At Way Beyond, among countless other gems, I realized the importance of awakening awareness and reflection on what we want and can change, invariably starting from the intention with which we do it. Above all, I relearned that, as in music, we must listen before speaking, controlling the impulse to strike a treble clef. Which is, as they say, the other.

About this world of ours today, which is evidently not taking the best course, because of us above all, it is easy to argue that both common sense and consensus are lacking. Nevertheless, neither concept will lead us to better paths. Both the cause and the solution may lie in common sense.

The need to get answers has left some of us with the presumption of knowing them all, for ourselves and, worse, for others.