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VALUE WHAT YOU HAVE! VALUE WHAT YOU HAVE! The Song of the Birds The Song of the Birds

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VALUE WHAT YOU HAVE!VALUE WHAT YOU HAVE!

The Song of the BirdsThe Song of the Birds

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THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUSINESS, A FRIEND OF THE POET OLAVO BILAC, MET HIM ON THE STREET AND ASKED HIM

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“MR. BILAC, I NEED TO SELL MY SMALL FARMTHE ONE YOU KNOW SO WELL. COULD YOU PLEASE WRITE AN

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ME FOR THE PAPER?”

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BILAC WROTE

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“FOR SALE: A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, WHERE BIRDS SING AT DAWN IN EXTENSIVE WOODLAND, BI-SECTED BY THE

BRILLIANT AND SPARKLING WATERS OF A LARGE STREAM.

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THE HOUSE IS BATHED

BY THE RISING SUN.

IT OFFERS TRANQUIL

SHADE IN THE

EVENINGS ON THE

VERANDA.

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SOME TIME LATER, THE POET MET HIS FRIEND AND ASKED WHETHER HE HAD SOLD THE PROPERTY?

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TO WHICH HE REPLIED: “I’VE CHANGED MY MIND.WHEN I READ WHAT YOU HAD WRITTEN,

I REALIZED THE TREASURE THAT WAS MINE.”

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SOMETIMES WE UNDERESTIMATE THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE, CHASING AFTER THE MIRAGES OF FALSE TREASURES.

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WE OFTEN SEE PEOPLE LETTING GO OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR

FRIENDS, THEIR PROFESSION,

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THEIR KNOWLEDGE - ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS ,THEIR GOOD HEALTH, THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE.

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THEY THROW OUT

WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN

THEM SO FREELY.

THINGS WHICH WERE

NOURISHED WITH SO

MUCH CARE AND

EFFORT .

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LOOK AROUND AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE:

YOUR HOME, YOUR LOVED ONES, FRIENDS ON WHOM YOU CAN REALLY COUNT, THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE

GAINED, YOUR GOOD HEALTH.

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AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF LIFE,

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THAT ARE TRULY YOUR MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE.

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WE CAN NO LONGER SHOWER KINDNESS ON THOSE WE LOVE, AFTER THEY HAVE DIED.

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IT IS USELESS TO

WANT TO RE-DO

THE WORK THAT WE

MAY HAVE DONE

NEGLIGENTLY.

IT‘S BEST TO

APPRECIATE AND DO

THINGS WELL NOW.

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ASK OF GOD AT EVERY MOMENTTHAT OUR PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS

NEVER DEGENERATE INTO FEELINGS OF SADNESS AND ANXIETY.

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BE IN UNION WITH GOD, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE COURAGE NEEDED

FOR VICTORY IN THE STRUGGLE; BECAUSE GOD GIVES WITH ABUNDANCE WHAT WE NEED.

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WE ARE ALL IMPERFECT.WE ARE ALL IMPERFECT.ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR FAMILY.ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR FAMILY.DO ALL YOU CAN TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.DO ALL YOU CAN TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR WORK-COMPANIONS .ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR WORK-COMPANIONS .SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT.SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

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INSTEAD OF ISOLATING YOURSELF BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS OR FAILURE,

SEEK TO INVEST IN TRUE AND CONSTRUCTIVE FRIENDSHIPS IN YOUR LIFE.

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FAITH IN GOD IS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN SELF-ESTEEM

IN DEALING WITH DAILY PROBLEMS.

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MY WISH FOR YOU

BE WITH GOD – AND MAY GOD BE WITH YOU