A Tale for Tomorrow

one move forward; with my spouse and partner we have travelled much, trying with our arts to communicate, met a lot of distress and a lot of hope, of courage and of fear, and always there is this flowing of the presence that gathers and orders and clears the way, step by step...” And L’Archer , listen to him: “I never talked to anyone about it; at first I was not e ven aware that the others did not know the same inner space, but then, through their behaviour in the daily life, it became evident, and also that I would not be understood at all if I tried to refer to it - and what would be the use?; I was considered as a sensitive child, perhaps too sensitive, and it was like all around there was this misunderstanding, from every side, but I learnt that it did not matter, trusting that one day it would certainly be shared, but not now, not as yet; in any case, it was neither noisy nor demonstrative, it was my hearth of tranquil joy, like when one is underwater and moves to be in the path of a sunray, it is direct, concentrated and diffuse at the same time, and also it is like a lift, one can rise in it; one knows to be patient and generous, that the whole world is one, even if this is still a secret... it is only today, here, that I can recognize this same presence in others, and it is a great boon...!” Here is Jul , now: “Quite early on already, in the small school, I ha d that sense of being immersed into a very awkward and unpleasant condition seeing and feeling the hostilities, the nasty games, the cruelty of some of the kids,

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