Well, we are afraid. We are afraid because we have realized that we are not invincible, and this tremendous awareness has overwhelmed us; a bit like the waves that were too high when we used to play on the beach as children. At that time, we feared nothing, not even the sea, we looked it straight in the eye and bold, we ran towards it. But one day, the sea wanted to teach us a lesson, it sent a wave bigger than the others, a very high wave; that overwhelmed us. As the water dragged us deeper and deeper and we couldn’t breathe and we banged our heads and drank, for the first time we were afraid of the sea; swimming has never been the same since.
The pandemic was for us young people, the “highest wave” of life. Nothing could stop us, we could do and be whatever we wanted, every idea was real, palpable, every dream concrete in our eyes and so one day we were astronauts and the next maybe writers. But life, just like the sea, wanted to teach us a lesson and overwhelmed our reality. Nothing is as before, our present was upset, we can no longer compare ourselves with people of our age, who live what we live, who think what we think and are forced to relate only to the harsh judgment we have of ourselves.
Our future is also irresolute, in a society like ours, highly competitive, only those who study can have a life expectancy worthy and we therefore ask ourselves, if in the world of work, there will be room for young people, who have been deprived of two years of studies. In short, uncertainty dominates in our lives, we feel completely alone and for the first time we are afraid of life; we know that from now on dreaming will never be the same. This fear has petrified, terrified, and disoriented us enormously, yet it has also given us a valuable teaching. Basically we know that, if we didn’t fear the sea, a wave that was too high could drown us and in the same way that if we didn’t fear life, all of a sudden, it could overwhelm us. We therefore have to thank the waves and the difficulties for teaching us to survive, never give up, be resilient and gracefully overcome the “rocks” of life.
Stefania Aldieri 5E Linguistic High School S. Quasimodo Magenta (MI)
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