Introduction: "The book you are about to read tells the story of a group of people who embarked on a common journey without knowing how would it end. This book is an invitation to accompany these women and men, who, for a long time, opposed each other in their quest for a common vision. Theirs is a difficult journey. They have encountered obstacles and have been challenged. But they have also found solidarity, camaraderie, mutual support and recognition. They have transformed themselves and those around them. Their journey has not ended yet. The protagonists of this book are men and women playing essential roles in the current peace process in Myanmar. They are the ones seated at the negotiation table or accompanying those seated there. They are members of revolutionary armed organisations, of the Myanmar Peace Center, and of Civil Society Organisations. We are aware of the fact that this is a snapshot, a glimpse into only a small group of those engaged in the Myanmar peace process. Many voices are missing and their stories should be told too. This story is (as any story), by definition, incomplete. What you will encounter in the following pages is the journey of a group of people imagining a different Myanmar, who ended up working together to make it reality. Their perspectives are diverse; so are their intentions, their feelings, their motivations and their personalities. Every one of them is unique, and so is the story they tell. But they also provide a collective account of the origins, the development, the challenges, the determination that has shaped, and it is still shaping the current Myanmar peace process. Only by listening to them we can understand them. This book wants to contribute to the creation of complex narratives that acknowledge the diversity and the difficulty of transition periods. And what is a peace process but a moment of transition, a moment of change? This collective account shows how individual women and men can shape history when daring to take risks, when imagining a different future. By weaving their stories together, by presenting their own narratives through their own voices, this book wants to contribute to strengthening a culture of dialogue, especially among those who disagree the most, in Myanmar. Read this book. Imagine yourself seated at the table with these women and men. Try to see the world through their eyes. Drink a cup of coffee with them. Listen to them. Understand them. Even, disagree with them. This is what complexity is about. The grey between the black and white, the friends among enemies."