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LOTS OF ENERGY
(from the book Paralelo 30)


Today was the first day my daughter stayed alone in the club, waiting in the "Passatempo House". She is 5 years old and starts slowly to become independent. It is, at the same time, bad and nice to see our children prepared and full of courage.

I fell proud, happy and full of energy to go after my own things. If they have already their lives, of course there is time remaining for me - and lots of willing!

The happiness of the family life continues, but there is no more physical stress like in the early years. It is really hard at the beginning, the children depend 100% on us. But now, here I am, deciding if I write a book or try politics. These are the 2 strongest thoughts in my mind, but I can't really decide. I remember a conversation I had once with my boss Marcelo about the time to give back to the society what we got. In that particular case he was referring to a trip to "Três de maio" (early plane, some kilometers in a car, .) in order to give a speech for the local university. It ended up being a wonderful experience, with some 200 young people clapping and a feeling of accomplished mission, of being helpful for all those people. Extremely nice feeling, but I feel I've got to do more than that and it maybe in politics. But let's leave life move, the right time will arrive. I am sure.


Translated by Lonise Gerstner

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