“Is following in someone else’s footsteps such a good idea?”

BLANCHE DE RICHEMONT’S POINT OF VIEW

SUZON, this journey undertaken with your brother was a success, because it gave your children the taste of paying homage to the past by transforming it into the future through walking. Despite your differences of opinion with your brother, you gave life and love to this death march. You transformed immense distress into fraternity, even if it was not easy. It’s never easy growing up. However, greatness simplifies us. Because it teaches us to live together despite our differences. It’s very beautiful to undertake a journey in the footsteps of an ancestor or a writer, it gives an extra touch of soul. With your children, together, learn to accept your different or opposing approaches, confront them with that of Robert Louis Stevenson, rejoice in these myriads of possibilities that watch in a glance. The only lure is to have a specific expectation. If you go with an open mind, ready to welcome everything, then you will be left with nothing but wonder. Set out with your family in Stevenson’s footsteps, remembering his words: “Judge not the day by the evening’s harvest, but by the seeds you have sown. »