Taking control of one’s own life – that was the focus of a class of Year 10 pupils at a secondary school. “Whether we’ll manage to get our message to these young people,” a teacher remarked, sounding a little sceptical, “is uncertain!" I began to present navi4life. It was important to me to stay very close to the young people’s life situations and the questions they were asking. I made it clear to them that I’d only come to give them some inspiration for their journey and shared many personal experiences. At the end, one of the pupils, who’d always been very critical, went up to the teacher and said to her: “Blimey, he’s so old. But he’s still filled with such a joy for life. And above all, he’s so grateful for his life and for everything he’s been able to experience and do. I’d like to be like that when I’m that old. I’m looking forward to working with the logbook now. And it’s great that we’ll be seeing each other again in three weeks.” Then the same Year 10 pupil came up to me and asked: “Can you sign this book for me?”
