With his back warmly caressed by the sun and his eyes meeting the gaze of an enormous, proudly standing fir tree, an unexpected wave of caring about human beings made his throat dry.
He uneasily reflected upon the notion of “humanism today”:
“Is there still an urge for constructing a world where humans could feature their abilities of provoking touching emotions?” he wondered.
His thoughts instantly darted to the doctors in Gaza, to Julian Assange, to Roger Waters, to rescuer Jason Apostolopoulos, to volunteer firemen, to nurses in the public healthcare system, to the refugees that support and nurture foreign land and its people.
He regained some of his lost courage!
Humanism today resembles these people’s faces.
It appears in the eyes of those who request something prettier. Something that provokes feelings that can make you cry out of understanding.
It resembles the resistance against primeval raw brutality.
It resembles the sun’s warmth and the fir tree’s gaze.
16/8/2025
