LIfe Through the Words

By Rafael Lima

Do you think life can be described?

 

The answer to this question is yes. Life can be described.

 

It is hard to describe, but it is not impossible to do it.

 

Each one experiences too many situations and feelings. Sometimes, people are happy, sad, discouraged, disappointed, angry, anxious, nervous, excited, etc. And each of these feelings produces sensations and thoughts in the person.

 

I tried to gather these feelings, thoughts, and sensations into this book. Many of the described situations happened to me. That allowed me to reflect and inspired me to write.

 

I hope you can read, reflect, and inspire yourself with this book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rafael Lima
• Release date: Mar 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224100460

Rafael Lima

Brasil, 1989 Graduado em Processos Gerenciais e M.B.A. em Gestão Estratégica de Projetos pelo Centro Universitário UNA. Cristão pela Graça de Deus. Apaixonado pela escrita (português, espanhol e inglês), poeta e romancista. Um poeta e escritor, que compartilha seus pensamentos através dos versos dos poemas e dos capítulos dos romances. Também escrevo em inglês e espanhol para alcançar mais pessoas em mais lugares. No tempo livre, gosto de videogames, filmes e séries. Fico pensando no dia em que um de meus livros será a base para uma destas produções…

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Choices

Life always gives us options and ways to select,

Sometimes, there are many, and it is hard for only one to elect.

Many choices are beautiful and seem to be incredibly attractive,

Some of them seem to fit perfectly into our wishes.

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It is an option that seems all troubles will be solved,

After choosing it, we will have no more trouble.

Everything will be solved perfectly and magically,

Then, we will stay satisfied in that dreamed tranquility.

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After the choice, then, everything did not occur as planned,

We are worse than before; everything is getting misguided.

We analyze the choice, and it seems the worst possible we could do,

We forgot that once we had considered it so marvelous.

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During this time, many regrets and sadness arise,

We realize that for a while, we are damaging our life.

In this time, we learned one big and valuable lesson,

Not to decide just what pleases us, to God, we must ask for directions.

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The directions of God for our lives lead to effective ways,

Because God knows the right time for everything, we wait.

He always blesses us according to our necessities,

Providing what is necessary for us to achieve true felicity.

Sadness on Difficulties

There are situations in life that seem to have no solution,

Everything seems impossible, and this takes out our motivation.

We stay anxious, unmotivated, depressed, without happiness,

Nothing makes us happy, and everything remembers we are in distress.

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The time is passing, and it is like we were at rock bottom,

It is like we would give up and not wait for anything new.

The lack of hope generates a deep feeling of failure,

Because we think, Nothing changes, independently of what I do.

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And with each passing day, it only grows anxiety and sadness,

Good feelings go away, and bad desires are what our heart has.

Extremely dangerous desires that can lead us to destruction,

In front of desperation, these desires can be a solution.

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We cannot let ourselves be led by these kinds of desires,

Because we have someone who can fix our lives.

From the deepest rock bottom, He can free us,

We have the Lord Jesus Christ, who extends his hand to help us.

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He extends his hand and takes us to a safe and quiet life,

He takes us from darkness and sadness, and He puts us in light.

Have faith in Christ, ask help from Him, and in your favor, He will act,

You will get out of a challenging situation, and a new life, you will get.

Living Only on Achievements

In our lives, we always seek to achieve many achievements,

We are seeking what we judge is better at that moment.

We work, study, and make sacrifices every day,

We do all this because we want to improve in many ways.

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Many times, this rhythm endures for a long time,

We forget family and friends, and we are out of our lives.

We stay so concerned about having and accumulating,

We forgot the most important thing is to stay and to be.

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We need to be special to the ones that we love,

We must be present in the moments we like.

We cannot stay in this hard life, only fulfilling duties,

We must love, smile, and enjoy having happiness in our spirits.

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Because if there is no moment that we are enjoying,

Life loses its sense, and we start to live in suffering.

To live in suffering is to live always sad, unhappy, and anguished,

It is a miserable kind of life that, at any cost, it must be avoided.

The World Asks for Help

The current world is too needy of many things,

The most significant thing in people’s life is missing.

It is missing peace, love, unity, and the light,

It is missing that thing able to calm down the heart.

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The hearts are afflicted, and some love, they are desiring,

Because of this, to relieve the pain, they accept anything.

They accept even what they know is harmful,

Desperation is so big that they cannot see that it is not good.

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The hearts are deeply desperate and afflicted,

They need urgently to feel loved.

They are crying for help with all their strengths,

Because they know their lives must change.

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We must deliver to these people what they are asking,

We must relieve the pain that all hearts are feeling.

We must introduce to these people the love of Christ.

We must take them out of this hell and show them paradise.

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Each of us can give the love of Christ to one heart,

We can bring to light who has been arrested in the darkness.

We carry the hope that leads to true salvation,

We have the Holy Spirit, who can transform any situation.

New Hope

Sometimes, we have the sensation that nothing is happening,

The time is going, and any changes, we are noticing.

We got to the point where we think nothing is improving,

Because we lost the hope that victory is coming.

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We lost hope because a tireless daily fight is faced,

We lost hope because the difficulty seemed unsurpassed.

We have the sensation that everything is coming against us,

And as much as we fight and battle, there is no change for us.

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