THE BOOK ON THE NIGHTSTAND: ONE DAY

Time is a concept that has always fascinated me.
It is dimension in which we measure life’s events. If the time is flying by that means we are having fun and it is not enough, if it seems to stop is because we are bored and we would like to fly; we don’t have plenty and we want to run, we have too much and we think about how to fill. We harass so much but we are never IN time.

Being here and now is seen as a gift, that’s why is called present. Give time to listen to each other, because share joy or pain becomes something valuable, not to take for granted. We need to be thankful for each other. Too often we use present to make future plans, which turns to be no longer an interest for us. The time doesn’t show up, it exists through what changes and through the aging of an object or the evolution of a feeling.

In the novel by David Nicholls, “One day”, characters have tried to stop their time in Edinburgh every July 15th since the day of their first meeting. The story of Emma and Dexter begins the last day of university, one step away from adulthood. July 15th 1988 will mark the beginning but not the end. It will be their first but not the last goodbye, even if some will prove more difficult than others.
That of Em and Dex is the story of a forever 24 hours.

It is hard to think of a future that it will not arrive because it is in our nature to build relationships, to make plans, to get second chances … but I feel to share Emma’s words live each day as if it were the last, of usually the advice was that, but those who had enough energy to do it? And if it was raining or you were in a bad mood? It was impractical. Much better to try to be brave and bold and change things for the better. Not just the world, but the piece around you.

Time of reading: 5 evenings for a few hours

Photography: Sara Cartelli.
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