One day, after I had picked one flower of each type, he dug his hands into the grass and, parting the grass, pointed out some tiny blue flowers. "They are small, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve our admiration." Since then I have always tried to see what is hidden in the grass, and this has allowed me to enrich my life considerably. They weren't lessons in botany, they were lessons in life: there is always something to learn, you never stop growing.
Maestro Faccincani among his ortensias with Scooby
In my meadow today there are small and big wild flowers, but also always ortensias, geraniums and also strawberries and blueberries that I share with the people of the sky. It is exciting when in the morning nature starts the orchestra and the musicians are blackbirds, sparrows, turtledoves and many others that give me the wake-up call. Then we go to the vegetable garden where the squirrels and moles thank me for my daily work, sharing the fruits of the earth with them is a joy.
I welcome and respect all animals, and in particular I love horses immensely, beings of supreme intelligence and elegance that give us the wings we do not have, and dogs for their absolute love and devotion. I have always lived in that inner world where enchantment and sensitivity reigned, I was a little big dreamer and I still am. How beautiful is this gift that overwhelms my thoughts, and for this every day I kneel down and say thank you for being part of this wonderful universe.
Athos Faccincani
