VALUE WHAT IS YOURS!

The Song of the Birds

THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUSI NESS, A FRI END OF THE POET
OLAVO BI LAC, MET HI M ON THE STREET AND ASKED HI M

MR. BILAC, I NEED TO SELL MY SMALL FARM
THE ONE YOU KNOW SO WELL. COULD YOU PLEASE WRI TE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ME FOR THE PAPER?
BI LAC WROTE
FOR SALE, A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, WHERE BIRDS SING AT
DAWN I N EXTENSI VE WOODLAND, BI -SECTED BY THE
BRI LLI ANT AND SPARKLI NG WATERS OF A LARGE STREAM.
THE HOUSE I S BATHED
BY THE RI SI NG SUN.

I T OFFERS TRANQUI L
SHADE

I N THE EVENI NGS ON
THE VERANDA.
SOME TI ME LATER, THE POET MET HI S FRI END AND ASKED
WHETHER HE HAD SOLD THE PROPERTY?
TO WHICH HE REPLIED: IVE CHANGED MY MIND.
WHEN I READ WHAT YOU HAD WRI TEN,
I REALI ZED THE TREAESURE THAT WAS MI NE.
SOMETI MES WE UNDERESTI MATE THE GOOD THI NGS WE HAVE,
CHASI NG AFTER THE MI RAGES OF FALSE TREASURES.
WE OFTEN SEE PEOPLE LETTI NG GO OF THEI R
CHI LDREN, THEI R FAMI LI ES, THEI R SPOUSES, THEI R
FRI ENDS, THEI R PROFESSI ON,
THEI R KNOWLEDGE - ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS ,
THEI R GOOD HEALTH, THE GOOD THI NGS I N LI FE.
THEY THROW
OUT THE WI NDOW
WHAT GOD HAS GI VEN
THEM,

SO FREELY,


THI NGS WHI CH WERE
NOURI SHED WI TH SO
MUCH CARE AND
EFFORT .
LOOK AROUND,
APPRECI ATE WHAT YOU HAVE:
YOUR HOME, YOUR LOVED ONES,
FRI ENDS ON WHOM YOU CAN REALLY
COUNT, THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE
GAI NED, YOUR GOOD HEALTH.
AND ALL THE BEAUTI FUL THI NGS OF LI FE,
THAT ARE TRULY
YOUR MOST PRECI OUS TREASURE.
WE CAN NO LONGERT SHOWER KI NDNESS ON THOSE WE
LOVE, AFTER THEY HAVE DI ED.
I T I S USELESS TO
WANT TO RE-DO
THE WORK THAT WE
MAY HAVE DONE
NEGLI GENTLY.

ITS BEST TO
APPRECI ATE AND DO
THI NGS WELL NOW.
ASK OF GOD AT EVERY MOMENT
THAT OUR PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS
NEVER DEGENERATE
I NTO FEELI NGFS OF SADNESS AND ANXI ETY.
BE I N UNI ON WI TH GOD,
WHO WI LL PROVI DE THE COURAGE NEEDED
TO BE CERTAI N OF VI CTORY I N THE STRUGGLE,
BECAUSE GOD WI LL GI VE WI TH ABUNDANCE WHAT WE NEED.
WE ARE ALL I MPERFECT.
ALWAYS PRAI SE AND VALUE YOUR FAMI LY,
DO ALL YOU CAN TO MAKE I T EVEN BETTER.
ALWAYS PRAI SE AND VALUE YOUR WORK-COMPANI ONS .
SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO I MPROVE YOUR ENVI RONMENT.
I NSTEAD OF I SOLATI NG YOURSELF,
BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS OR FAI LURE,
SEEK TO I NVEST I N TRUE AND CONSTRUCTI VE
FRI ENDSHI P I N YOUR LI FE.
FAI TH I N GOD I S NECESSARY
TO STRENGTHEN SELF-ESTEEM
I N DEALI NG WI TH DAI LY PROBLEMS.
MY WI SH FOR YOU

BE WI TH GOD AND MAY
GOD BE WI TH YOU