An open book...

For me, history represents my roots, my mother and father, my distant relatives, neighbours and friends. It’s part of who I am and who I will be. History is the foundation that shapes my future and stabilises my existence. History is lessons learned from mistakes and celebration of achievements.

History is intertwined with pioneerism, inventivity and risks taken by people who led a simpler life than we do now, whose lives were changed drastically.

History doesn’t lie, even if sometimes people try to lie about history. It doesn’t ever discriminate, as it never appoints itself as a judge. It always ends up revealing the truth, even after generations have passed like water under a bridge.

History is about what people like you or me can make. If you or me become failures, we’ll be part of of the dark pages of history. If we will be successful, we will fill history pages with tales of our success- a neverending inspirational story.

I was in Davos at a high-level meeting 5 years ago and I heard one of the participants say:” There is no need to read history. Let us focus on our future”.

There could be many interpretations  of the above statement. The most straightforward would be: “let us focus on the future”. The second would be: “History has a lower priority”. The third and more dubious one is: “ I have a reason to want people not to know history”.

I believe that if we don’t know history, we don’t know our parents, nor are we related to our countries.