BEWARE! ( ENILDA DIAZ)

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                                             BEWARE OF YOUR BEST FRIENDS !
                                             THE DAY THEY TURN AGAINST YOU..
                                             THEY WILL BECOME YOUR WORST
                                                                    ENEMIES.

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AN

          85 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FISHING
          WHEN HE HEARD A VOICE.  HE LOOKED
          AND THERE WAS A FROG LOOKING AT HIM.
          THE FROG SAID, "PICK ME UP, KISS ME AND
          I'LL TURN INTO A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.  THE OLD
          MAN PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM IN HIS
          POCKET.  "AREN'T YOU GOING TO KISS ME?"
          ASKED THE FROG.  THE OLD MAN ANSWERED,
          "NO, THANKS.  AT MY AGE I'D RATHER HAVE
          A TALKING FROG."

( AUTOR DESCONOCIDO )

          SE VAN PERDIENDO EN EL TIEMPO
          MIS AÑOS SE VAN QUEDANDO....MUY LEJOS
          YA NO ME LLEVA MI PADRE LA MANO
          SOLAMENTE SUS CONSEJOS.

          VIVEN EN MI LOS RECUERDOS....DE NIÑO
          CUANDO UNA ESTRELLA DESEABA,
          COMO RECUERDO A MI PADRE
          QUE CON ESO SONREIA
          MIENTRAS MI MADRE MIRABA..

          AÑOS QUE VIENEN DESPACIO PRIMERO
          CON QUE LENTITUD AVANZAN.
          COMO QUERIA SER GRANDE, RECUERDO
          PARA NO QUEDARME EN CASA...
          Y ACOMPAÑAR A MI PADRE ..MUY LEJOS.
          TAL VEZ HASTA EL FIN DEL MUNDO...
          PORQUE MI PADRE ERA FUERTE,
          ERA MUY INTELIGENTE,
          ERA MEJOR QUE NINGUNO.

          HOY YA NO QUIERO QUE PASEN...LOS AÑOS..
          PORQUE MI PADRE YA ESTA VIEJO.
          SE LE HAN CUBIERTO DE ARRUGAS SUS MANOS
          Y DE NIEVE SUS CABELLOS.

          OH, SEÑOR, DETEN EL TIEMPO TE PIDO
          PORQUE TU PUEDES HACERLO
          PORQUE YO EN VERDAD NO ENTIENDO, DIOS MIO
          PORQUE SE NOS VA LO BUENO.

          CUANDO SE CANSEN UN DIA TUS PASOS...
          YO QUIERO SER QUIEN LOS CUIDE..
          MIENTRAS TANTO DAME EL BRAZO
          Y VAMOS A VER QUE VAS A DECIRME..


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          A TODOS LOS PADRES, LES DESEO QUE HAYAN PASADO
          UN DIA MUY FELIZ JUNTO A SUS HIJOS...ESPECIALMENTE
          ESOS PADRES QUE ENTREGAN TODO SU AMOR, SU ESPIRITU,
          SU FUERZA, SU ALMA, SU TODO.  AQUELLOS QUE CON
          SABIDURIA GUIAN A SUS HIJOS POR EL DURO CAMINO DE
          LA VIDA... Y QUE AL FINAL SU HIJO LE MIRA A LOS OJOS Y
          LE DICE,      "PAPA, TU ERES MI HEROE"


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TO OUR LADY ( Mary Dixon Thayer )

          LOVELY LADY DRESSED IN BLUE.....
          TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY!
          GOD WAS JUST YOUR LITTLE BOY...
          TELL ME WHAT TO SAY!
          DID YOU LIFT HIM UP SOMETIMES,
          GENTLY, ON YOUR KNEE?
          DID YOU SING TO HIM THE WAY
          MOTHER DOES TO ME?
          DID YOU HOLD HIS HAND AT NIGHT?
          DID YOU EVER TRY TELLING STORIES
          OF THE WORLD?
          OH..AND DID HE CRY?
          DO YOU REALLY THINK HE CARES
          IF I TELL HIM THINGS......
          LITTLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN?
          AND DO THE ANGELS' WINGS
          MAKE A NOISE?  AND CAN HE HEAR ME
          IF I SPEAK LOW?
          DOES HE UNDERSTAND ME NOW?
          TELL ME .....FOR YOU KNOW!
          LOVELY LADY DRESSED IN BLUE,
          TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY!
          GOD WAS JUST YOUR LITTLE BOY...
          AND YOU KNOW THE WAY.

UN AMOR TAN GRANDE (Por el Padre Pat Sayles,SSC)

A PESAR DE QUE YO PUEDO SER TAN ORGULLOSO
          TE HUMILLASTE EN LA CRUZ POR MI.

A PESAR DE QUE YO PUEDO SER TAN EGOISTA
TU RESUCITASTE PARA COMPARTIR TU VIDA CONMIGO.

     UN AMOR TAN GRANDE, TAN PROFUNDO,
     UN CORAZON TAN HUMILDE, TAN GENEROSO!

PADRE, GRACIAS POR PREOCUPARTE TANTO,
POR VER LO BUENO QUE SOY CAPAZ DE HACER
          EN LUGAR DE CONDENAR LO MALO,
     POR FOMENTAR EL BIEN QUE ESTA EN MI,
LA NUEVA VIDA QUE ESTA ESPERANDO DENTRO DE MI!
POR ESPERAR PACIENTEMENTE QUE YO VUELVA A LA VIDA.

          PADRE, AYUDAME A LLEVAR UNA VIDA
                    DIGNA DE TU AMOR.
                                  
                              AMEN

DO IT AFRAID (ENILDA DIAZ)

Read an article by Joyce Meyer entitled  "What are you afraid of?"  Wow!!  It seemed she
was talking directly to me.  All my life I have been afraid of everything!  Always wanted 
to do something, but I was always so afraid of failure that I gave up even before I tried it.
I lost so many opportunities because my fear paralized me.  Being afraid can be so
exhausting!!

She says,  "Fear is an enemy that torments the soul and seeks to steal our life.  Conquering
it is not something that we do in one day, or even 1,000 days.  It is something that we
conquer one day at a time with God's help.  Being free from fear doesn't mean that we
will never experience it or be confronted by it.  It means that we are committed to not
allowing it to rule our lives and when necessary we will do what we need to do, even if
we have to do it afraid.

Don't ever let fear keep you from your destiny and all God has for you.  It may not be
easy,  but God  will be right there to meet you all along the way.  You might not believe
in yourself, but God believes in you.  God has given us all that we could ever need to
overcome our fears through Christ.

We all have fears, but God wants to give us the strength to face them head-on.  It may be
fear of failure, rejection, loss of control, whatever has a grip on you.  You can still triumph-
just do it afraid.

Each time you feel fear and decide to "do it afraid"  you will enjoy your new freedom so
much that you will soon be totally unwilling to do without it.  You will become determined
to end your days of slavery to fear.  Even if you have a weak moment, that doesn't mean you
have lost your victory.  If we give up, even God can't help us because we receive help through
faith, not through hopelessness.  We need to stay positive, hopeful and filled with faith and
when we do we can overcome anything with God's help.  Anyone can succeed if we refuse to
give up.

Being able to recognize the lies, deceits and strategies of the devil is so important.  We should
always be ready to resist him at the onset of his attacks.  The longer we let a fear remain, the
more difficult it is to get rid of.  So make a decision to be a person of action.  You have what
it takes to win!

Again...Don't ever let fear keep you from your destiny!  You have to go forward doing it afraid
or you will stay crippled the rest of your life.  You have what it takes to do it afraid!!"

Well, I hope I have what it takes to do it afraid because I have to get a (knee replacement
operation) and I am scared to death!, but I am  going to put my faith in God and I am going
to.....DO IT AFRAID....

LONELINESS

     Such a sad word when you depend on other people to make you happy!
Sometimes you feel like nobody cares.  You think that if they don't call you or
write to you, it's because they don't love you.  Think about it for a minute!  Do
you ever feel guilty of doing the same thing?  Do you call these same people
sometimes and tell them that you love them?  No, because you are so busy
feeling sorry for yourself that you forget that they are also human and feel the
same way you do when you never get in touch with them.
     I am guilty!!  I am guilty of not calling more or writing more because I am too
busy feeling sorry for myself.
     You cannot depend on other people to make you happy.  If you do, you will be
sadly disappointed.  You have to find your own happiness with God and within
yourself.
     From now on,  I promise myself  that I will call more and write more because
I don't want anyone to feel the way I feel.
     I remember a story that I read about a teenager in school.  One day he felt so
down and so lonely that at the end of the day he emptied his locker.  As he was
walking home with his arms full of books, all of a sudden the books fell to the
ground.  Another student saw him and bent down to help him pick them up. 
They started walking together talking and laughing and before they parted they
agreed to get together sometime. 
     They soon became friends.  A few years later they graduated and that's when
he told his friend that the day they met he had emptied his locker because he was
planning to go home to commit suicide.
     So, you see, a stranger's act of kindness saved him.   Please, never deny anyone
a smile or an act of kindness.  It will mean more to them than you could ever imagine.