Last night I was having dinner at Sari Organik in front of a beautiful sunset. It was a nice moment although a bit nostalgic because the time of my departure was nearing.

I love taking pictures and since I moved to Ubud I always wanted to take a picture of fireflies. I am often surrounded by them when I am outside in the evening time.  Unfortunately they are not easy to be photographed in the dark, and all my attempts miserably failed.  Fireflies bring back childhood memories as I grew up in the countryside. There use to be many in Italy at that time, but through the years they gradually disappeared because of the herbicides used in the fields by the farmers.

At some point, last night, I noticed something like a drop of water falling from the ceiling. Puzzled by that I looked closely on the table

and there it was, a firefly. It looked like it was disoriented or about to die. So I quickly grabbed my phone and started taking pictures. And finally I captured this nice shot of this beautiful creature. My dream came true and I was so happy. Later on she jumped on my shirt, I was so excited  I could take her home with me. I had to walk a bit but surprisingly she never flew away. When we were at home I put her in my bedroom and a bit later it looked like she regained her strength. So I switched off the light and there she was, flying again across the ceiling. It was such a  cool feeling to watch her…

I think there are some lessons to be learned from this story. The first is that dreams always come true if you are patient enough and willing to never give up. The second is that in life you don’t need to be a strong powerful creature to survive, it’s ok to be delicate and vulnerable like a tiny firefly. What matters is in whose hands you are going to end up with. If you are in good hands then you will be safe, and not matter who you are and how hard life is, you will be able to survive and fly high.