Theme: Love

What is love?

In a classroom, there were several children. One of them asked the teacher:

- Teacher, what is love?

The teacher felt that the child deserved a worthy answer as the intelligent question she had done.

It was break time, she asked each student to take a walk around the schoolyard and bring what most stimulated the feeling of love in them. The children left in a hurry, and when they returned, the teacher said:

- I want everyone to show what you brought.

The first child said:

- I brought this flower, isn't it beautiful?

The second child said:

- I brought this butterfly. See the color of its wings, I'll put it in my collection.

The third child completed:

- I brought this baby bird. It had fallen from the nest along with other sibling. Isn't it cute?

And so, the children started to show what they had.

After the exposition, the teacher noticed that there was a child who had been quiet all the time. She was flushed with embarrassment, as she had brought nothing.

The teacher addressed her and asked:

- Honey, why didn't you bring anything?

 And the child shyly replied:

- Sorry teacher. I saw the flower and felt its scent. I thought about pulling it out, but I preferred to leave it so that its scent would breathe for longer. I also saw the butterfly, light, colorful! It looked so happy that I didn't have the courage to imprison it. I also saw the bird lying among the leaves, but when I climbed the tree, I noticed the sad look of its mother and preferred to return it to the nest. So, teacher, I bring the perfume of the flower, the feeling of freedom of the butterfly and the gratitude I felt in the eyes of the bird's mother. How can I show what I brought?

The teacher thanked the child and gave it the highest score, as she was the only one who realized that we can only bring love in our hearts.

Text by Eliane de Araújo (from the site http://bvespirita.com)
 

Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com

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