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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 9 - N° 434 - October 4, 2015

Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

Willingness to change

  

Nina was full of herself. She was only nine years-old but was proud and arrogant, and did not listen to the advices that her parents would give her with love.

Her mother would say:

- Nina, you cannot expect your wishes to prevail every time. You are still young and have a lot to learn from life. If God has given you to us as our daughter, it is so we help to educate you in the path of righteousness!

However the girl would answer conceitedly:

- But Mom, I am very smart and know what I am supposed to do! At school, my classmates ask my opinion about whatever they have doubts and are happy with what I tell them!

And her father, who was silently listening, said softly:

- Nina, we know that you are smart, but intelligent people are usually the ones who err more often because they do not listen to anyone's opinion. Surely you will be a person who will achieve many things in life, but you should grow up listening to your parents, teachers, reading many books to learn and then form your own ideas! Do you understand, darling?

But the girl did not listen to anything that her parents tried to teach her, and shook her head with an expression of disregard:

- Oh... It's no use talking to you! I'm tired. You do not understand me at all!...

Her parents looked at each other and gave up trying to help her understand what they were trying to teach. Nina left the living room with her head held high and went to the street to play with her friends. At the house of one of them, there was a delicious cake that her friend's mother had baked. As Nina was a bit of a glutton, she ate three large pieces accompanied by juice.

Soon, she began to feel ill. She went home and laid down. Concerned, her mother wanted to know what was going on, and Nina explained:

- I had a delicious piece of cake at Fernanda's house but it was probably spoiled because I left there feeling very bad.

The mother, who knew her daughter well considered:

- Nina, nobody offers spoiled cake to anyone. You've been eating too much. Soon you will start to put on weight. You need to change your habits, honey.

But Nina did not even hear what her mother said. She ran to the bathroom and threw up everything that she had eaten. Then she laid down again, feeling weak.

The next day, however, she had already forgotten what had happened the day before and had a big breakfast. Back from school, she was hungry and lunch was delicious; she filled her plate three times. Watching her, her parents gently warned her of overeating, which would not do her any good, but Nina reacted by saying:

- As I am in the growth phase, I need to feed myself well!

- But not in excess, Nina. Everything that is too much harms the body - her father said.

So, as always, thinking she was right, Nina started to constantly overeat. The result was immediate. She started to put on weight and needed new clothes and shoes, because nothing she owned would fit her anymore. And Nina said:

- I do not know what is happening to me, Mom! I think I'm having a growth spurt.

- That's true, Nina. But you are forcing your growth. You need to eat less if you do not want to get too fat - considered her worried mother.

- So you think I'm getting too fat, Mom? - the girl asked.

- Certainly. You need to eat less and exercise more, Nina.

The girl did not accept what her mother said. The next day, however, when she arrived at school, she heard from her classmates who were whispering nearby:

- Wow! Look at Nina! She looks like a whale!...

She wanted to turn around and fight the group but they were gone. Upset, Nina went into the classroom and noticed that her other classmates also looked at her in astonishment. Their teacher noticed the situation and told the students to be quiet.

Nina sat there full of shame. Only at that moment she realized that she should have really put on a lot of weight. That day, she heard jokes from her classmates but

pretended that she had not heard anything. At the end of the class, she left quickly, hoping that her mother would be waiting outside. With relief, she saw her mother nearby and ran to the car.

- Hi honey! How are you? How was class today?

But Nina got into the car, hung her head and began to cry. Her mother looked for a place to park, then hugged her daughter and asked what had happened, and Nina replied, sobbing:

- Mom, I'm feeling like a whale! At least, that's what they called me when I got to school. I am very ashamed! I do not know what to do!

Then her kind mother fondly said:

- Nina, for a while now your father and I have alerted you about your overeating. You never accepted help from us, considering yourself able to direct your life! But you're just a nine year-old girl, honey! You know nothing about life, how to act, how to deal with problems! We need to accept help because we do not know everything. And when bad things happen, we need to have the humility to ask for help.

- All right, Mom. I need help! Please help me! What should I do?

- Very well, Nina. For starters, eat less, avoid sodas, sweets and greasy things. And exercise more which is fundamental. What do you think?

- Sounds good. As I do not know anything about this, I will do what you tell me, Mom!

And Nina returned to the appropriate weight for her age, with more willingness and joy of living. Her classmates thought she was much more beautiful, which made her

feel happy with the effort to lose weight. Her determination to want to lose weight was very important and she would always help it with a prayer in which she asked for the help of Jesus.

Thus, Nina overcame herself and began to accept the opinions of others, recognizing that she still needed to learn a lot about life.

MEIMEI

(Psychographed by Celia X. de Camargo on 13/07/2015.)



 



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