Dear Marco,

Being happy is like booking an appointment with the cosmos.
No, I did not become a guru but that is precisely what this song has taught me. 

I was driving when I listened to Que beleza for the first time. I remember that all of a sudden it seemed to me that everything was nice and easy, that there was no need to be afraid. I felt like that dark, silent and lonely centuries had gone by but at that time, in that very car, it was all over.

While I was still dazed by that sudden energy and happiness, the radio started playing this amazing song. It was a sort of a ode to joy, a song by someone who had suffered, someone who felt lost but then found himself again, finally able to distinguish from good and evil.

Since then, I obviously had other low moments: that feeling of happiness was not everlasting. Since when I listened to Que beleza however I know that finding the right path only depends on me; that being happy is sort of a journey.

Yours truly,

The Walrus