This article consists of two segments, theformer tells the origin of my relationshipwith the writing, referring to the firstseasons of my life and emphasizing thecontribution that my "love" for writingoffered to my training and to my career andexistential choices. The latter is placed in aconsistent relationship with my experience.It also reflects on the educational potentialof writing, paying attention mainly to the"poetry" and the "narrative" and to thecontribution they can offer to humankindto cultivate his/her humanity and to buildhim/herself as a "person".