The title of the Youth Meeting in Syria, which was held in Homs in the Center of the Earth, was “A Realistic Dream” that included about 275 people, young men and women, monks and nuns, in addition to a team of organizers and accompaniers, who came from various Syrian governorates and its countryside, in addition to a group of Lebanese youth. A group of Jesuit and lay fathers and brothers participated in preparing the meeting. We traveled together in our dreams with the dream of Joseph, his brothers, and his father in Genesis 37, in addition to six Syrian personalities who spoke about their experiences in a series of short films that extended over the course of five days.

We built the Youth Days on three main axes:

• The first axis was entitled: “Who am I, and where do I come from?” What does it mean to be special? To learn about my history, myself and my family. The Global Coffee game helped us each of us to open the pages of the past, to read them and return to its black lines that one escapes from, and its white parts filled with flowers and big dreams, just as Joseph dreamed of the sun, moon, and stars prostrating to him. However, his dream aroused the jealousy of his brothers, which in turn led to them trying to kill him.
• From there, we proceeded to the second axis: “Where am I today?” It is the way I use it to distinguish myself from others. In the middle of the morning prayer was a large piece of raw cloth, which each one of us colored with his own weights and dreams, symbolizing Joseph’s colored shirt. Both the “Treasure Game” and the “Friday Market Game” were a way of embodying our daily life. The reality I live in sometimes forces me to use my abilities and points. My strength is to serve others, and sometimes to compete with them. Then we were divided into different workshops, each one according to his talent, and they varied between artistic, scouting, environmental, and writing skills. Let us conclude our day on the second day with the “Evening of Stars.” Each individual contemplated his own star and hung his dream on the “Dream Tree” that decorated our courtyard. On the third day, “The Evening of the Well,” we threw into that hole what annoys and annoys us, and what we constantly run away from.
• As for the third axis, it was built on the future. In order to live my future realistically, I must acknowledge what I experienced in the past and present, and make them the basis for building my future. Therefore, it was necessary for me to look at my inner museum on Saturday in the game “A Day at the Museum.” Whatever I did wrong in the past, I must learn from it and reconcile with it in order to continue my path towards my dream. 

Wasn't this a spiritual exercise? No and yes at the same time. Our days were filled with fun and games at times and prayer at times, with side conversations at times and personal participation in groups at other times, without forgetting the Aleppo, traditional and foreign songs of Fayrouz and Qudud that we sang together and danced with, and the sweet hymns that helped us lift up our prayers.