A few days ago I received this email from my friends in the Fresh Air Fund ministry. I have decided to literally copy it so its freshness and urgency becomes clear as a trumpet sound in the ears of those who could read these lines and feel their heart inclined to “pitch in” in such worthy activities and opening of their homes´ generosity.
Hi, Emilio: I haven't reached out to you in a few months, but I wanted to let you know that The Fresh Air Fund is again in need of host families for this summer, to place these wonderful children into a loving host family for up to two weeks of a fresh air experience they will never forget.
Hi, Emilio: I haven't reached out to you in a few months, but I wanted to let you know that The Fresh Air Fund is again in need of host families for this summer, to place these wonderful children into a loving host family for up to two weeks of a fresh air experience they will never forget.
I've put together a new social media release, so please feel free to use any of the images, graphics, banners,
or copy:
http://freshairfundhost.org
Your efforts can help a child have an experience that will change their life! Thank you so much, Sara
Your efforts can help a child have an experience that will change their life! Thank you so much, Sara
I decided so because, while reading the email, some words from Facundo Cabral, the Argentinean singer and composer, began to resound again in my ears.
It had been some time since I received the Powerpoint message that I transformed into a video, and from time to time I have watched meditating in the profundity of its words.
But now they seem so appropriate to these many children in need of something new and fresh in their lives as some fun time in hospitable homes among loving people could be.
Facundo Cabral, with his profound and grave voice that has been in so many scenarios of this world, tells us:
It had been some time since I received the Powerpoint message that I transformed into a video, and from time to time I have watched meditating in the profundity of its words.
But now they seem so appropriate to these many children in need of something new and fresh in their lives as some fun time in hospitable homes among loving people could be.
Facundo Cabral, with his profound and grave voice that has been in so many scenarios of this world, tells us:
Urgently… is the poorest way to live in this world,
because, you know, the day we leave it,
we leave behind (pending) the things
that were really urgent.
Urgent is that you stop in your tiring Life´s pace;
to ask yourself what it really is
all these things that you do.
Urgent is for you to be a better friend,
a better human, a better brother.
Urgent, is for you to value the time a child, boy or girl,
are asking from you.
Could we have any doubt what a wonderful gift to ourselves
because, you know, the day we leave it,
we leave behind (pending) the things
that were really urgent.
Urgent is that you stop in your tiring Life´s pace;
to ask yourself what it really is
all these things that you do.
Urgent is for you to be a better friend,
a better human, a better brother.
Urgent, is for you to value the time a child, boy or girl,
are asking from you.
Could we have any doubt what a wonderful gift to ourselves
as well as to those children could be opening our homes
to as many of them we could accommodate?
If you find it so. Rush and check the link:
http://freshairfundhost.org
and enjoy a remarkable and unforgettable time this year!
Additionally, enjoy, too, the video I was telling you about, whose text is clearly impactant as well as the biography of this so universally known singer and composer of so many moving songs about life and need to overcome circumstances that I will summarize at the end.
Just think. How many undiscovered geniuses could be found among this presently dispossessed children? and what a joy could be ours if we were part of their awakening to their life´s potentials?
If you find it so. Rush and check the link:
http://freshairfundhost.org
and enjoy a remarkable and unforgettable time this year!
Additionally, enjoy, too, the video I was telling you about, whose text is clearly impactant as well as the biography of this so universally known singer and composer of so many moving songs about life and need to overcome circumstances that I will summarize at the end.
Just think. How many undiscovered geniuses could be found among this presently dispossessed children? and what a joy could be ours if we were part of their awakening to their life´s potentials?
Let´s meditate on his words!
Urgent!
For you, who always live life at a vertiginous pace…
I want to remind you
that the most important thing you have in life,
is you and all those who surround you.
And remember…
Urgent, is a word we live with, day in and day out,
in our frenzied life,
but one we have lost, already,
all its significance of hurriedness
and priority.
Urgently, is the poorest way to live in this world,
because, you know, the day we leave it,
we leave behind (pending)
the things that were really urgent.
Urgent is that you stop in your tiring Life´s pace;
to ask yourself what it really is
all these things that you do.
Urgent is for you to be a better friend,
a better human, a better brother.
Urgent, is for you to value the time a child,
boy or girl, are asking from you.
Urgent, is for you to impregnate yourself with the sun´s warmth,
Urgent!
For you, who always live life at a vertiginous pace…
I want to remind you
that the most important thing you have in life,
is you and all those who surround you.
And remember…
Urgent, is a word we live with, day in and day out,
in our frenzied life,
but one we have lost, already,
all its significance of hurriedness
and priority.
Urgently, is the poorest way to live in this world,
because, you know, the day we leave it,
we leave behind (pending)
the things that were really urgent.
Urgent is that you stop in your tiring Life´s pace;
to ask yourself what it really is
all these things that you do.
Urgent is for you to be a better friend,
a better human, a better brother.
Urgent, is for you to value the time a child,
boy or girl, are asking from you.
Urgent, is for you to impregnate yourself with the sun´s warmth,
every morning you contemplate a sunrise,
and then give thanks to the Lord
for this magnificent gift.
Urgent, is for you to see your family,
your children, spouse, and everyone around you,
and value that marvelous treasure.
Urgent, is for you to tell the people you love, today,
not tomorrow, how much you love them.
Urgent, is for you to know you are a son of God,
and realize that He loves you and wants to see you
smiling, and full of energies.
Urgent, is for you that life does not flies away in a second,
and when you look back,
already an older person
who cannot make time retrace its tracks,
realize that you did everything
hurriedly urgently.
Being a great businessman, a great artist,
a great professional, who filled your agenda
with urgent dates, projects,
but after all, the most important,
forgot to LIVE!
and then give thanks to the Lord
for this magnificent gift.
Urgent, is for you to see your family,
your children, spouse, and everyone around you,
and value that marvelous treasure.
Urgent, is for you to tell the people you love, today,
not tomorrow, how much you love them.
Urgent, is for you to know you are a son of God,
and realize that He loves you and wants to see you
smiling, and full of energies.
Urgent, is for you that life does not flies away in a second,
and when you look back,
already an older person
who cannot make time retrace its tracks,
realize that you did everything
hurriedly urgently.
Being a great businessman, a great artist,
a great professional, who filled your agenda
with urgent dates, projects,
but after all, the most important,
forgot to LIVE!
BIOGRAPHY
Facundo Cabral is an Argentinean singer and composer,
Facundo Cabral is an Argentinean singer and composer,
born on May 22nd. 1937.
Almost blind and carrying a cane,
he summarized his life as follows:
I was able to speak until I was 9 years old,
illiterate until 14,
widowed when 40,
and met my father until I was 46.
The most pagan of preachers
The most pagan of preachers
is already 70 years old
and reviews his life from the hotel room
he has chosen as his last home.
His father abandoned his mother
leaving her with 7 children.
He was sent to a reformatory and escaped,
He was sent to a reformatory and escaped,
having found God in the words of Simeon, an old vagrant,
who recited to him the Sermon of the Mountain
on February 24th. 1934.
In 1970 recorded the unforgettable song
In 1970 recorded the unforgettable song
“I am not from here nor there”.
Inspired by Jesus, Gandhi and Mother Teresa of Calcuta,
as well as by Jorge Luis Borges and Walt Whitman,
he spiritually follows a social critic line in his songs
taking them to more than 159 nations.
Could you imagine what a joy could fill your life
if some Facundo
visits your home this Easter?
I am sure that many Facundos are out there
I am sure that many Facundos are out there
waiting for a friendly hand
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