Live, experiment, dare.
Do it without taking for granted that others must accept you as you are, or approve of what you do.
Do it even without feeling annoyed by those who, in turn, live, experiment, and dare.
Above all: do it knowing from the start that it is in your nature to seek your path in opposition, as an alternative to everyone else—even if not necessarily in parallel.
You must have noticed: we are not alone.
Social rules can unsettle you, but in the long run, they can also be useful.
It is necessary to understand the balances and dynamics of the herd: there are those who are not at all disturbed by the idea of being assigned a role, and those who find it unacceptable.
For many, it is lethal to realize they are not the king of the forest.
The king, then, seems to want your peace… for your own good.
Perhaps it is true—because your staying quiet can also benefit you—but it mostly benefits him.
The king, like the lion with the cubs, protects and feeds you, if he can, and this guarantees the durability of his dominion.
But you don’t want to be dominated by anyone, even if you are young, and you’re probably not ready.
You don’t know if you would have the strength or courage to challenge a king…
What do you do in these cases? Duel? Revolt?
Is it really necessary to fight?
If you want someone’s place—even in a civilized world—there are few effective deterrent practices that don’t involve fighting.
Fight, however, can take different forms.
Moreover, it’s possible that you don’t even really want that place—at least not for long, even if it were given to you.
What to do, then?
Sometimes it’s enough to move a little further away, away from the swirling vortex of power struggles.
Sometimes there is enough space for everyone.
Other times, however, disputes have no winners, and you find yourself witnessing catastrophes, surviving on the ruins of powers you would not have wanted.
Sometimes, you find yourself king… of nothing. Or almost nothing. But still king.
Know that it takes a lot of life ahead.
Much is sacrificed in the pursuit of a goal… and antacids are needed.
Sometimes you have no space. Or you don’t see it. Or you don’t have the time to look for it.
Here: it’s a difficult path, you must know that.
Some don’t make it.
When they tell you childhood is the time of carefreeness, don’t trust them…
They are people who have no worries even now that they are old.
For those who think, however, know that it gets better.
Slowly, time resolves.
It never heals— that’s not its task—
but it changes perspectives.
And often, more often than you’d think, it proves you right.
And satisfaction.
I believe a good advice is, if you have it, to take all the time you need.
That’s why it’s worth never giving up,
especially when you’re young and time seems infinite—even when it would seem useless to do so.
Happiness leads you to say it was worth it,
even if it lasted only a second.
Pain, even at its worst, passes. Always.
It is the most overrated of feelings.
Hold on.