flowersinside
Today, I became the first in my family to board a plane, flying from my little corner in Brazil all the way to China. The story is long and dizzying, but I won a tennis battle with no sponsors, no coach, nothing but a borrowed racket and the stubborn will to escape the place I was born.
And now, for reasons I still can't fully explain, I'm on my way to an international show where young athletes compete for the title of superstar. It's going to stream on Netflix. No pressure, right?
Cameras, global audience, and rules carved in stone: no bonds, no feelings, no distractions.
But when you're born in noise, you learn how to move in silence.
They say you can't smoke on a plane, so to calm my nerves, I write. I have this feeling that in this new story, I'll break all the rules... and maybe some hearts too.