On: São Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest

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I dunno. Grief, rage and madness can only take you so far. The care and compassion for other human beings is what makes you continue. I don't think he'd be able to hammer down such a path for the duration of 20+ years unless he was deeply passionate about preventing the same issue for others in the future, even if they mocked and taunted him at the time.

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He got some support too, later: (from the Wikipedia article)

"though most villagers taunted me at first, there were quite a few who lent me support later by giving me food and helping me buy my tools"

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No one wants to be the one that dances first, no one wants to be the person that dances last