Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World

by Christina Rickardsson

Missing someone doesn’t have anything to do with how long it’s been since you last saw each other, or the number of hours that have passed since you last spoke. It’s about specific moments when you wish they were there by your side.

About saudade

The slum is like an independent state within the state, kind of like the Vatican but with God missing. It’s downright ironic, I sometimes think, because the slums are where people’s faith in God is the greatest.

Favelas: like the Vatican but with God missing

What you do with the time you have available is what counts. What we remember often isn’t what we received, but rather how it felt to receive it.

It’s how you feel it. Not what you’ve done

Where is the morality in a society that lines up innocent children and guns them down in cold blood? What does society expect abused, vulnerable children to grow up and become? Well-adjusted, contributing citizens? These children are growing up with their souls crushed. They will act out based on what they’ve learned. Why should they make any effort when no one has ever

Life is fragile, and humans are vulnerable. We need care and joy. There are so many kindhearted people who prove that there is love, and thus there is hope.

There is hope

Change is painful. It’s uncomfortable and sometimes even distressing. But if we embrace the change and look at the positive in it and strive to make the best of it, there’s so much good to be gained.

About change. Such a great statement