I
am
of
those
that
hold
that
the
reason
for
life,
or
existence,
is
to
do
the
right
thing,
be
content,
always
at
peace
with
your
past
and
confident
in
your
future.
I
am
of
those
that
believe
that
the
best
day
of
our
lives
is
today,
this
present
moment.
The
rational
behavior,
at
the
present,
is
to
forgive
the
errors
of
the
past
and
prepare
us
for
those
yet
to
come,
because
in
some
way
they
guarantee
normality
of
the
brain
and
the
heart,
keeping
at
a
distance
useless,
worrisome
concerns.
This
way,
each
day
will
be
replete
with
renewed
work
challenges
and
learning
opportunities,
new
ways
of
consolidating
friendships,
a
hand-tailored
and
favorable
time
to
leave
our
footprints
upon
the
earth.
And
it
seems
that
I
am
not
alone
in
my
way
of
thinking
and
acting.
There
still
exist
many
people
that
determinedly
pursue
the
joyous
search
for
happiness,
in
the
affirmation
of
affective
values,
in
consolidation
of
part
of
the
endless
riches
of
love.
People
that,
living
in
the
world
of
the
machine,
and
receiving
those
electronic
impulses,
still
haven’t
lost
those
precious
qualities
that
deal
with
the
health
of
the
body
and
soul.
People
who
feel
joy
at
the
sight
of
other’s
happiness,
who
feel
joy
when
seeing
joy,
who
sincerely
share
goodness
with
their
fellows.
In
conversation
yesterday
at
the
Montes
Claros
Culture
Center
with
the
father
Aderbal
Murta
de
Almeida,
my
Rotarian
and
Academy
of
Literature
comrade,
we
were
reminiscing
about
past
local
events
and
happenings
pointing
out
significant
facts
that
glorified
the
ideological
patrimony
of
Montes
Claros
in
both
cognitive
and
emotional
aspects.
He
cited
innumerous
significant
examples
of
the
grandeur
of
goodness
and
faith,
the
love
of
spontaneous
dedication
to
goodness,
the
halo
of
divine
light
that
flows
with
the
evolutional
ladder
of
grand
personalities,
souls
that
radically
demonstrate
the
humanity
of
our
culture.
In
resuming,
he
proposed
two
names
that
he
personally
considered
as
the
most
important
in
the
hallowed
gallery
of
greatness,
in
loving
and
in
forgiveness,
in
knowledge
of
being
and
living.
He
gave
the
first
name,
emphasizing
the
work
of
father
Marcos,
and
when
I
was
about
to
interrupt
him
to
point
out
the
second
name,
he
said
the
name
that
was
on
the
tip
of
my
tongue,
reminding
me
clearly
and
happily
of
Nathércio
França,
our
great
and
loved
Nathércio.
I
looked
at
Nivaldo
Maciel,
who
was
there
with
us
and
saw
that
he,
by
his
gestures
of
consent,
that
if
we
had
been
a
little
slower,
he
would
have
pronounced
the
same
name
before
we
had
done.
In
fact,
considering
the
capacity
of
good
living,
of
existence
with
true
knowledge
and
majesty,
of
the
friend
and
of
the
brotherhood,
of
the
practice
of
fellowship
and
fraternity,
Nathércio
França,
is
the
most
illustrious
personage
in
the
history
of
Montes
Claros.
No
one,
truthfully
no
one
could
have
failed
to
admire
him,
feeling
the
height
of
his
love,
to
share
his
charisma,
always
visible
and
with
the
value
with
which
he
treated
every
moment
of
his
existence.
Nathércio
had
the
unbreakable
faith
that
only
great
souls
bear.
If
we
had
had
time
enough
to
bask
in
the
radiance
of
his
knowledge,
his
passing
so
recent
to
us
in
time
and
space,
I
believe
that
our
consideration
would
be
even
greater.
Nathércio
França,
illustrious
personality
in
several
of
the
most
varied
activities
of
the
city;
businessman,
pilot,
religious
leader,
active
Rotarian…he
was
no
doubt,
an
unforgettable
moment
in
the
lives
of
all
who
knew
him.
