gradi svoju ličnost? Možeš li nam ispričati kako je tebe gradio sav taj raznovrsni aktivizam? Iskreno, ne znam kako se to tačno desilo i odakle mi ta želja, ali jedva sam čekao da napunim 15 godina kako bih dobio zakonsko pravo da volontiram. Pretpostavljam da mi je to naišlo ’’prirodno’’, pošto sam se još od malena bavio sportom, a imao sam i sreće da je Niš baš 2012. bio domaćin Evropskih prvenstava u rukometu za mušarce i žene, a 2013. Svetskog prvenstva u rukometu za žene. Na evropskim prvenstvima sam kao oduševljeni dečak koji je dobio pr

BELLSPIRATION CLUB - Emma Strenski, USA: Never be satisfied with the status quo! (Part 4/4)

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1) Can you share with us what you have learned from your life experience so far, and what you consider very important for a peaceful, happy and successful life?  For me, the biggest lesson has been that hard work does pay off, eventually. I have had to work really hard for everything I have achieved thus far in my life, nothing has really come easily for me. I am not as naturally smart as a lot of my peers, so I have always had to work extra hard in school to get good grades. And even after working hard, I still didn’t achieve the grades I had hoped to. But I kept working at it and pushing myself even harder to get where I wanted to be. I was also a student-athlete in college, I was a rower, and as with academics, I was not as naturally athletic as a lot of my friends and teammates. So, again, I just put it on myself to work harder and train more than my teammates to catch up and make up the gap. Even so, I had never felt like I truly excelled at anything in life, until I was awarded t

BELLSPIRATION CLUB - Ahmed Osmanović, BiH: Produktivnost čovjeka drži stabilnim! (Part 4/4)

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1) Možeš li podijeliti s nama šta je to što si naučio iz dosadašnjeg životnog iskustva, a što smatraš jako bitnim za miran, sretan i uspješan život? Još uvijek se smatram relativno mladim da bih pričao o ovakvim stvarima i neću reći da znam pravi odgovor na ovo pitanje. Međutim, ono što mogu reći na osnovu svog dosadašnjeg iskustva, mislim da čovjek neprestano mora biti raditi na sebi. Produktivnost čovjeka drži stabilnim, a samim tim i sretnijim. Naučio sam da je važno izbjegavati pesimizam koji je, realno, prisutan svuda oko nas, a to je moguće ukoliko smo okruženi pozitivnim ljudima. Rečenica „Voli ono što radiš i radi ono što voliš.“ sigurno najbolje opisuje sretan i uspješan život. Bez obzira koliko smo dobri ili loši u onome čime se bavimo, ishod postaje nebitan kada uživamo u tome i to treba biti najvažnije.  2) Koja je tvoja inspirativna poruka za sve nas? Činjenica je da vrijeme brzo prolazi. Mislim da ne postoji starija osoba koja nam neće poručiti da život proleti u trenu. S

BELLSPIRATION CLUB - Joana Freitas, Portugal: Reach out to people even if it feels scary! (Part 4/4)

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1) Can you share with us what you have learned from your life experience so far, and what you consider very important for a peaceful, happy and successful life? There are many important things I carry with me but it all boils down to self-care, acceptance (of yourself and others), gratitude, and allowing yourself to be different. If I had to create a list of lessons or advice to myself, I think it would be this: Respect your own timing and allow yourself to fully live whatever phase/age you are going through, don't skip it because you were too worried about the past or the future, or else you might find yourself missing out on your own life; Remember that feelings are always valid but also temporary, allow yourself to feel them but make sure to let go too, so new ones can take over; Take the time to notice the good and joyful things around you and about yourself - yes, you are worth noticing too; Rest, stop and do nothing - those are also necessary; Accept that we all have a differ