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Fosca Sanviti...
I grew up in a frenetic world where there is no time for communication. Society's morales keep on being oriented toward a corrupted and cynical direction; adults are focused on their own problems and they don't take time to listen to kids who are thrown in a world in which what matters is to get into the best college and have the most brilliant carrier.
I always thought of the past generations who fought for their dreams and got united to defend their ideals with jealousy, as I have always seen my generation as an individualist, corrupted and cynical one, without common aspirations not ideals.
It is during a trip in New York though that I discovered that we little people of the future are capable of poignant emotions and of sharing dreams as well.
It is when my teacher looked for me to take my hand and bring me to the tip of the boat in a windy starry night and then pointed out at me with moved eyes the magnificent view of a night-lighted Manhattan from the Ocean that I learned that people can pass on emotions without need of words but only through love. It is when this same teacher spent hours telling me about his childhood in the Bronx, his aspirations as a young student and his dreams, that I felt that trust and generosity and wisdom are still part of this world.
It is when I saw all my friends and myself dancing on The Beatles' songs in the Strawberry Fields, with all the the adults staring at a flourishing youth, that I could believe in the power of our innocence, candor and spontaneous hope.
It is in a strange night in Soho, sat on some random couch in the middle of the street with three other friends, all united in the pain, that I experienced how healing the triumphant power of love is, as never before I felt so close to people as in that moment of suffering and so healed by each other's tears and compassion.
It is indeed thanks to this trip in New York City if now I trust more my generation and believe in virtues such as love, generosity and loyalty that we are capable of and that can make this world a better