Charme and Chance

Editoriale inglese (tradotto da Silvia Benso)

Abstract

According to myths, Grace is the girdle of Venus that is capable of attaining anything. The shining of a subject (or an event) full of grace fascinates, is charming. A graceful action has its own time, the chance of its success. Charm and chance happen through the intertwining of enchantment and opportunity. Their irruption is non-deducible, imponderable, and yet it needs preparation if one is to grasp and not to miss it.

Grace implies everything and beyond. It astonishes, yet it does not frighten us because the consequences of its happening are always an addition of good, an increase in what is positive. Grace surprises us because it surpasses our desires by giving us what was unexpected; thus, grace realizes a possible happiness in occurrences that are revealed as greater than the hopes one had for them. In these instances, an excedence is released that generates the fulfilled joy of gratitude.