It is the absence of the line drawn on the floor, which does not point to the limit where one should go, that fascinates us.

Often fear comes and one does not cross the border, safeguarding comfort, the safe self, perhaps the selfish self. Dangerous ego that betrays a person or an entire group.

What makes man cross the line of risk to reach others? What drives the aid instinct that overrides that of survival itself?

What is the boundary between the individual being and the self in the collective?

This month we speak about Without Borders, about people who do not establish borders to help others, who are a mixture of origins, who criticise laughing but without offending others, about the Beyond Borders, when international landmarks are reached, not for the ego, but for all.

Inevitably, we speak of Fernando de La Vieter Noble, President and Founder of AMI 35 years ago, Professor of Humanitarian Medicine at FMUL, and for whom we waited months before we could talk.