What would you say to a child who wants to program paradise?
Well, I could give you a little more context? Maybe fit to someone who wanted to save the world and now drinks coffee with wine.
Some children want toys, but this one wanted to end human suffering.
For this boy, the world wasn’t a home. It was a labyrinth.
If you asked him:
- How are you?… he would interrupt, thinking:
- How well am I? Compared to my rich cousin?… or compared to a beggar?”...
Well, you know, that’s not how you make friends in kindergarten. Sometimes, this boy would cry at snack time:
- What’s your problem?
- The beggars…
- What beggars? Are you crazy!
He couldn’t explain.
To solve this, the boy invited beggars to eat at his house. Until one of them stole money from his mother’s purse.
He didn’t hit him. He sat down, wiped her hands, almost smiling and said with a look he couldn’t read:
“how you be safe with this money”
Well, I’m hungry. Could you give me something to eat?
I don’t steal my friends’ purses anymore.