La relazione io – tu tra persona e forma

Guardini indicates how self-care can only exist in the presence of a relationship, a dialectical motus, a constitutive openness. The relationship with reality, both internal and external to oneself, is fundamental and the element that primarily characterizes this process is precisely the deep bond that the person has established with himself and with others. The person belongs to himself, he is always an end for himself and for others, never a means, a functional instrument for some purpose. In the I - you relationship an original relational dimension takes place which places the person in a position to deal with whoever is in front of him. From this perspective, pedagogically taking care of oneself and others also means planning a process of building a humanity that is faithful to itself.