WHY NOT TO LOVE?
by Antonio Castro Alves Araújo
Look at these governments!
Instead of thinking to help, to care,
to LOVE each
other,
they just think about money and power.
Do you know what power means?
It means spiritual poverty,
not consciousness of what
is really happening.
We are able to fight, to kill if necessary,
Just to have power or just for a little more money.
WHY?...
Start to think about giving.
When I ‘say’ give, I don’t mean give money,
but just give tenderness.
Be gentle, sentimental,
and kind with everything and
with everybody:
women, men,
birds, flowers.
Try to feel what is
around you.
Maybe you don’t know even who you are…
Please, TRY…
Read about art,
about LOVE.
Be a LOVER. Don’t be ashamed of it.
Believe me, just few people know how to LOVE, how to
feel.
Be one of
them. Try! The important step on life is
when you try to do, to perform the good actions.
LOVE is not just for a specific person; LOVE is for
everybody.
All of us can
be a Lover.
LOVE means to share.
To share means to give and to receive.
Give and receive tenderness, affection.
Listen to the birds singing, feel them. Feel the
insects.
Don’t kill them
just because they landed on your skin.
Be fraternal. They won’t cause you any pain.
They just want to share their LOVE with you.
Have you tried to feel the essence of a flower?
Have you tried to feel the flower itself?
Don’t ignore a flower just because
she has a different perfume or a different shape.
How to feel and to LOVE are
experiences that no one can teach you.
You will have to learn by yourself. The first step is
to try.
YOU’LL LEARN…
To dance, to write, to sing, to paint, are also called
Art;
and who knows how to recognize it, knows how to LOVE.
Again, don’t be ashamed to be a Lover.
Don’t fight. Don’t
ignore the other.
Try to feel the feelings of your friend.
Try to help
him(her);
but do this
with tenderness, not as an obligation.
You’ll start to know what LOVE is just when
you start to be
yourself…
just when you
start to LOVE!
THE ART OF LOVE
by Antonio B. Araújo
Love, the mystery of live,
Incredibly inacceptable by some
And wonderfully beautiful for others.
I wonder why there are so many people
That are afraid of loving.
I understand that Love is painful sometimes,
But we can not direct our thoughts to this;
We need to remember that Love brings us beauty and
peace.
It brings unforgettable moments, moments of intimacy,
Moments that are only ours.
Nothing is as beautiful
As one walking on a camp and
Listening to the whispers of the winds,
Smelling the flowers
And caressing their petals
With someone that you love,
With someone that you care for,
With someone that means so much to you.
Let’s remember always:
“the bee enjoys the flower
Because she doesn’t have fear.
She faces the flower’s thorns because
She recognizes the sweetness of the honey.”
I have a poster on my wall that says:
“The beauties of the world are best seen
by those who strive to reach them”.*
This is really true,
We have to act just like the bees.
We have to face all the thorns of life,
Because that’s the only way to reach the honey.
A real Love is not easy to get,
But remember that it is not impossible.
Love is the essence of life
And life is the meaning of this world.
(Phoenix, August 1985)
*Anonymous
