Article April 6, 1992 Issue

The most precious moment of my life

Into a life haunted by fear and anguish comes a light that knows no darkness. How nightmares flee before just a little of this light!

Hélard Zacarías La Rosa Cáceres

Original in Spanish

As a child I was most troubled by the harshness of life. I could not understand the hurtful things that people did to one another. Even in school the harshness did not abate. While things have changed greatly and children are no longer disciplined by the rod, when I was young it was not unusual for teachers to use a long, hard stick to punish children.

Physical hardship was only one form of anguish. In addition, there were many things that I feared, including the feeling that man's future is totally unsure, that he is governed by the stars, and that pure luck overshadows every day of his life.

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