The secret is here in the present. THE ALCHEMIST

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People say "Be good to your parents.", but when X treats their child badly, X's son/daughter still has to endure for the rest of his/her life?

One fine Sunday, the neighbors had a meeting and decided not to sell anything for X. The main purpose was to stop psychological and physical abuse of children. The results didn't meet their expectations. Economic sanctions just isolated children from their friends. X always survives historically.

A skillful piece of negotiation, not by force is the best countermeasure.
There's no settlement without negotiations.
Let's not neglect X's children.

Excerpt from "The Alchemist" (Alquimista) 1988
"How do I guess at the future? Based on the omens of the present. The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.

God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it's a future that was written so as to be altered."

Walking along in the silence, he had no regrets. If he died tomorrow, it would be because God was not willing to change the future.
Written by Paulo Coelho (1947 -) Brazilian novelist