It does not matter if you say it in Portuguese, English or Greek.
The important thing is that you take a moment
to think of all the blessings you have received ...
and be thankful for them ...
and think of all the friends,
that no matter in what country they are,
they will always be very close to your heart.

Happy Everything, Anywhere, Always

Love,

Oscar

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Não importa se você diz em Português, Inglês ou Grego.
O importante é que você tire um segundo
e reflita sobre todas as bênçãos recebidas ...
e agradeça por elas ...
e pense em todos os seus amigos,
que não importa em que país eles estejam,
eles estarão sempre perto do seu coração.

Feliz Tudo, Em qualquer lugar, Sempre !

Love,

Oscar

CLEANING DAY

( By Rosy Beltrão )

I was in need of a self cleaning ...

To dispose of some unwanted thoughts, washing some treasures that were kind of rusty...

So I removed from the bottom of the drawers memories that I don't use and no longer want !

Threw away some dreams , some illusions ...

Gift wraps I never used, smiles I never gave; threw away the anger and the rancor of dry flowers that were inside a book I never read.

I looked at my future smiles and my aspired happiness...and I placed them on a corner, neatly.

I lost my patience!

Removed everything from inside the closet and started throwing them on the floor : hidden passions, suppressed desires, horrible words that I wish I had never said, grudge against a friend, memories of a sad day...

But there were other things in there too ... beautiful things !!!!

A bird singing at my window sill ... that silver moon , the sunset ...

I started to rejoice and to enjoy , looking at each one of those memories.

I sat on the floor to be able to make my choices.

I threw right on a garbage bag the remains of a love the hurt me. Took the words of anger and pain that were on the top shelf, because I rarely use them and put right in the same bag.

Some other things that still hurt me I put on the side to see what I am going to do with them. If I forget them right there or if I send them to the dumpster.

Then , I went to that corner ; to that drawer we keep everything that matters: the love , the happiness, the smiles , a little bit of faith for the moments we need the most.

How wonderful it was to remember all that !!!!

I gather LOVE with care , folded WISHES neatly, sprayed HOPE with some perfume , dusted the shelf that holds my goals and left them exposed in order not to loose sight of them.

Placed on the bottom shelves some childhood memories , on the top drawer the ones from my teenage years and hanging right in front of me I placed my ability to love ...

And most of all , my ability to START ALL OVER ...