DID YOU COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS TODAY?

DID YOU COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS TODAY? MAYBE THERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM IN STORE RIGHT NOW, BUT ARE YOU ABLE TO NOTICE THAT YOU ARE HEALTHY AND THAT YOUR FAMILY ARE SAFE AND THAT THE VIOLENCE THAT IS SO COMMON AROUND HERE HAVE NOT TOUCHED YOU?

HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE WHO SURROUND YOU? REALLY? OR YOU TAKE ALL OF THEM FOR GRANTED AND GO THROUGH THE DAY AS IF THEY WILL STAY HERE FOREVER? AND YOU THINK YOU LOVE THEM.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU VALUE IN LIFE? IF YOU DON´T COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AT LEAST ONCE IN A WHILE, AND IF YOU CAN´T SEE THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE WHO SURROUND YOU, YOU HAVE LEARNED VERY LITTLE IN THIS LIFE. YOUR VALUES ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF A REVIEW, AND REMEMBER, IF YOU GIVE THE UNIVERSE THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN FIND IN YOURSELF, THE UNIVERSE WILL GIVE YOU BACK ITS BEST THINGS.

WE (DOGS) THANK THE UNIVERSE EVERY DAY FOR EVERYTHING IT GIVES US - NOT VERBALLY, AS WE DO NOT SPEAK - BUT IN THE FORM OF THE HONESTY OF THE LOVE WE FEEL FOR THOSE AROUND US. AND GUESS HOW DO WE LOVE? JUST PAYING ATTENTION, JUST LOOKING AT THEM, JUST GETTING TO KNOW THEM AS DEEPLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS ENOUGH.

NÃO, NÃO ACHO QUE EU ESTEJA SENDO MELOSA DE NOVO. APENAS VERDADEIRA. POIS HONESTAMENTE, TEMO PELO FUTURO DE ALGUMAS PESSOAS CUJOS VALORES ESTÃO DISTORCIDOS PELA INCAPACIDADE DE OLHAR PARA OS QUE OS CERCAM. E ESSE MEU TEMOR VEM DA CERTEZA QUE EU TENHO DE QUE O UNIVERSO VAI, INVARIAVELMENTE, COBRAR NOSSAS DÍVIDAS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I MUST NOT FORGET (AND I FREQUENTLY DO) THAT OTHER PEOPLE´S CARMA IS OTHER PEOPLE´S CARMA. MAYBE I SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THE REASONS WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THESE KIND OF PEOPLE IN LIFE.... WHY DO WE HAVE THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF FAMILY? OR THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF FRIENDS? THE IDEA OF CARMA THAT I EMBRACE IS THAT IT IS A LEARNING NECESSITY - WE GET THESE THINGS IN LIFE IN ORDER TO LEARN SOMETHING. WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE SUPOSED TO LEARN, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL FIND IT OUT. BETTER BE SOONER THAN LATER, OTHERWISE THE UNIVERSE WILL SEND US BACK TO THE SAME SORT OF CARMA.