EVERYBODY IS WORTHY OF YOUR EFORT

(Photo by Bart)

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Having a degree is a hard acomplishment , it means hours days , years of dedication to books and learning…If it comes along with a ” doctor” label , it only sounds good to your ego in the begining …after a while you start getting use to it , and is just another “formal” way to be adressed to , and enventually , you with time , it becomes as normal as your name…no more inflated ego…

Actually it`s the other way around…it implyes responsabilities that sometimes you are just so atached , specially if you`re a workoholic , that the rest of your life , family , old friends , life itself , stays behind and you become a sort of a “machine” …because you have responsabilities !!!

I took my degree in Law , dedicated myself day and night to my work , wanted to be a very good professional , polite , and so on.

But when I had everything (material things) , recognition , respect and great business propositions …my father needed me…

He was dying .

I lived in another town , and he needed me near him.

So I just left my house, the recognition, the bright future ahead , to moove to be near him 24 hours a day…

And I never felt so much love flowing between us , and coming from my heart…

It was THE BEST CHOICE I `VE MADE IN ALL MY LIFE ! OR ONE OF THEM !

He died peacefully , and when I think od him, I feel the same Peace and Love we both felt in those months , although he was in big pain.

I feel he is so happy with me on the other side !!!

Eventually , I came back to practising Law , but in a diferent way… Analizing the person who was in front of me…his/her pains , the reasons , and started to dedicate more time to my small family , my true friends , and the needy !

And now I lead a more peacefull , fullfilling and happy life than the one I had before.

One situation comes to my mind , among so many that I have passed since I`ve decided to change my posture towards the tool that I have in my hand ( because it is a tool , just like any other worker ) ...

I had a big “drug dealing” case wich involved many people , some of them in jail…And there was this man , who was indicted too , but was outside.All he wanted was his mobil to see the number of his daughter (abroad) , to call her , to say that he was allright.

Months have passed since the group was caught (and that didn`t mean that they were all guilty …that was to be established in court ) and once more he came to my office asking if I given the number already…unfortunatly , I still had nothing for him…it was “evidence” .

I noticed he had loose weight (he didnt tell me anything …he was so polite …but I asked him directly if he had money to eat ) .

He lowed down his head and didn´t say a thing…I took money from my wallet , and gave it to him…he didn´t want to acept…he was ashamed… I insisted he would do it for me…and for his daughter…he acepted looking into my eyes and touching his heart with his hand ( we didn`t speack a common language , so he couldn´t say “thank you” , that was more than a “thank you” ) .

we usually had somebody to interpretate one another , but not that time.

The next time he came to the office , many weeks after, i was going to start speaking , but politly he made a sign with his hand for me to stop , and gave me the exact amount of money I had given to him a few month before…I confess , although it was not too much , it wasn`t that small amount neither !

So he gave me the bill , with a smile in his lips ,and brightness in his eyes , and he wanted to do it BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE WAS SAID !

He was/is a polite, gentle , sweet soul that was caught in the midle of a confusion , in a country that wasn`t his!

Now he`s working …He`s a car engenier for a big company here !

May God Bless him !

Medical doctors , lawyers, a simple person on the street , make the diference in a persons life !It`s not up to us to judge no one , but our father in Heaven .

But we can be HIS hands , mouth , instrument , no matter what our “professional tool” is , by loving “our neighbour” !

You may say …” I Don´t know if he or she is worth it ”…

I found out that EVERYBOY is WORTH IT ( even if you don`t see them anymore) ... because that person may be a wonderfull person , who happens to be there to test you , or if he/ she is not that good , The Lord saw that you have tryied it , and that gesture may just be the key for that person to start believing in life again !

Sorry for such a long comment , but this touches me personally !

With love…

*KALIE *

A NEW DAY IS BORN !!!

We are alive , we have the perception of VISION , and we can see slowly the mist turns into shapes , collors …
We breath not just the moistured air of dawn , but most of all , we breath and fill our lungs and SOUL with life, hope , enthusiasm…
we overcame the night to see the light rise in front of us…
The miracle of a new day…
The mistey of life wich is there to be lived !

See more progress on: watch the sunrise

CHOICES !

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I AM BACK FROM MY TRIP...

SO,

YOU WILL BE HEARING (READING) FROM ME AGAIN ,

MY MOST DEAR FRIENDS !

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WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT LOOKING (VIRTUALLY) INTO YOUR INNER SOULS , AS THE LITLE BOY IS LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO YOUR EYES , THERE`S THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN HERE ON THIS EARTHLY LIFE ....IN ALL OF US !

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BUT ALSO IN ALL OF US , THERE IS BELIEF IN THE SERENITY , THE CALM , THE INNER WISDOM OF GOOD , COMING FROM "ABOVE" , WICH WE`LL HAVE ONE DAY ,

THE FEELING THAT ABIDES IN THE EYES OF THE LITLE GIRL !

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WE MAY BE EITHER THE BOY OR THE GIRL , IN SEVERAL STAGES OF OUR LIFE...

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WE MAY LIVE IN THE FEAR OR IN THE HOPE !

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THEY BOTH REPRESENT US IN SO MANY SITUATIONS WE HAVE LIVED OR ARE LIVING...CHANGING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER....

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THE BOTOM LINE IS...

THERE IS HOPE ,PEACE , AND LOVE

EVEN IN HARD TIMES

IF WE CHOOSE GOD !

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WITH ALL MY LOVE

KALIE

HAPPY EASTERN !

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* HAPPY EASTERN TO YOU ALL *

ARE MY WISHES

KALIE

SINCERELY YOURS...

DEAR FRIENDS :

I WILL HAVE TO AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS

SO I WON `T BE POSTING ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME !

I`M TAKING YOU ALL IN MY HEART

SO YOU´RE NOT FORGOTEN,

BUT LOVED

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I WILL KEEP ON POSTING AS SOON AS I`LL BE BACK

WITH LOVE

SINCERELY YOURS

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KALIE !

STAMP AWAY !!!!

That`s the only “luggage” what you`ll take when you`ll leave this Eartlhy Home !
Life is where is everywhere…
“Home” for me is my family ….not a house or a place !
I found out more about me by leaving my “house” , than I would have by not going anywhere !
So>>>>travel…
Ah ! NOT AS A TURIST !AS A TREVELLER !
Meaning…live in local houses, eating local food ( with the due care and restrictions that our brains dictate…that`s why we have them) ; live the local traditions …
In one sentece : be one of them ( the local people ) !
Then you will see that you were in bondage when you just had your street to walk !
Then you will confront yourself with things and concepts you knew before and others , so strange to you ,as the light and the darkness !
And RIGHT THERE , inthat place , in that moment …You will FILL A GAP THAT YOU DIDN`T EVEN KNOW YOU HAD !!!
AND now imagine HOW MANY GAPS YOU HAVE , AND YOU DON´T KNOW ?
Only by confronting your ” YOU ” with ” THE REST OF THE WORLD ” !
You will NEVER BE COMPLETE , or know your limits , tastes, preferences, dislikes , until you leave your shell !
So Stamp , stamp , stamp … Drink , eat , breath life !
It is there for you , and if you are A TRAVELLER , it will not cost you that much !

See more progress on: fill my passport

MATERIAL THINGS

(By Bart )

Because it`s the crude reality…IT was a nighmare when I first had to moove to another town…It was more than 2 years ago , and there are things , i can`t simply touch because they are still packed and they `ll give a lot of work to organize give…Result »»»I have things packed for more than 2 years , and I don`t know what they are.!…So…..Do I really need them ???!! I never felt any special need from the things of the old house , otherwise they would be outside…In Asia , budist monks make an anual check on their (small ) possessions…If they didn`t use some object in the year before , they get rid of it , so new energies can come in…Why can`t we let it go…What REALLY ties us to things are memories , and shelfisheness…Give away things we bought? No way !But when we " GO " , that is when we leare the ties of this earth , we dont take any earthly thing with us , except our deeds !Everithing else stays here…For others So Why Keep them...? Don`t give them and live to see people happy ?

I waited Years for a certain Book my Grandmother had! Was allways remembering her...This will be your legacy to me...This one in Particular ! How she loved to hear that and smiled when was holding the book in my hand !

One day , she just simply gave it to me , with her kind smile...

I didn`t know what to say...

All her life she loved that book.

I guess she understood that I was spending more time , and caressing the book , exactly like when she was a young girl...~

And now she didn`t touched it too often...

As we lived in separate houses , one day she just went to the shelf , and handed me the book..

I thought it was for me to put once again my fingers in those pages...

But she said...

Take it...It was going to be yours anyway..

And I Know that the joy I felt in my Heart , was not as intense as she had in hers for just looking to my happyness expression!

It may seem dificult in the begining, but after a while , you think that give to others ( needy or just will apreciate those things) is seems a bit like when you taste freedom or an act of love , like my grandmother !

«I`m not a slave of material things » ! Aren`t you , with your designed clothes , or news things in the garbage , because there´s a new version of that thing...

Food , shelter , that`s not our problem...

We have our house....( TODAY)

And that is more …OUTRAGEOUS when we know we can make a HUGE diference , with our SMALL things , SMALL gestures , so SMALL sacrifices !