Check out my new blog, ‘Adventures in Brasil’ to see how amazing Brasil culture is and experience some of the facination that comes with it from your own home. From pictures, to funny facts and inspirations, ‘Adventures in Brasil’ could be your first taste of travel.
Here’s a small assortment of pictures that will be on my ‘Adventures in Brasil’ blog, along with many more!
Deteriorating, dissipating,
Falling, turning,
Tumbling, whirling,
Into an endless abyss.
Drowning silently,
Dying quietly,
Fading quickly,
Into an endless abyss.
Trying, hiding,
Failing, flailing,
Lying, dying,
In an endless abyss.
Breathless, faithless,
Hateful, spiteful,
Careless, airless,
In this endless abyss.
Alone, alone, alone, alone.
Alone and by myself.
Lonely, loner, lonely lonesome.
Alone and with myself.
Unslept, unkempt,
Here all alone,
Undone, unsung,
Here all alone.
Nowhere to go,
No one to see,
All of these things,
Happening to me.
Walking alone,
With no one around,
Feeling nothing,
Hearing no sound.
No sound but the screams,
That I scream under here,
When I’m trying to get out,
For lack of air.
Above was too noisy,
I couldn’t take it long,
Down here it’s too quiet,
And I can’t sing a song.
Nowhere to turn,
No one to tell,
Of all these things,
Of how I fell.
Fell down to the deep,
To the abyss far below,
Now I can’t get back up,
There’s no where to go.
Someone help me please,
I barely have a breath,
I doubt that I’ll make it,
I don’t have strength left.
Someone can you hear?
Someone can you see?
Please please please help.
Please come and save me!
You’re not alone.
They ran as they never had before, seeing fires in the distance. After a few
minutes which seemed like hours, Fortis realized the sun was getting closer to the
horizon. It could only be an hour until night. Gloria was tripping over her low
skirts. Fortis wore her brown work shorts, and was glad she was. Finally after
seeing that Gloria’s skirts would not suit the run, their mother stopped and ripped
off a good few feet of the material to Gloria’s utter ‘delight’. She threw it to the
ground and they continued on. The girls’ parents must have thought that the village
square would be a safe place to go seeing as it was quite populated. Upon arriving
however they saw that it was a mistake. They turned to go back the way from which
they came, but….
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Every day we have many conversations whether with our friends, family, coworkers and even ourselves. Through all these conversations we leave impressions on other people and ourselves. If we want to have healthy, productive conversations with everyone we come in contact with(including ourselves), than we must always be aware of what we are trying communicate and how we are accomplishing that communication. Here’s how it works.
Continue reading “The Not-So-Simple, Simple Art of Speaking Well”
This past summer, I decided to visit a friend who lives in Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Having lived in North America my entire life, going to Brasil was quite a trip. From mountains to favelas, I got to expeince the Brasilian culture from the eyes of the people themselves.
Summer draws to a close,
And each one of us knows,
Life will go on,
Though we sing a different song.
The temperature drops,
Earlier daylight stops,
Children getting ready for school,
One last time in the pool.
Eating ice cream was a ball,
Now here comes the fall,
A new set of delight,
Shall be coming soon alright.
Get ready for the cold,
For when the leaves get old,
And watch the sun set at last,
On this good summer past.
See you next year summer.
Tick tock goes the clock,
Strikes one and two and three,
Tick tock goes the clock,
Time is coming for me.
It doesn’t care if I’m ready to go,
It’s got no sense of thought,
All it knows is what it shows,
It will always do what it ought.
What do you do when the world crashes around you?
What do you do when you have nowhere to turn to?
When all you’ve ever had is threatened,
When you can’t take back all that has happened.
The trust that took so long to build,
A hole in its foundation is drilled,
And no amount of sorry or smiles,
Can take back the actions or undue the miles.
The sun will shine, rain will fall,
Shadows will grow high and tall,
The moon will come and then will go,
The mystery of this world will grow.
Fire burns and water flows,
Earth falls and wind blows,
Gravity pulls, exerts its force,
Time glides by on its course.
The winter lingers and cold abounds,
This season’s voice softly sounds,
Through the trees and over the frozen ground,
There are few animals to be found.
Longing starts for spring’s welcoming breeze,
A time of flowers and green grass and trees,
When birds soar high about with ease,
Come soon spring, oh come soon please!
The fountain of hope gives the park life,
The fountain reminds us of an end to the strife,
The fountain stands, and over it fly geese,
This is the fountain of peace.
It stands like a symbol,
It shouts its message continual,
That love won’t die,
So long as the good people try.
We live in a world where peace does not go out to all people of the earth, and neither does love. We get caught up in the things like gender, sex, appearance, fame, money and status to name a few. People ask questions like, “Where do we come from?”, “Where are we going when we die?”, “What is the purpose of life?” and “Who am I?”. Still others ask more questions like, “What is that person’s gender?”, “Is that person female or male?”, “Who do they love?”. We humans put such weight on these things, but I think we are all missing the point completely.
Can you just imagine for a moment a world where no one judges, or hates? What would be the result of a world where that happens? There would be no war, no bullies and no need for us to have jails or hand out penalties. You may be thinking, “Well, that’s great, but it’s not the reality.” No, it’s not, and that’s sad. But we can go with what we have. What do we have? We have the ability to control our own actions and to make our own decisions. We cannot control the actions of others, what they say and do. However, what someone else does can’t control what we do. If others are making fun of the LGBTQ community, discriminating against other races or cultures, or putting anyone down in any kind of way, does that mean we should join them in their taunts? I would go as far as to say that we should not just hold back from joining in, but also defend those who are being made the objects of this unwarranted judgement.
There Is no hope in the world! I said,
For children die and hope is dead,
There is no peace there is no grace!
For all we do is destroy this place.
Our earth was grand and full of life!
We had no shame and had no strife!
Now we walk in earth’s desolate slum,
And let not our poor have a crumb.
A while ago I posted about prayer and how God wants us to be in constant conversation with Him. I thought I should clarify something here and dig a bit deeper on a particular topic. 1 John 5:14 says,
“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
Some people take this the wrong way. ‘If I ask Him for anything, He will hear me?’. Well, no. But if it’s according to His will, yes! But how are we supposed to know if what we’re asking is according to His will? That’s where I’m going here.
This time of year,
Children full of cheer,
Many hope to shed no tear,
For Christmas time is here.
Yet there are those feel,
That the magic has all gone,
Like an evil came to steel,
All the joy and fun.
Tick tock goes the clock,
Strikes one and two and three,
Tick tock goes the clock,
Time is coming for me.
It doesn’t care if I’m ready to go,
It’s got no sense of thought,
All it knows is what it shows,
It will always do what it ought.
Water is patient,
Water is kind,
Water will win,
Every time.
Water will wait,
And can run faster than you,
There is almost nothing,
That it cannot do.
As a Christian some people ask me, ‘So if there’s a powerful God, then why does He let bad things happen in the world?’. I understand why people ask this question, but let’s try to answer it together and put all our minds at rest.
I know you may be thinking, ‘Yeah, that’s the problem.’ Well you see, a long time ago when He created the earth, God decided that humans should be like Him, so he gave them the freedom of choice. Every person who walks the earth is able to choose how they are to react to every situation. This is why I put such emphasis on the fact that only you can control your own actions, because God Himself gave us this ability and I want everyone to be able to say that they used it to better themselves and the world they live in. So when a human makes a wrong decision, it is from their own selfishness or ignorance, not God’s. Unfortunately, so many choose to make the bad decision, causing war and hatred to become prevalent in our societies.
Who are we to judge others?
Dislike them for who they are?
Be to them like unkind brothers?
Make them feel far?
We busy ourselves with our concerns,
Making sure society never learns,
That love comes first,
And hate comes not.
What is life,
What is death,
Who can tell,
In a single breath.
The things they’ve heard,
The things they’ve seen,
There is no word,
For all that’s been.
A mother is patient, a mother is kind, a mother is thoughtful, just like mine.
A mother can be silly, is always in control, she can make you feel happy, and never alone.
A mother is God-given, she knows your heart, a mother is loving, of me she’s a part.
A mother is human, she still makes mistakes, she isn’t always perfect, doesn’t live in a flawless state.
Some do not have her, some do not love her, some think her weak, that her work is obsolete.
For some she goes away, she wasn’t able to stay, for others she works long hours, yet her children’s love sours.
All I know is this, that I am very blessed, to have such a great mother, who never lets her love rest.
Let us thank her today, in very special way, for all she does and did, that pain for us she tried to rid.
She didn’t always win, didn’t always understand, but she was always there, always there to care.
Thank you mom for all you do, for everything you are, I hope one day to be, half as good as you.
This is the post excerpt.
We live in a world where peace does not go out to all people of the earth, and neither does love. We get caught up in the things like gender, sex, appearance, fame, money and status to name a few. People ask questions like, “Where do we come from?”, “Where are we going when we die?”, “What is the purpose of life?” and “Who am I?”. Still others ask more questions like, “What is that person’s gender?”, “Is that person female or male?”, “Who do they love?”. We humans put such weight on these things, but I think we are all missing the point completely.
Can you just imagine for a moment a world where no one judges, or hates? What would be the result of a world where that happens? There would be no war, no bullies and no need for us to have jails or hand out penalties. You may be thinking, “Well, that’s great, but it’s not the reality.” No, it’s not, and that’s sad. But we can go with what we have. What do we have? We have the ability to control our own actions and to make our own decisions. We cannot control the actions of others, what they say and do. However, what someone else does can’t control what we do. If others are making fun of the LGBTQ community, discriminating against other races or cultures, or putting anyone down in any kind of way, does that mean we should join them in their taunts? I would go as far as to say that we should not just hold back from joining in, but also defend those who are being made the objects of this unwarranted judgement.
Why do people waste so much time and energy on things that have no benefit? That produce no crop? Why do they do things that only hamper their ability to be productive? Everything I do has some value to it. Some meaning behind it. I call this motivation. The motivation to complete a goal. An end. For what is a beginning and a journey without an end? The end gives the beginning it’s significance and the journey it’s purpose. Without an end there is no motivation. Without an end there is no reason to be productive. No goal. No prize to run for.
It’s official, my first book is finally published on Amazon! For a while now I’ve been working on it and the series with which it goes.
Letum, Book 1 in the series, is now available on Amazon for Kindle, and for hardcopy as well. Book 2, Transitus, is planned for release early next year.
My fiction, action/adventure book for teen and adults is about a young teenager, who, upon meeting a traveler from outside her small, secluded mountain village, she dreams of the outside world and it’s mysteries. Unable to leave on her own, she can only imagine what books and cities look like. But she gets more than she bargained for, and soon finds that the outside world is more dangerous and fascinating then she ever could have imagined.
More to come about Letum and the series!
I made no move to lift my hands,
Nor my God to praise your name,
But instead I had my plans,
And tried to feel something, anything, in vain.
Thank you for your mercy,
For your patience and your healing,
For loving me all this way,
Through every dark thought and feeling.
Poetry
Gabriela M Author of the Year (2019) at Spillword Press NYC
A Room Without Books is Like a Body Without a Soul
