Thank
to Linda Savoie for this realisation with my oil painting '' LA
CABANE ''
Thank
to Gabrielle for tracduce this text for me
A simple letter.
Message of hope or
letter of friendship,
This message is for
anyone looking for a friend,
For soothing words.
Words that will
bring calmness to the soul and
An instant of peace
when life brings us unwanted hardships.
May this message
bring you hope and peace of mind.
A simple letter
There are many
things that a woman can live with on this earth. Joys….
Moments of delight
that bring soft calming tear to her heart.
Tears of joy, that
once dried, become a balm wrapping her soul in a soft embrace.
Later, in moments
of solitude and loneliness, we call these tears happy memories.
Sometimes, we even
smile recalling those brief, short instants of happiness.
In those moments,
our body heals the wounds left on our soul by the misfortunes of
life.
Wounds have many faces. For a woman there is
Another kind of
wound, one without bloodshed, one that has the face of
Grief in her heart
…Yes, a wound often takes the face of grief…
And we are afraid
of it. Afraid of sorrow
and pains which make us
Withdraw within our
selves. When we full of sorrow and pains,
Loneliness installs
itself insidiously.
That implacable
loneliness is like a cancer within us, even when people surround us.
What can we think
of our life when there is no more joy,
And when we are
full of suffering…What can we do with our hands
When they do not
get along together….When our heart
is so twisted inside of us
That we lose our
appetite and the will to live…What do we need of a body hurting
with such heavy pains and bruises that we wish to end it all because
Life brings us only
sorrows…
Nobody has an
answer to that, to the miseries that afflict us, haunt us without
respite,
As if a sorcerer
was sticking needles in our effigy.
Nobody has an
answer for the woman, who beaten by her husband,
Endures such sufferings and lets herself die a bit more
each day.
Nobody has an
answer for the woman abandoned by a coward, a man without a soul,
A woman left
without a penny and with young children to look after.
Nobody has an
answer for the woman who was raped and who will feel
Rage and shame the
rest of her life….even guiltiness….
No, nobody has an
answer to all these evils but there is a thing over which
We all have a great
power. A thing which,
taken in small doses,
Will give us back
the will to live and to smile.
A thing that with the help
Of friends and of
people listening to us, may help us recognise beauty and
Make us aware of a
better standard of living.
HOPE…
Hope in something
better because every human being must live hoping for that.
Every religion in
the world has words of hope.
Be careful, do not
confound hope, happiness and the false paradises of these religions.
Leave to the ones,
who wish to believe in it, the unhappiness of losing hopes, and
let’s live. Let’s
live the beauty that life gives us. Let’s walk the dreamy paths,
Even through our
sufferings, and let’s grab at the twigs of life.
Every times we help
somebody on earth, it is a matter of great happiness.
A spring of life
that gives birth in us to a feeling of true value.
When we meet a
person who is going through what we did, let’s help.
Let’s share our
sufferings, and listen to her stories. Let’s listen to what people
around us have to say and thus, soothe their emotions and tears.
Let’s never have
in mind the desire to gain or to manipulate.
It can only bring
us worse things than our own pains. We must never back up or give up in front of life adversities
because life may make it worse.
When a person gives
up, she opens her arms to fatality and she feels worse for doing so.
There is no worse
image then the image of person who accepts the fatality of a
temporary situation, because everything is temporary in this life.
How can we feel
proud of us, going around for entire days,
With heavy arms and bowed shoulders, bending our back a
little more each day.
Before we can
condemn something , we must learn to have the greatest respect for
what we are and for ourselves..
We must learn to
love our different sides and to cherish them.
In the eyes of God,
every human being is a treasure, a pearl.
Before a person
tries to make changes in life, for her wellbeing,
She must first
reach for pride, open her arms wide to it, and then, her back
straightens.
We must smile at
life and be proud of ourselves and of who we are.
We are the most
important people in our life.
I believe that is
the secret. Every day,
we must learn from our hardships.
We must learn to
say no to pains and hurts, to irritations
That try to make us
give up. We must be
proud and simply love ourselves.
See how beautiful
we are when looking in the mirror…
We must accept our
weaknesses and our image.
We must care for
our soul bruised by life and dirtied by others.
We must learn to
turn the page and to live happy with the greatest respect.
There, I will stop
writing because I think I would never end.
Be happy on the
road of non-violence…
Have compassion for
the homeless. Reach out
for people from other countries.
Listen to what
others have to say and turn your back to fanaticism.
Hope, have trust in
yourself and know there is a place for you in life…
Make yourself
wealthy with friendship and stay away from
People who hurt you… Not many people posses the
wealth of friendship,
Make it yours, it
is there for everybody…
Reach out for those
teenagers who see nothing good in the future.
They will take good
care of you in your old age if you do so.
Be compassionate
for the homeless who carry all their possession in a backpack
Be one of those
persons who believe that anything is possible in life,
And who feel free
believing so… Love your friends and your relatives
For who they are
and not for what they look like…
To all of you, to
the ones in pain, make life your best friend,
Because problems
only take the place given to them.
In all friendship,
André Julien, June
2002.
