Oh mom, is school far?

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The children of Gulu, in China, need to walk for 5 hours along the side of cliffs, on a trail that in some places does not exceed 50 centimetres in width, in order to reach their school.
Children from the village of Zhangguying in China, to go to school, climb wooden stairs without any protection.
Children and their relatives use an ice path to reach the Zanskar boarding school in the Indian Himalayas.
Male and female students cross a ruined suspension bridge in Lebrak, Indonesia
Children forced to go to school through a steel cable suspended more than 800 meters above the Rio Negro in Colombia
Riau’s children in Indonesia go to school by canoe.
A crossing over the molded roots of giant trees next to Mawsynram, the rainiest village in the world.
A girl going to school on the back of a buffalo in Myanmar (Burma).
A tuk-tuk, a 3-wheel vehicle, picks up and drives students in Beldanga, India.
A father and his daughter cross a broken bridge under the snow in Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan province.
Young students traveling on the roof of a boat in Pangururan, Indonesia.
Young girls pass on a board perched on a 16th century wall in Sri Lanka.
A cart loaded with students in Delhi, India.
Young girls cross a river on a bamboo raft in the village of Cilangkap in Indonesia.
Children and adults using a path of more than 200 km through the mountains to reach the boarding school in Pili, China.
Students crossing a river holding a rope in Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Children crossing a river over inner tubes in Rizal, Philippines.
We congratulate the work of the photographers for these magnificent photos and we are fascinated by the courage shown by these children who risk their lives to reach the banks of the School.
Were you not impressed with these young students prepared for everything so they can quench their thirst for learning?
Fantastic isn’t it?
But in Portugal parents often do not support that their children have to walk 100m on foot !!! …

Translation: LOPSI

Taken from the PowerPoint made by Fernando Pires, which can be found at:

https://pt.slideshare.net/ferpires/oh-me-a-escola-longe

“Hug”,”Kiss”&”I love you”, in Portuguese sign language

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“Dear Friends, this playful singing was made for Children. To teach them how to say “hug”, “kiss” and “I love you”, without touching. In Portuguese sign language. It’s there! For those who want to have time, a little bit to have fun singing and choreographing.
How about learning together (and challenging others), recording and sending, this sweet weekend, to the Lovers of Your Life who don’t live together?
Says who recorded it had a light and happy time, around the House …
Do you take the risk?! “

Elsa Almeida

Autograph of God

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Autograph is the original signature, handwritten by the author of some work.
Anyone who delves into the knowledge of art can, when admiring a canvas, affirm its author and even identify, if applicable, which period of that artist’s artistic life corresponds.
Whoever writes a book is defined by a way of writing and,
from there, it will become known. Naturally, he puts his name on the work.
But, more than that, it is identified by the style and the way in which it develops its thinking, when transposing it to paper.
Each artist has his own unique way of identifying himself in his work.
And that is how He is known and admired by His productions through the ages, when our eyes are ecstatic before nature.
When our ears are delighted by the sounds of the singing rivers, by the murmur of the tiny fountains, by the waters that flow down the slopes, pouring loudly from heights;
When the wind flutters a song between the branches or violently shakes the trees.
When the Sun is painted gold and everything fills with light where it spreads.
When the sky becomes a thousand, indefinable shades, in an indescribable dawn.
When all this happens, day after day, we look for the Author and Its signature.
The incredible thing about the grandiose is the tiny things.
Everything obeying the same care, tells us about the quality of the Artist.
The diversity of tones and sounds speaks to us of a superlatively creative Someone, since billions of years ago he has not repressed a sunset, nor the crystal of a dewdrop, nor the combination of twittering from the past.
Every day everything is different. The Sun returns, the clouds stretch, the prairie extends, lengthening its patchwork of different colors, embroidered here and there with small flowers … but nothing is the same.
The leaves of the trees are in greater or lesser numbers, the symphony of the waters has just been composed, the birds swing in other branches.
Yes, the Artist responsible for the day and night concert is extraordinary.
Men say they have never seen Him, but everyone can admire His work, even those who deny His existence.
This unparalleled Artist signs the delicacy of the mornings with the brush of dawn.
We can discover His autograph on the firmament screen, in the brightness of the stars.
He is so big, that the canvas on which He creates His wonders is expanding.
But where this Artist places His most special signature is in the essence of each of the children He created.
He is in each one of us and is called Immortality.
Think about it, you are God’s most special autograph.
Text: Redação Momento Espírita
Pictures: Internet
Formatting: Amélia Soares (ameliasoares-55@hotmail.com)

This was based on a PowerPoint made by Amélia Soares. Thank you for sharing this piece of Its Autograph with us all! Better watched listening to “Stardust” by the one and only Mr. Nat King Cole! 🙏 

Temporary forgetfulness …

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Temporary oblivion of the French professor Bruno Dubois, from the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease (IMMA) in the hospitals La Pitié-Salpêtrière – Paris. He approaches the subject in a very reassuring way:

“If someone is aware of their memory problems, they don’t have Alzheimer’s.”

  1. I forget the names of families …
  2. I don’t remember where I put some things …

It often happens in people aged 60 and over who complain that they have no memory.

“Information is always in the brain, it is the” processor “that is missing.”

This is “Anosognosia” or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people aged 60 and over have some symptoms due to age and not the disease.

The most common cases are:

  • forget a person’s name,
  • go to a room in the house and not remember why we were going there
  • a blank memory for a movie title or actor, actress,
  • a waste of time looking for where we left our glasses or keys …

After 60 years, most people have this difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease, but a characteristic due to the passing of the years.

Many people are concerned about these oversights, hence the importance of the following statement:

“Those who are aware of being forgotten have no serious memory problems.”

“Those who suffer from a memory disorder or Alzheimer’s are not aware of what is going on.”

Professor Bruno Dubois, director of IMMA, reassures most people concerned about his supervision:

“The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory disease.”

  • Now, for a small neurological test:

Just use your eyes!

1- Find the C in the table below!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you have already found C,

then find 6 in the table below.

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

699999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3- Now find the N in the table below.

Attention, it’s a little more difficult!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

If you pass these three tests without any problems:

  • you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
  • your brain is in perfect shape!
  • you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer’s disease.

So, share this with more than 60 friends, it can reassure them… 🙂