I know what you did 9 years ago...

The last post made me remember that first encounter with a couple of my own "kindred spirits" (kindred spirirt n. a person who shares beliefs, attitudes, feelings, or features with another)

I've gone through the roads down memory lane... and this is what I found...

As my english friend would say... "I don't need to tell YOU that you are my kindred spirit"
Wherever you are guys... happy 9th anniversary hahaha!!

When passion means action

You meet different people across your life on earth, some of them you "click" with... other are just a good and/or random memory inside your head... some of them remain in your life forever, some of them come and go... some of them, you hear about their deeds in the newspapers... some of them are "normal" human beings like you and me... and some of them... go through life, unrecognized... but truly, they are silent heroes...

Exactly 9 years ago... in a hotel lobby in a remote Central American country (not mine... but pretty near!) an Icelander with amazing piano skills gathered a whole bunch of young adults around a piano and got them singing for 10 days in a row the following song...

"We are the world,

we are the children

we are the ones who make a brighter day

so lets start giving

there's a choice we're making

we're saving our own lives

it's true we'll make a better day

just you and me"

There are 2 girls in this planet I love with all my heart... one of them is for me, one of those silent heroes I am telling you about... she has had more jobs in the last 10 years than anyone I have ever met... for the corporate world, that would mean "lack of stability" but in real life and in her field that is heroism

She has devoted her life to save the children, to attend children in need, affected by the social conflicts the world has inflicted them in, from India, Kosovo, Central African Republic and now Haiti... the world for her is just a conjunction of airports... and she is, where she is most needed... most of us, in our late 20s, early 30s, think of life as a race for building a future... a future meaning a good house, a nice family and a social condition... for her, the future is now... the future is every single child that she takes care of, that she give love to, that she lends a hand to... the future in her eyes goes through the eyes of the children she touches, and that is the most noble act a human being can offer...

From Africa to Haiti... (amazing coinciden)... That song is yours girl... you are a heroe for me! and I am sure you are a heroe for all those little ones you have cared for...