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Child studying in the lamplight of a restaurant: three rules of happy ending

Stories and News No. 775 The photo taken by a medical student, Joyce Torrefranca , depicting Daniel Cabrera , a 9 year old boy who does his homework in the Philippines under a street lamp, became viral on the web and now, thanks to donations received from all over the world, he will have guaranteed education, including a university scholarship. You need three of them. All three, otherwise the magic is not working. And so the miracle. As we used to say, it would take a miracle , those phrases that you mutter more for resignation than hope. They are all fundamental, starting with the very first one. It takes someone who brings the light . Indeed, although only one light. Small too, size does not matter. We are happy of what will come, they say over there, which is never as far as it looks. As a lamppost on a street. The second is just as essential. You need someone who will take advantage of that light . With courage and dedication. Dreaming of reproducing the brightnes...