Le ombre volano nei miei ricordi e mi portano altrove

Have we ever truly asked ourselves if we have the courage to let go?
To let slip away what’s holding us back,
without counting every step, without overthinking?
Maybe it’s a bit of a cliché: live in the moment, enjoy the journey and not just the outcome.
Lose ourselves to find ourselves again. Maybe changed, maybe more alive.

And what if we tried choosing experiences that carry a bit of risk?
Not for the body, but for the soul.
The kind of challenges that shake us,
that might — who knows — change everything.
The kind of experiences that feel like pure freedom: living alone, leaving our families,
building a life of our own, with new rules, chosen only by us.

When was the last time we did something for the first time?
Have we ever truly tried to step out of our comfort zone?
Or, even better, off our island?

Maybe fear, insecurity, that unfamiliar thrill…
aren’t enemies, but signals.
Maybe they’re there to show us how powerful we really are,
to help us see how far we can go.

Let’s reflect on that.

“Le ombre volano nei miei ricordi e mi portano altrove”
was born from this very idea:
the desire to tell the story of what it means to choose to leave your island.
I did it.
I left mine.

And now, five years later, I find myself here.
At a point in my life where solitude has become a constant presence.
I ask myself: was it worth it?
Or is it just a lie I tell myself,
to not feel this loneliness so deeply?
To not feel the emptiness so intensely?