I am Ihor, from the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi.
I am 32.
What have you learned about life lately that you didn’t understand before?
Actually, there is a lot to talk about on this topic. Personally, I would highlight two aspects.
The first is that the truth is given very dearly when you know how to speak about it.
And the second is that a person’s strength is not when you fall. Usually at this turning point, people succumb to false values. And strength is in remaining a person under any circumstances.
What is your main inner struggle?
My most important inner struggle is not to become the majority that is around. Not to learn to be silent where you need to show character. Not to bend under the system, because it is easier that way. After all, in our present, decency is perceived as weakness, and keeping one’s word is something optional.
What simple thing or action gives you happiness?
For me, it is definitely an emotion in any of its manifestations, because emotion travels throughout our lives. We receive joy — we are happy. We receive, I don’t know, pain or sadness — but over time it grows into something bright — experience, strength, for someone into hope, and from this we are also happy. Therefore, for me, it is definitely an emotion.
What lifestyle would be for you the way to fulfill your dreams?
It will be a lifestyle where you do not betray yourself first of all, do not betray your principles. When you wake up and know why you have to move on - not just to live, but to move on. This is definitely an understanding that in 50 years you could look back and tell yourself and be honest that you lived this life with dignity and not in vain.
Favorite movie and what did it teach you?
Well, I definitely like the movie "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino the most. Overall, it teaches through the inner struggle of a person who goes through some trials his whole life. And his biggest trial is not to break at the end of his journey.
