Natale, mayor of Berceto ‘orders’ to fill others with joy: “We need to think positively”

“Look at all the beauty there is in people! Fill everyone you meet with joy! ”. The message, simple but by no means taken for granted, is more than a suggestion or a wish: the mayor of Berceto (Parma) Luigi Lucchi prescribed it in black and white to his fellow citizens in a special ordinance in view of Christmas. “People need to return to positive thinking instead there is a barbarism, a desperation not so much in Berceto, but in general”, observes the first citizen to the Adnkronos according to whom the situation linked to the pandemic does not help: “We were already economically in crisis and then with Covid the situation got worse, fear arrived, many activities had repercussions “. Here then, in the small of his community, Lucchi has decided to send out a clear message. “Considering that social relations often create unnecessary tensions and quarrels dictated by individualism and selfishness and that all this damages the small community of the municipality of Berceto”, reads the ordinance, the mayor wants to “fill the hearts of all his fellow citizens on the occasion of Holy Christmas “. And for this he orders: “Look at all the beauty there is in people! Fill everyone you meet with joy! “.” I received hundreds of phone calls after my ordinance, citizens from all over Italy called me to compliment me on the idea “, says the mayor. How can you explain so much success?” people are tired of seeing quarrels, they would like us to talk positively about things, they would like us to seek the best together – he concludes – If I had a political role beyond what I play in a small municipality, I would take it into account “.