Why “Come Alberi”

There is a simple gesture we make when we look at a tree: we lift our eyes, follow the trunk and let our gaze rise towards the branches, the leaves, higher and higher, until it reaches the sky.

For a moment, we feel drawn upwards and wonder how the tree can reach so high—high enough to brush the sky.

The answer is hidden beneath our feet.

A tree cannot touch the sky without deep, wide, living roots. Roots that seek water, nourishment and stability; roots that reach into the soil, intertwine and form connections.

What we see above is possible because of what exists below.

And the same is true of us.

We live in a time that constantly asks us to be more: faster, more productive, more visible.

Being “better than everyone else” seems to have become more important than being ourselves.

And in this race towards a sky we did not choose, we risk losing ourselves. We lose sight of our dreams, our talents and our desires, until it becomes easy to forget who we truly are.

This is why being rooted matters.

Our roots remind us of our direction. They bring us home. They tell us: “You do not need to rise higher than everyone else. You need to follow the path of your own heart.”

Our roots are made of experiences, emotions, stories, wounds and resources.

A tree is not afraid of deep roots. It knows that the stronger they are, the more freely it can open towards the sky.

“Come Alberi” is an invitation to remember that we too have an invisible, powerful part that deserves to be heard.

It is an invitation not to rush only towards the top, but to return to where everything begins; to recognise that what supports us is already within us, even if we cannot see it yet.

Only by reconnecting with our roots can we find our own sky: our authenticity, our direction, our purpose, our truest self.

What lies below is reflected above.

There is a quiet law in nature: what happens in the depths is reflected on the surface.

And what is within shapes what we meet outside.

But that deserves a chapter of its own—and I will tell that story in another article.