And I had a feeling that I was going to miss something unmissable, like a certainty that I was going to gain time and not lose it, and that all the money in the world wouldn’t have been enough because the richness of what I was going to experience was elsewhere… far beyond anything that can be bought!

Zevkan is 11 years old, he’s in 5th grade, and every week he waits for me to help him with his homework. His things are ready and so are his questions!

Last Wednesday there was no more homework, so we took the opportunity to play soccer!

We rest for a moment and, being curious, he says to me:

“Natael, what was your dream when you were little?”

Another one of those questions he doesn’t take lightly. And neither do I! We often have serious conversations like this one…

I take the time to think to be sure of what I’m telling him:

“I think that when I was little, I wanted to become a good person. You know, in movies when there was the good guy and the bad guy… I wanted to be the good guy. Do you see what I’m trying to say?”

He answers me with a sincerity that I wish I could keep forever:

“Yes, I see! And you are a good person, Natael…”

I will never forget this moment! And I will never forget this childhood dream that Zevkan reminded me of…

Thank you for that…