Fioretta Mazzei, Blue-Green Thoughts

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FIORETTA MAZZEI

BLUE AND GREENaTHOUGHTS/

PENSIERI BLU O VERDI RACCOLTI DA UN ASSESSORE PER UNA PIÙ VASTA SICUREZZA SOCIALE

Blessed Olive Branch, Kenyan olive-
wood bowl, William Morris Print

Disegni di Antonella Somigli

Impara anche un mestiere

sarai indipendente nella vita/

Learn a skill

and you will be independent in life

La solidarietà popolare è più forte del potere politico:

chiedi al tuo bambino di darti una mano/

People's solidarity is stronger than political force:

Ask your child to give you a hand.

Ciò che fai fallo bene/

What you do, do well

Prega, rifletti e poi fai:

questa regola (di Gandhi) ottenne l'indipendenza dell'India/

Pray, reflect, and then act:

This rule (from Gandhi) won India's indepedence

Festina Lente - Cosimo de' Medici/

Spicciati con calma/

Make Haste Slowly/ Make Haste, Calmly

I valori che durano nel tempo sono validi,

quelli anche smaglianti ma di breve durata sono effimeri/

Values which last throughout time are worthy,

While those which sparkle for a brief while are fleeting

Ricorda che spesso il tuo avversario

si rivela tuo amico/

Recall that often your enemy

Becomes your friend

Prova ad avere pazienza: anche per un pezzo di pane

ci vuole un anno di lavoro e molte mani che collaborano.

Try to be patient: Even for a piece of bread

a year of work and many hands are needed.

Ascolta molto/

Mostly, Listen

Difendi il più debole

sii gentile con gli altri

Defend the weakest

Be gentle with the others.

Ricerca la saggezza anche di un analfabeta,

Non è sola la scuola a dare cultura/

Learn wisdom from one who is illiterate

It isn't just the school that gives culture.

Fai attenzione alle persone e alla natura:

E` molto più importante che leggere un libro.

Paying attention to people and nature

Is far more important than reading a book.

La libertà è come l'aria,

te ne accorgi solo quando manca/

Liberty is like the air we breathe

Noticed only when lacking

Gli amici si stringono la mano;

perché gli stati si alleano con le armi?/

Friends shake hands with each other,

Why do states ally themselves with arms?

Tutto nasce piccolo:

è più bello proteggere i piccoli

che non i grandi/

All is born small:

It is more beautiful to protect the small

than the great.

and in th is he shewed me a lytil thyng the quantite of a hasyl nott. lyeng in the pawme of my hand as it had semed. and it was as rownde as eny ball. I loked ther vpon with the eye of my vnderstondyng. and I thought what may this be. and it was answered generally thus. It is all that is made. I merueled.

And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity of a hazel nut, lying in the palm of my hand, so it seemed. And it was as round as any ball. I looked at it with the eye of my understanding and I thought 'What may this be?' It was answered thus, 'It is all that is made'.

Julian of Norwich , Showing of Love, Westminster Manuscript

For Fioretta Mazzei, see also Giorgio LaPira Fioretta Mazzei Portal, Fioretta Mazzei, Rights of the Child

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