Solidity

Solidity in merchandise, in practices and in buildings translates into Stability of character and mind. I come from Italy where we have buildings that stand after centennials. Like the old buildings the old people relied in a hand shake for they new their word was a promise non to be broken. Today chaotic world has produced a chaotic, unreliable society. The so called "throw away age" created mental and physical instability. Everything seems to be flighty. Words are just words with no meaning. Everybody says "I love you" but nobody ever proves love with care and attention.
After WWII Italy was destroyed. We had to cope with life, epidemics, lack of food and water and death. We had to make our own clothes, shoes, hats and gloves. Everything was done at home. Knowledge was passed on from one generation to the next. We were not allowed to dishonor the family's name for that and hope in the future were the only thing we had to hold on to. Our songs were melodies, the song words were poems. Everything was aimed to develop conscience and good will. We were and are solid people. We kept our solidity conserving beauty, knowledge and pride. We are stable in our homes, our marriages and raised our children with respect for higher powers. The few left of us are individuals and refuse to become a number. Individualism is our personal power. We are as strong as the solid merchandise that furnishes our old homes. Basements and roots have to run deep or else the houses fall and the trees are easily extirpated.