Month: November 2005

  • Thanks for have been given…

    Brazilians do not celebrate this date as Americans do, but as Christians we do have lots to thank for. I have got plenty of blessings to thank. So many, that I can´t even remember to list here. I took some pictures recently that I would love to share and thank for some things they represent.


    I’m thankful for having a place to live. Somewhere that is not mine, but I take care as if it were. I like to make it as comfortable as I can, and I can also “raise” my buddy plants….



    below, sunny view from my living room window…


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    I’m also thankful for having not only a job, but two from where I get the money I need to support myself. I thank the kind of job God allowed me to have. Those kids are from one of the schools I teach, the regular one. In order from up to down are: 1st,  2nd, 5th and 6th grade. Love those kids!!! And they drive me mad all year….







    I’m  thankful for the friends I have. And the few times we are able to hang out together. There are lots others, but those pictures are well represented.



    I’m  mostly thankful God for having what to thank, and for having the heart towards Him knowing that life if a gift. And…yeah, please click on the pics to enlarge….. I haven’t had time to learn to manage properly my new scanner, which I also need to be  thankful for!


    God bless you all!

  • How do you know if someone is your soul-mate?

    The universe can seem like a dark and hostile place to those deeply sensitive souls in search of their cosmic twins. Finding that one person who can banish loneliness forever with a kiss is a daunting task. Curious how a little thing like expectations can be so crushing.

    And even when cupid’s arrow hits home, and two lovebirds fall head over heels for eachother, there is a catch. Because the person you fall in love with is never quite real. They are just a mirage on which you pin your hopes and dreams. Naturally, when the spell wears off you are in for a bit of a shock. Both parties are often dumbfounded at the unforeseen faults that suddenly appear. Not little forgivable eccentricities and foibles, like a fondness for wearing socks that don’t match. But rather deep and glaring flaws. It’s a bit like discovering an elephant hiding in your fridge. You just scratch your head and wonder how you could have missed it.

    And that’s when you find your true soul-mate. When you learn to love your fridge, elephant and all. Acceptance is the first step on this path, followed by compromise, and then sacrifice. Naturally this is a tricky dance step, that many people today are unwilling to learn. They have been conned into believing the fairy-tale endings. So they ditch their ersatz true love and move on to the next flavor of the month. Condemned to spend their romantic lives trapped on a never ending ferris wheel of amorous highs and lows. Which is exactly the kind of error that can lead to missing out on some of life’s most important and wonderful gifts. So remember, your soul-mate is the person you choose. No matter what you found lurking in the fridge.



  • School & Work

    Hey, I have been really busy with school and work lately.
    I have had a lot of assignments and tests to make and  to correct these past few weeks. Now it’s time to buckle down and get ready for finals. WOW!!! I can’t believe there is only two weeks left in this quarter. It seems like it was only yeasterday that school year started.
    I have all students relatories due a week from Monday.
    Here in Brazil, the school year ends now at the end of November. Classes will start again in February and that means I should have plenty of time to rest before my own classes at College start as well.

     

    Loneliness

    To all those who are lonely . . .

    Madness tears at my soul –

    Not wanted now or ever!

    Away! Away! my life line flows,

    For from its chords I’m severed.

    Insanely on this vast sea -

    This vast sea called life,

    Loudly, yes, loudly I scream,

    Yet no one hears my cry.

    Hopelessly I float yet still

    Striving for my breath.

    Weakly I’m losing my will;

    Come! O come! Sweet death!

    Yet somehow death is distant -

    I haven’t the strength to let go

    Though the wild billows around me chant

    And threaten to take me below!

    None! None! Why will none answer?

    Does no one hear my cries?

    And as the billows become ever stronger

    I look up to the skies!

    What do you suppose I found there,

    Upon it’s magestic wings did fly,

    The answer to my cries and prayers -

    The bird of death heard my cry!

    It swope down close to me

    And waited there a while.

    I grabbed it’s wings, you see,

    Death took me my last mile!

    You see no one knew how I

    Found sweet peace in death,

    For no one would care if I would die

    So I gave up my breath.

    Loneliness is greater strife

    Than any tongue can tell.

    And not being wanted here in life

    Is worse than any hell!

    So peace in death came to me

    And gave me great relief;

    For to live, on life’s great sea -

    Alone – gave me only grief!

    Shy~Sep05



  • Love showers



    The silence that speaks my mind,

    The glittery depth in my eyes,

    The pounding breath, that’s my life,

    I owe them all to you, my love;

    For when i hit the bottom hard,

    The throb had me spellbound,

    By the showers of gifts, pricky and true,

    Your love so distant, had to offer.

    And when u pity my loss in love,

    I ask of u to probe into my eyes;

    And u will see, all that i’ve gained

    As i rose higher, in pain and passion.   

     

    ——–> to my lack of faith in love




    Coming back to college  to a new course on Education. Sometimes I wonder whether I want to remain in this path.  It can be so disappointing… Anyway, cheers to that!


    Also cheers to both Madonna and Enya´s new album! Gosh, I love their music! And talk about music, a student gave me the DVD of the movie School of Rock which I have seen a hundred times so far and definitely fell in love with Jack Black! Hmm… Haven’t I given up on love??


    Anyway, not  much to show now. I´ll come up with thousands of pictures soon. End of semesters are always full of new things to be shown, like the visit to TGI Friday´s. HHmmm….


    Take care.




     

  • Old memories, new spots… part I


    I was resding one of Steve´s blogs on his memories of fall and I sort of remembered some memories I have too. Going through some pics I had the idea of copying my friend and showing them to you as well. These ones below were taken in July 2001 when I traveled with friends from College. It is one of my favorite memories of Winter here( yeah… no snow ) and also one of  the best trips I had. This is Paúba beach it is a sort of a private beach close to another famous one ( Maresias) in the north part of the state of  São Paulo. It is close to São Sebastião city ( beaches are nice too) and Ilhabela( island). This makes me think of one of the main reasons I have to keep posting here; showing you all a bit of this nice place I live in.


            


                                                                Below, cool friends. Miss them.