Family Snippets

At home we have a vase full of Daffodils that mom picked in the fields today, a favorite thing she loves to do, pick flowers... I took the picture on the left when she was enjoying the moment! These beautiful yellow and white flowers are a sign of nature that a new season arrived. Easter is a time to remember that a new start or a new season is also possible for us. Here are two links of some easy reading that will help us better understand the meaning of Easter and enjoy this special season of the year. By the way, did you know that popular wisdom says that the meaning of Daffodils is rebirth and new beginnings, faith, honesty, truth and forgiveness? Happy Easter Links: Video: An Easter Declaration  - Message: The meaning of Easter   

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In my words I would say persistence is  to be determined to continue to do good and righteous things that will get you closer to your goals and aspirations. I learned from personal experience that a companion word for  persistence is patience , I say that because often results do not come quickly and certainly do not come always in the shape and form we aspired, it is however the act of persisting that develops the attitude of  walking with purposefulness in life. When confronted with the need of persisting in life, and I believe all will face such necessity, maybe you will have to show persistence in obtaining an education or maybe you need to persist to overcome a challenge or difficulty, when that happen the choice will be ours to endure or not like any other decision we make, one thing I already know... when we persist in doing good things, good things happen! Link: A...

Just before the end of the year we travel to a  viewpoint located in Almada where we could see the extraordinary landscape of the riverside of the Lisbon city. When we got there after some driving through some narrow streets we reached the top of the hill that allowed us to see the magnificent and iconic bridge over the Tagus river and of course the hills of Lisbon that guard it's centuries of history.  Hadn't we taken the time to get to the viewpoint and follow the invitation of my brother in law that kept trying to convince us to get there, we would not be able to see what we did, and of course we wouldn't have experienced and enjoyed that beautiful panoramic view of such unique place in Europe. In our journey of mortality we must nourish the desire to see the big picture of life, the panoramic view of life, as we do so I am sure we will pronounce an exclamation to others; can you see?  Only then we will realize how important mortality is, an...