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Suddenly alone: with no reference points.

To be alone. Suddenly. For our decisions or against our will. What does it mean?
"Please, sit down. I don't have good news for you. You have no job. And no money as well. What do you do now? What are you thinking? Well, you might thing that deep down everything is ok, maybe you're not in the best situation, but you still have a family, some friends. You can count on them... Count on them? No. You have no friends. And no family to count on. They have disappeared. Everything goes wrong. No money, no friends, no family. What the hell's happening? Try to imagine to be in such a state. Imagine that what you have, suddenly you don't have anymore. If you can imagine this, how do you feel? Does it scare you? What do you think of? Maybe you could try to roll up thinking that there is still something by you side. Just one thing, but strong enough to start again. Even if you have nothing, there is still something that you have. Health. You think that your health has no price. Health has more value than wealth. And when you feel good, even to be alone could be just a passing problem. Just like being without money. Goddamm!, you say. And you get up to light a cigarette... No. Don't do it. Because health is not going well either (...)"
(da Esperienze di Valore, AZ)

Being alone could be the beginning of a rebirth. But when it happens, it's always a trauma. Very hard. Let's look at three famous moments when the protagonist is left alone.

Video - 3 tearful releases

Ghost. The final scene.
When he leaves her alone, all the world is crying with Demi. Some months ago he (Patrick Swayze) is dead for real.

Cristian the lion.
At the end of the 60's. When ideas were stronger than reality. Like the idea of two English friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg: buying a little lion who was on sale at Harrods's. A plush lion? Not, a real one. They held him at home as long as the little lion became a big lion. At that moment, they decided to bring him home. To Harrod's? No, to Africa. So they went into the heart of Africa to set him free in the savannah. A few years later, they wanted to go back and see him one more time. When they arrived they hoped to see the lion again. They were lucky and met him again. But when they saw the lion running towards them, they were asking themselves and now? Does he still remember us?

Knut the bear
He is the superstar in Berlin zoo. When he was born, mama bear didn't want him no more. She was an independent mama bear and the little bear was adopted by the whole city. In this video, we can see Knut with a special nurse: a man. He is Thomas Dörflein who was nominated in 2007: Berliner of the year, because he was able to nurse Knut until he became a great bear. But the short life of Knut is full of tragedies: at the end of 2008, Dörflein was found in his flat, without life.

Stefania Mirani

32 years old from - Italy