It is common to find YouTube or other platforms, people talking about their experiences and how constant they are to achieve success, but nobody talks about the stalactites nor much less about the stalagmites. You are reading well, we are going to use the Spanish Royal Academy (RAE) to leave no doubt ...
According to the RAE, the stalactites are: "Calcareous rocks in the shape of an irregular cone and with the tip pointing downwards, which is formed in the roof of the caverns by the slow filtration of waters with calcium carbonate in solution."
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The stalactites and stalagmites, are part of what is known as speleothems, the term that is They give to the formations of the rocky cavities inside the caves.
The word comes from the Greek "deposit of cavities", refers to the deposits of secondary minerals formed in caves after the origin of these. I'll leave you a link if you want to know more about this fascinating topic.
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Now, you say, this guy went crazy, what does that have to do with perseverance? A lot, for a stalactite to form, it has a long time, one of the biggest in the world is in the cave Zhin Jin , in China, it has more than 70 meters in height.
Its formation process is not simple, the water, loaded with minerals, must cross the thickness and hardness of the rocks, without counting the different weather conditions, and one or another living being that helps or hinders the task.
That is why, when speaking of perseverance, we must mark as our own objective the formation of the stalactites of our lives, in order to cross thousands of challenges and thus achieve success. No beginning is simple, but if we are constant, some day we could admire the beauty of our stalagmites.
Thank you for reading, remember that dreams have no expiration date .
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