Have a Blessed Christmas!

“Silent Night”

JACQUES PREVERT – To paint the portrait of a bird – Jacques Prevert / Pour faire le portrait d’un oiseau

A wonderful poem in english and french / Un merveilleux poème en Anglais et français

English:

To paint the portrait of a bird – Jacques Prevert

First paint a cage
with an open door
then paint
something pretty
something simple
something beautiful
something useful

A PRAYER… AND A PRAYER… :)

This is a joke I’ve heard some time ago. It’s not just a joke, but there is a deeper meaning beyond its humor:

Two men were praying in a church, staying on their kneels, shoulder to shoulder. They were: a rich man and a poor man.

The rich man says: Lord, help me make this deal with the freighter… Help me win that auction…

The poor man: Lord, help me to buy some bread for my children…

The rich man: Lord, help me make that deal…

The poor man: Lord, help me to go home with some money today, not as I did last days…

The rich man, irritated, to the poor man: You, can’t you see God is busy with me?

The poor man, still addressing to God: Lord, help me feed my children…

The rich man, annoyed, opens his wallet and gives a $100 bill to the poor man: You, take these money and let God see about my problem!

WE HAVE TIME by OCTAVIAN PALER

I don’t know if you ever heard about OCTAVIAN PALER ? He was a Romanian Journalist, a most respectable one. He died last year, age 80. Click on his name to read some lines about his bibliography.

One of his most known and wonderful writing is “WE HAVE TIME…” (“Avem timp…” – the original title – in romanian). Click on the romanian flag to read the romanian version on Shalom – Jurnal de Pace.

BUT,

If you don’t speak romanian, I invite you to read this writing in english, on another wordpress weblog, host by Aurel Mateescu. I am sure you will not regret. Click HERE to open this weblog and scroll down because the english version is under the romanian one.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

 

Beauty and the Beast is an American animated film, the 30th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film was originally premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on November 13th, 1991 by Walt Disney Pictures.

 

This film, one of the best known of the Disney studio’s films, is an adaptation of the well-known fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, about a beautiful woman kept in a castle by a horrific monster. It is the first and only full-length animated feature film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Heightening the level of performance in the era known as the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999, beginning with The Little Mermaid and ending with Tarzan), all animated films following its release have been influenced by its new use of 3D technology.

 

Beauty and the Beast ranked #22 on the American Film Institute’s list of best musicals and #34 on its list of the best romantic American movies. On the list of the greatest songs from American movies, Beauty and the Beast ranked #62. In 2002, Beauty and the Beast was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” On October 8th, of the same year, Walt Disney Home Entertainment released the film as a 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD.

   

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film)

THE BUTTERFLY AND THE FLOWER

 

God always knows what we need, and He knows that better that we do. He wants only THE BEST for us, due to His amazing, huge love. So, the only thing we need is TO ENTIRELY TRUST in His love, power and wisdom