Back to the future?

Last summer a school mate from long ago sent me an old class picture from 9th grade, and after spending weeks in trying to find out who was who on the old photograph, I had made the comment that “it would be interesting for each one of us to go back in time, and lecture these young kids about what we've learned from life and what they ought to look for and do, to shape up their future...”

I had totally forgotten about it until I was reminded by that friend two days or so ago. I liked the idea, and today, my plan is to act upon it.

I will contact all the stakeholders I know, and ask them to compose their recommendations to these kids by solely using true and proven experiences that have made them who they are today – not conventional wisdom, citations, maxims or generalities that haven't helped them in any particular way.

That statement should be somewhere between 350 to 1,000 words, in French of course and we'll then try to all explore how these recommendations – had we got them early enough and applied them – might have transformed the courses of our lives. If the results are enticing, some of us might consider... reincarnation!