This ain’t a fairy tale, this is a true story. One of the sweetest memories that I have.
Things were hard, really hard for us. Imagine you as a young woman, full of dreams, two kids to raise alone and almost the whole world against you. Well, this was my mother.
Since the beginning my mother raised us to be very strong, independent and knowing how the world really is, it was very practical and logical. But also we always had our magical moments.
At this time I was 7 years old and my sister 2. And for me, it was coming the time to exchange my milk-teeth to the permanent ones.
One day one of my milk-teeth had fallen, so my mother came to me and told me about the tooth fairy. She told me to put my tooth under my pillow before going to sleep, she said that the Tooth fairy would appear, taking my tooth and leave me a gift. So I did.
I remember on the next morning, waking up and seeing under my pillow. Do you guess what I’ve found? A half little-packet of “Halls” candy, nothing more than that, not even an entire packet, just half.
Years later, as a grown man I was thinking about this moment. As I told you, things were really hard for us, some days we could barely eat. I can imagine on that day my mother had nothing more than a half little-packet of “Halls” candy in the purse, she had all the excuses to do nothing, instead of she fought to make her son believe in magic.
You did it, mom! You made a kid and a man very happy, both of them believing in magic. And you’ll be always my tooth fairy.
A quiet place: the silence that sounds brutal
by Jhony Ribeiro
Released in 2018 and brilliantly directed by John Krasinski, “A quiet place” is such a terrifying suspenseful thriller, that totally catch the audience with its immersive and intelligent story.
The plot is about a family trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world with blind creatures called “predators” that can kill people, searching and founding they by almost any kind of noises and sounds that they MUSTN’T make to survive.
Beyond all the adaptations to do not make sounds, one that calls attention it's the way that the family communicates with each other. They use the ASL (American sign language). Although, how they learned this sort of communication after this apocalypse, you may ask. The answer is simple, they had learned before, that's because this family has a deaf daughter.
As the fathers of this family, we have John Krasinski itself and his real-life wife, Emily Blunt. A curiosity is the actress Millicent Simmonds, who plays their deaf daughter, have this same condition on real-life.
Although the “quiet” on the title, the soundtrack is very impressive, as same as the special effects. My opinion is that everyone MUST watch this film, I can see it as a cult/classical in the future.
Not convinced yet? Ok, here a little spoiler: In the story, a baby is on the way so… imagine having a birth without make any sounds.
Ps: The predators are hearing us, be quiet.
I know, you’re anxious, but keep calm, it won’t be long, soon you’ll meet all of them. Your arrival marks my departure, but don’t feel bad, after all, It's always been this way.
I confess that I wish I left things a little better for you, We’ve passed for complicated moments, it wasn't easy. But you know, moments like this awake us and make us see all the good things, even the little ones.
You got a big responsibility, but don’t worry, you won’t be alone. The people who you will meet do not give up, they don’t quit. They wake up early and fight hard to make today better than yesterday, after all, every day is an opportunity, and with you, we will have 365 more.
And because of this my dear 2019, I wish that every singular moment of love, you make a plural. That every tear came for joy, every separation gives place to reencounters, every fall turns into and ascension, a victory! I also wish that every kind of difference be respected, after all, everyone have something in common. And every time lost, be filled with who really matters.
As 2018 a let you this legacy, after all, the antidote for all the bad thing I'll be always love.
Since I was a child I cannot accept things as they are. Even in this period of so many hate speeches, my theory is that people aren’t bad or cold, they are just conditioned to that. I’ve found myself on Storytelling because I believe that with the immersive stories and experiences that we can create with it, it’s possible to reverse these constraints by uniting and engaging people for a greater good.
I’m Jhony Ribeiro, a dreamer, curious, restless, passionate about ideas, good stories and most important by people. If you've just identified with something I said, read this article until the end, because we must to know each other.
I have a need to understand how all the things work. I was that kid who had the pleasure in disassembling and reassembling again all my toys. Nothing has changed since then. I’m still a guy, who seeks the understanding of everything and himself, trying every day a different kind of reinvention. My mind has always been a storm of ideas, so I live my life in a constant search for knowledge, skills, and people to help me bring them to life.
There is that sentence: “If it’s difficult, I’ll do it now. If it’s impossible, give me 5 more minutes”. I totally disagree, because I know that alone, it’s almost impossible to go so far, so I took the liberty to rewrite on my way: “If it’s difficult, I’ll do it now. If it’s impossible, give me 5 more minutes and I’ll bring some great people to solve it in 3 minutes”. Better, right?
I’m proud to be adaptable to almost every kind of situation. I don’t like to be attached to shapes, ready-made models or comfort zones. As Bruce Lee would say, I like to be like water. When you put water in a cup it becomes the cup, if you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot, water can flow, or crash, and for these things I like to be like water my friend.
Speaking of water, a curiosity. Do you know what is the trigger for the oyster to produce a pearl? The pain. It all begins when the sand invades its shell and starts to disturb so much that the oyster surrounds it with a substance, forming a perfect sphere that doesn’t hurt anymore. And it ends that this sphere, the pearl, is full of beauty and value.
I’ll confess that I feel like an oyster sometimes, with all the restlessness in here. That's why I try to wrap this “sand” of mine with my desire for change, curiosity, ideas, stories and people that I meet on my way. So that one day I can turn all these into a pearl. Make the world a better place.
I’m not a religious guy and I don’t belong to any religion, in particular, however, I have my own beliefs. I’m not here to talk just about myself, I want to tell you how my grandma taught me how to pray. Unfortunately, she’s passed away some years ago, after years living in a bed, a victim of a stroke.
When I was 8 years old she lived with us (My mother, sister and me). At this age I had a lot of nightmares, they were so frequent that I almost couldn’t sleep. But one day my grandmother taught me the “Lord’s Pray” and every night after that and before sleep we’ve prayed together. Somehow the nightmares were gone.
Time has passed and now I’m 24. One year after she passed, the nightmares had their comeback. I almost didn’t sleep for a week. Then I’ve remembered my grandma and what she taught me. Since my childhood, I didn’t pray, so I Google the “Lord’s Pray” and I prayed again. The nightmares are gone again, thanks grandma, wherever you are. I miss you.
