When and where the duty of an writer finishes?
Nobody is an island, as John Donne said once. By understanding that I have to fight for my rights, I also understood that this includes fighting for social justice. Since I was young, I had the romantic idea of giving people around me a chance.
For a period of my life, I was too busy, fighting for my own chance. Then, for another period, I could see – In my case - the light of the end of the tunnel, but I did not have money to help the others to fight for their dreams. In 1995 I had enough money to start a project, so I choose to:
a] support the children, the future of my country, giving them the same opportunity that I had as for education and love
b] support people who does not have enough money to live, so they only survive.
Today I invest up to 300.000 USDollars a year in these two projects. I could invest more, but there is a problem of physical space: we work in a “favela” ( a shanty town ) close to my apt., in five different houses, taking care of 310 children. We need three more houses to take care of another 200, and, although I have money to expand the project, there are no places to rent or sell in this area, so we are waiting the first opportunity to do it. I also use, as much as I can, my “influence” to get things from the govt., like credits to new projects developed by these people, basic sanitary needs, etc.
However, I only contribute with money and some sporadic visits to the places. The anonymous heroes and heroines, who are there all day long, working hard, are the ones who deserve the honors. Without them, my money would be useless.
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Enhorabuena Paulo por hacer lo que haces y sigue adelante ¡ojalá! que tengas más apoyos y que prospere esta idea tan buena que es contribuir a la ayuda de los menos favorecidos de tu pais y que tengan una oportunidad, la educación es la base de la paz y la armonía del Mundo.
I don’t think that anybody has a DUTY to do anything.
Duty is something that you are unconsciously forced to.
Of course when you start something you should finish, and you should feel committed to it.
For me everything is about CONSCIENCE.
When you really have it, when you find it in yourself it’ll guide you, it’ll help you to distinguish between good or bad, between what you should do and what you shouldn’t.
When you find the answers you will have THE WILL not DUTY to do it.
love
Agnieszka
However without people like this with money and social justice, and kindness there would be no houses or basic sanitary needs in the first place,it works both ways ..Both the person with the money and the worker at least have a common goal to do Gods work and make the world a better place .The world needs both .,and the children of the world need both .Blessings Tania
I really feel guilty when I see animals given better care street children. All I can do is cry and pray that there would be plentier ‘Mr. Warren Buffets’ (he donated billions of dollars, like 2 years ago), but there are a few only. My prayers are the support I could offer as of now. But don’t lose hope.
I think its wonderful what you with the help of others are doing. Sometimes people who have had success in their life forget the promises they made.
I remember reading quite a few years back how some street kids (I think in Brazil) were disappearing and they think that they were being killed. That’s hard to even type let alone contemplate. I don’t know if this is true but if some of those children (plus just struggling people) are being helped by your charity I hope that one day I will be in a position to help.
Kathleen xx
Paulo, is a greate Humanist!
He is an Angel on the Earth.
May God Be always with you , Paulo!
Butterfy
Lo mismo que Rosa de los Vientos, ehorabuena por la labor que haces con los niños. Es muy bonito.
In response to your text… my reflections on teaching. A wonderful, yet heartrending experience. Thanks for the solidarity and the recognition.
Mary incarnate
Where am I going?
What shall I be?
I have lost
the person
I have called
Me.
She is out there
expanded…
A look on the face
of every child
that exists
and the silence
they face.
Do they
have questions
as I did at 7
About how God
exists
And can there
be heaven?
My heart is at one
with the child
who is near
My mind cannot know
the fears that appear
the nightmares
that plague her
the tears
and the pain
I can only
but do
my part
in the rain.
And when she
is well
and summer
has come
I will let her go
and know
I am done.
One by one
I move on
to another
Hoping to
be a
Universal
Mother.
Mary incarnate
she is willing
to hear
the joys
and the pain
of the child
that is near.
Mary remained…
If Jesus gave his
life for our sins
voluntary suicide
was it worth it?
Would it not have
been better if he
had continued
to walk upon
the earth
working his
miracles?
He left us alone
Alone upon us
the responsibility
of creating
our own miracles.
What a waste.
You left us
with a book.
A book.
To be interpreted
in any way
we may please
With an excuse
to not participate
in the miracles
An abdication
from the miseries
of other’s suffering
How must Mary
have felt?
Is she not
the nobler
the stronger
of the two
for having
remained behind?
I guess this is the easiest way to correspond with you. Just finished reading your article “A Colourful Life” in “Ode”. While I do not usually have synesthesia myself, years ago when I ingested LSD I had a wonderful experience of it. We had Brahms Requiem on the stero; not only did I hear it, each instrument in the orochestra had a diffrerent colour, and I “saw” them as vertical stripes, varying in length and instensity as the piece progressed.
hello sir ;
I read what u wrote about love in ur stories & about life in ur books . u see somethings about love.heh!this site say me towrite u just in 30 words.can u write about love in 30 words?love is what I saw.I am so tired.I am just 24 years old but I have some white hair in my hair.I cry for love.I smile for love.i dream love.love is all.love is why i am writing this mial to u.I never saw my love;never could be with my love;but;love has many lessones those never I can tell u.what u wrote is great but just for showing the way.people read them & join them but never go to the way.the way is so hard but it is so great.what people want is just the goal.the goal is just one thing but in the way they can find many things.I know I wrote many words & so u maybe never read my words but my mind can contact with ur mind.it is what I always use after love gave me.love is all. have good times. bye.