LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Dear Readers,
It would be very easy these days to show no pity for some people or situations, especially after having had confirmation that stupidity and arrogance of the human being go hand in hand.
But I won’t do it. I don’t consider myself an arrogant man or a stupid one.

Instead I would like to share with you some considerations, as always very simple and not pretentious, about the impossibility of doing anything in life without passion.
This is a concept that somehow is connected and counterposed to the theme of this month cover, the Sloth.
Imagine a Formula 1 pilot without passion for cars, or a violinist without love for music, or a sailor without pathos for the sea.
Many of you will think that it is impossible to do these jobs without passion, and I agree with this view on life. There will be other people that instead will think: “a pilot earns a lot of money so I would do it even if I don’t love cars!”.
Also this opinion can be shared, but how many of you really think that these people would become great pilots? Or at least, how many of you think that these people do their best every day?
I grew up with the idea that a life without passion is like a plant without light.
In my life I’ve always done everything with passion, diligence and sacrifice, receiving back most of the times contrary opinions, objections or meeting people who didn’t believe in me and in my ideas.
To choose this path is not easy and it will never be, to live with passion will lure a lot of sharks that make their own life a faint reflection of other people’s life.
Will you be alone?
Yes!
Will you be vulnerable to other people’s prejudices?
Yes!
Do not expect anyone to believe in you or to support you, especially in the most critical moments.
But maybe this is the good part, because when you will make it, and I’m sure one day you will, the satisfaction will be greater than you ever thought.
Because we will never stop.
Because we are deeply passionate.
Because we are insane, passionately insane!