The story is about sixth-grader pupils who went on an outing at San Anton Gardens. They walked along a path full of flowers and trees that led them to wooden benches. They sat in a comfortable position with their backs straight to the bench and carried out a ten-minute Christian meditation.

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Spazju għal Qalbi

Fis-Skiet fil-Ġnien

It-tfal tal-klassi 6 Rubies, waslu l-ġnien ta’ Sant’ Anton.

Kienu ppreparati minn qabel li din il-ħarġa ma kinitx biex jieħdu noti fuq il-pitazz dwar it-tipi ta’ siġar u nsetti li ser jaraw. Lanqas biex ikomplu jitħarrġu fi strateġiji tal-kitba billi jintervistaw xi nies li jkun hemm fil-ġnien u jiktbu dak li jgħidulhom.

“Mela x’ser nagħmlu? Jaqgħu se mmorru nisimgħu storja rrakkuntata minn xi awtur lokali?” staqsa wieħed tifel.

“Le, xejn minn dan,” wieġeb l-għalliem. “Tant kemm narakom tieħdu gost bilqiegħda fuq il-kuxins fis-skiet għal ftit minuti kull filgħodu qabel ma nibdew il-lezzjonijiet, li din l-esperjenza sabiħa se mmorru nagħmluha barra mill-klassi wkoll.”

Kif waslu fid-daħla tal-bieb tal-ġnien, l-għalliem beda jispjegalhom x’kellhom jagħmlu u qalilhom, “Ħarsu lejn l-art u nnutaw il-linja dritta li hemm matul iċ-ċangaturi. Irridkom toqogħdu wara xulxin fuq dik il-linja u żommu ftit distanza bogħod minn xulxin ukoll. Issa ibdew imxu fuq il-linja dritta billi tmiddu sieq waħda quddiem l-oħra u tagħtu passi żgħar quddiem xulxin sakemm taslu fit-tarf tal-passaġġ.

Intom u mexjin żommu s-silenzju.”

Hekk kif bdew mexjin, it-tfal setgħu jinnutaw ammont kbir ta’ fjuri roża fuq in-naħa tal-lemin tagħhom u fjuri oranġjo fuq in-naħa tax-xellug.

Il-passaġġ imbagħad wassalhom ħdejn bankijiet tal-injam poġġuti f’għamla ta’ nofs tond ’il bogħod min- nies biex wieħed jista’ joqgħod fis-skiet. Skiet li tant huwa bżonjuż għall-moħħ u għall-qalb. 

Raddew is-salib u qalu talba filwaqt li rringrazzjaw lil Alla li jinsabu hemm.

Bdew iħarsu lejn is-siġar twal u wesgħin filwaqt li tbissmu bl-hena ta’ dan il-post trankwill imdawwar b’tant siġar u fjuri sbieħ.

Huma ftakru wkoll f’ħajjet Ġesù dwar meta huwa wkoll kien ifittex li jqatta’ ħinijiet twal jimmedita fil-ġonna, kemm meta kien iħossu ferħan kif ukoll meta kien iħossu mnikket.

Wara ftit l-għalliem stedinhom ipoġġu bilqiegħda f’pożizzjoni komda, jagħmlu daharhom dritt mal-bank, jagħlqu għajnejhom u jibdew jieħdu n-nifsijiet ’il ġewwa u ’l barra.

Man-nifs ’il ġewwa u ‘l barra jlissnu f’moħħhom l-isem ĠESÙ maqsum f’żewġ sillabi: ĠE – SÙ.

Żied jgħidilhom ukoll li waqt li jkunu fis-skiet, iridu jinnutaw il-ħsejjes li jkunu qed jisimgħu madwarhom biex imbagħad jaraw min minnhom ikun lest li jsemmi l-itwal lista ta’ dak li jkun sema’. Min isemmi l-aktar, ikun rebbieħ. Jiftħu għajnejhom meta jisimgħuh idoqq il-qanpiena ċkejkna li kien ġab miegħu.

It-tfal poġġew bilqiegħda fuq il-bankijiet, sabu pożizzjoni komda u għamlu daharhom dritt mal-bank.

Imbagħad għalqu għajnejhom.

Ħadu nifsijiet ’il barra u ’l ġewwa u f’moħħhom lissnu s-sillabi ĠE – SÙ.

Huma qagħdu hemm bla ma jitħarrku.

Saru konxji tar-ritmu tan-nifs tagħhom li issa tant kien kalm.

Madwar għaxar minuti wara, instema’ il-ħoss tal-qanpiena.

Issa t-tfal setgħu jerġgħu jiftħu għajnejhom.

Min xtaq jaqsam mal-oħrajn beda biex qal li huwa sema’ xi ħsibijiet f’moħħu li ta’ spiss joqgħod jhewden dwarhom. Sema’ wkoll lil wieħed mill-ġenituri tiegħu jgħajjat, jirrabja u jfarrak l-affarijiet kull darba li jkun fis-sakra.

Għalkemm ħass ċerti emozzjonijiet, fl-istess ħin qal li waqt li beda jgħid is-sillabi ĠE – SÙ, huwa ħalla dawn il-ħsibijiet u emozzjonijiet u telaqhom f’idejn Ġesù.

Tfal oħra qalu li semgħu l-għasafar jgħannu, il-papri jtaqtqu u xi ħamiem igorr. Kien hemm xi wħud li semgħu l-ħornijiet tal-karozzi, xi bikja ta’ tarbija u anke xi ambulanza għaddejja fil-viċin.

“Prosit!” qalilhom l-għalliem. “Min iħoss li għandu jitkellem ma’ xi ħadd li jista’ jgħinu dwar dak li sema’ f’moħħu, jista’ jagħmel dan meta naslu lura l-iskola.”

“Issa nistgħu nqumu minn fuq il-bank u nkomplu nimmeditaw permezz tas-sens tax-xamm waqt li ngħaddu minn passaġġ ieħor ta’ dan il-ġnien.”

It-tfal tpaxxew bir-riħa pura tal-arja, bir-riħa tfuħ tal-fjuri u bir-riħa tal-ħamrija hekk kif xi ġardinara kienu qed isaqqu lis-siġar u l-pjanti.

Huma ggustaw ukoll ir-raġġi tax-xemx għaddejjin minn bejn is-siġar u jolqtu lil wiċċhom.

Il-ħin malajr għadda u kien wasal il-mument biex jitilqu minn ġol-ġnien u jirritornaw l-iskola. Huma temmew din il-ħarġa b’talba ta’ ringrazzjament. Issa kellhom enerġija friska biex ikomplu bil-ġurnata tagħhom ġewwa l-klassi filwaqt li jħajru tfal ta’ klassijiet oħra jagħmlu din l-esperjenza wkoll għax vera kienu ħadu gost.


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