Am r\u0103mas c\u00e2teva secunde f\u0103r\u0103 grai, incapabil\u0103 s\u0103 procesez imaginea din fa\u021ba mea. Andrei, elevul care visa la stele, dormea pe asfaltul rece, \u00eenvelit doar cu o geac\u0103 sub\u021bire. L\u00e2ng\u0103 el, o pung\u0103 de plastic cu c\u00e2teva haine \u0219i o carte de fizic\u0103 murdar\u0103 de noroi.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Andrei, ce s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat? De ce e\u0219ti aici? am reu\u0219it s\u0103 \u00eentreb, cu vocea tremur\u00e2nd\u0103.
El a cobor\u00e2t privirea. \u00cei curgeau lacrimi pe obraji, dar \u00eencerca s\u0103 le ascund\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Tata… a plecat. Mama… e bolnav\u0103. N-am mai avut unde s\u0103 st\u0103m. Am dormit pe la prieteni, dar n-am vrut s\u0103 mai deranjez pe nimeni. O s\u0103 fie bine, doamn\u0103, doar p\u00e2n\u0103 termin \u0219coala…<\/p>\n
Cuvintele lui m-au lovit \u00een piept ca o palm\u0103. Cum putea un copil de 17 ani, care str\u0103lucea la ore, s\u0103 tr\u0103iasc\u0103 a\u0219a, \u00een frig \u0219i foame, f\u0103r\u0103 ca nimeni s\u0103 \u0219tie?<\/p>\n
L-am dus acas\u0103 la mine, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 mai stau pe g\u00e2nduri. A \u00eencercat s\u0103 protesteze, dar nu i-am dat voie.
\u2014 Ai nevoie de un pat cald, nu de explica\u021bii, i-am spus.<\/p>\n
\u00cen acea noapte, \u00een timp ce \u00eel auzeam respir\u00e2nd lini\u0219tit \u00een camera de oaspe\u021bi, am pl\u00e2ns \u00een t\u0103cere. Mi-am dat seama c\u00e2t de goi suntem, de fapt, c\u00e2nd tr\u0103im doar pentru noi. Ani de zile am pus materia \u00eenaintea inimii, notele \u00eenaintea oamenilor. Iar acum, un copil pierdut mi-a ar\u0103tat ce \u00eenseamn\u0103 cu adev\u0103rat bun\u0103tatea.<\/p>\n
Zilele urm\u0103toare am aflat mai multe. Mama lui era internat\u0103 \u00eentr-un spital din alt ora\u0219, cu o boal\u0103 grea, iar tat\u0103l \u00eel abandonase dup\u0103 ce pierduse casa la jocuri de noroc. Andrei muncea pe unde putea, sp\u0103la ma\u0219ini \u00een weekend ca s\u0103-\u0219i cumpere m\u00e2ncare \u0219i caiete. Tot ce voia era s\u0103 termine liceul \u0219i s\u0103 ajung\u0103 la facultatea de fizic\u0103, visul lui de-o via\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
L-am sprijinit cum am putut. I-am cump\u0103rat haine, am vorbit cu directoarea, am g\u0103sit o funda\u021bie care l-a ajutat cu burse. Dar, mai mult dec\u00e2t orice, am \u00eenceput s\u0103 petrecem seri \u00eentregi povestind. Despre via\u021b\u0103. Despre oameni. Despre stele.<\/p>\n
\u00centr-o sear\u0103, mi-a spus:
\u2014 Doamn\u0103 Popescu, \u0219ti\u021bi ce mi-a spus mama mereu? C\u0103 nu conteaz\u0103 c\u00e2\u021bi bani ai, ci c\u00e2\u021bi oameni \u00ee\u021bi vor duce dorul c\u00e2nd n-o s\u0103 mai fii.
M-am uitat la el \u0219i am \u0219tiut c\u0103 vorbe\u0219te cu o \u00een\u021belepciune pe care pu\u021bini adul\u021bi o au.<\/p>\n
A trecut un an. Andrei a terminat liceul primul din clas\u0103. La banchet, colegii l-au aplaudat \u00een picioare. C\u00e2nd a urcat pe scen\u0103, a spus ceva ce n-am s\u0103 uit niciodat\u0103:
\u2014 Dac\u0103 azi sunt aici, e pentru c\u0103 cineva a v\u0103zut \u00een mine mai mult dec\u00e2t un elev. A v\u0103zut un om.<\/p>\n
Am izbucnit \u00een lacrimi. Nu de triste\u021be, ci de recuno\u0219tin\u021b\u0103. Pentru c\u0103 Dumnezeu mi-a trimis \u00een cale acel copil exact c\u00e2nd aveam nevoie de un motiv s\u0103 cred din nou \u00een oameni.<\/p>\n
Ast\u0103zi, Andrei e student la Bucure\u0219ti. Vine uneori \u00een vizit\u0103, aduce flori \u0219i poveste\u0219te cu pasiune despre experimentele lui. \u00cemi spune \u201emama a doua\u201d \u0219i nu trece Cr\u0103ciun f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 m\u00e2nc\u0103m \u00eempreun\u0103 sarmale \u0219i cozonac, r\u00e2z\u00e2nd p\u00e2n\u0103 t\u00e2rziu.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd m\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc la prima sear\u0103 \u00een care l-am v\u0103zut dormind \u00een parcare, mi se str\u00e2nge inima. Dar apoi \u00eemi amintesc z\u00e2mbetul lui de acum, curat \u0219i senin, \u0219i \u0219tiu c\u0103 toate s-au \u00eent\u00e2mplat cu un rost.<\/p>\n
Unii oameni intr\u0103 \u00een via\u021ba ta pentru o lec\u021bie. Al\u021bii, pentru o binecuv\u00e2ntare. Andrei a fost am\u00e2ndou\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u0218i de fiecare dat\u0103 c\u00e2nd privesc cerul noaptea, nu mai v\u0103d doar stele. V\u0103d speran\u021b\u0103.
Pentru c\u0103 undeva, un copil care dormea pe asfalt a \u00eenv\u0103\u021bat s\u0103 zboare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Am r\u0103mas c\u00e2teva secunde f\u0103r\u0103 grai, incapabil\u0103 s\u0103 procesez imaginea din fa\u021ba mea. Andrei, elevul care visa la stele, dormea pe asfaltul rece, \u00eenvelit doar cu o geac\u0103 sub\u021bire. L\u00e2ng\u0103 el, o pung\u0103 de plastic cu c\u00e2teva haine \u0219i o carte de fizic\u0103 murdar\u0103 de noroi. \u2014 Andrei, ce s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat? De ce e\u0219ti aici? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-povesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10909,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10907\/revisions\/10909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}