A rewritten text from my files! For Pentecost!

ROOTS - ROUTES

En una crucijada, esperando otra celebración...(si no entienden el ingles, busquen ayuda...) Yo espero Pentecostés!!!

(While we're on a crossroad, waiting for another celebration.  I anticipate Pentecost!

 Mi hermana María me respondió a un mail de los "zapatos", "Jesús dijo, "yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida.  Nadie llega al padre si no es por mí".  Pensando en raíces todavía... Y en los dos libros que empecé a leer, uno por un monje alemán (Anselmo) y otro por un cubano (Retamar)... Y tomando en consideración que mi padre y tía Regina tienen que entender esto...(y si fuera poco, el papa también)...

My sister, Mary, responded to a mail about "shoes" with something Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and life.  No one gets to the father except through me".  And thinking about the two books I am reading, one by a German monk, named Anselmo, and another by a Cuban, named Retamar...and considering that my father and Aunt Regina be able to understand this (not to mention the pope!)...

 20 MAY, 2008

THE MIRACLE MAKER

 Waiting for the miracles...

Not seeing all those great things

That routine and everyday life brings...

Your mischievous, loving smile,

To talk and chat awhile,

The happiness of a gift received,

Power in the faith of all that is believed.

Deep within, a connection,

A positive election,

Soft words spoken sincerely,

A promise understood, oh, so clearly.

Walkin' in the rain...

Sweet consolation for those in great pain...

Holding a child's hand,

Living bountifully from the land...

A song of hope and of love,

A solution with grace,

Seeing eternity in each person's face...

(piano)   waiting for miracles...

 Communion, moments of heaven,

In need, times of bread unleavened...

(piano) Expecting miracles…

 In desert, water available in the drought...

In winter cold and stormy

With faith, we faced, and face, what life has brought! 

                                    BY:  KARLA

PADRE "NUESTRO" “THE LORD’S PRAYER

 This all reminds me of something one of my therapists once asked, “why do you always fall in love with people who are altruistic?" 

 I believe that many of the people who write or do art are altruistic because the pen (and Art) is often the sword of the non-violent.  There is a need of more altruistic people with so many problems in the World now.  I am proud of my nephew, Jeremy, who has made a documentary about the gas problem, my niece, Bree Anne, who I just received a graduation announcement from.  She has a "bachelor of arts in geography with an emphasis in environmental work".  Also, my son passed his test in pathology, and my daughter, is doing well in her studies.  There are many young people who are striving to make things better!

I believe in humanity.  I believe there are many altruistic people in every country of the world.  Perhaps we need to hear more about these individuals because humanity is a species that imitates.

 The other day my husband said to me, "I don't like your God".  I thought about it and since I believe God is greater than humanity or any institution, I realized that my conception of God was very human, limited, and I need to open up to a greater God, and to what God can do!

 Altruism gyrates on a fine line at times.  In our attempts to love and please others, abuse or manipulation is not permissible, or that our rights are violated is not correct either. 

I believe a daily balancing must take place.  Each situation is particular and it is important to discern these situations.  For this reason, I believe prayer and analysis are so important.  Like Saint Paul, I believe that the Spirit (or what psychologists call the unconscious, the interior, deeper part of us) works and pleads beyond us and that it is necessary to connect with this energy.

 Anselmo talks about "roots" and a similar word in German that means "aroma".  In English we can say "roots" or "routes", which are really based in each other.  So "shoes" or "shoos"... Where are we going?  Retamar talks about "our America" (Nuestra America) in which they refer to what is below the Rio Grande river. 

 "OUR FATHER".  In writing about Pentecost a note says, "the spirit illuminates us, gives us new  life, and teaches us to understand the word (of Jesus) in order to form unity (the Church), the great family of the children of God".  This is the Mystical Body of Christ!

  If our personal lives are complicated, the roots of nations are even more complicated.  Now there is talk of a "base" on "Mars".  In Spanish "mar" means "ocean" or "sea".  So, it will take much thought, analysis and a good sense of humor to continue!  "sea"  what I mean?!  Perhaps it is not necessary to over analyse!  After prayer and contemplation, it is necessary to follow the routes of our hearts, through love and positive energy.  This is the promised conversion that rebirth exercises!

                                                                 BY:  KARLA