there something greater and purer than what
mouth pronunciation.
Silence enlightens the soul,
whispers in the hearts and unites them.
Silence takes us away from ourselves, makes us sail
in the firmament of the spirit,
brings us closer to the sky;
makes us feel that the body
is nothing more than a prison,
and this world is a place of exile.
(K. Gibran) 
The oldest was called Frank and he was twenty. The youngest was Ted and he was eighteen. They were always together, very close friends from elementary. Together they decided to join the army. Starting promised themselves and their parents that they would
care of each other. They were lucky and ended up in the same battalion.
That battalion was sent to war. A terrible war between the burning sands of the desert. For some time Frank and Ted remained in camps protected by aviation. Then one night he was ordered to advance into enemy territory.
The soldiers advanced through the night, under the threat of hellfire.
the morning, the battalion gathered in a village. But Ted was not there.
Frank looked for him everywhere, including the wounded, among the dead. He found his name in the list of missing.
went to the commander.
"I ask permission to go to get my friend," he said.
'It is too dangerous, "said the commander. "I've already lost your friend.
miss you.'re Out there shooting."
Frank equal parts. After a few hours he found Ted mortally wounded.
hoisted it on his shoulders. But a splinter hit him. It also dragged to the field.
"It was worth dying to save a dead man?" Shouted the captain.
"Yes" she whispered, "because before he died, Ted told me, Frank, I knew you'd come."
say to God at that moment: "I knew you'd come."
( taken from Bruno Ferrero, The cricket , 1990 Elledici )
"You did what you have. You came from you.
Have you finished your time and think about life as a
way to go from zero kilometer
last,
just waiting time.
Do you understand that life should be lived with the courage of
curiosity. That it is necessary for putting on tree-lined avenues and
dirt paths that deviate from their path
natural. That we need to even look at them,
know, bring it along.
Why so the journey is longer, is more varied ...
... Go back down.
Review the already seen.
and understand it better, stronger awareness 
gained by looking at the landscape and
the nature of the roads that opened your
free path in each direction and invite you to
know.
If you do not arrive so dumb to cross the forest.
You will not need anything other than d she your experience to tell and to listen. "
