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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 7 - N° 320 – July 14, 2013

Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

Overcoming Jealousy
 

 

Estella was a doctor, and often, because of her work she was required to provide services in other cities, such as advising and lecturing, which caused great difficulty for her family because her eight year-old daughter, Carmen, was very jealous.

Whenever she needed to travel, Estella faced a crisis in her home: her daughter cried, screamed and kicked, begging her mother not to go traveling.

Certainly, having assumed commitments, Estella could not cancel them, being forced to leave home with a heavy heart, full of compassion for her daughter.

One day, at dusk, Carmen watched the sky from the balcony of her home with her mother. The moonless night allowed to better see the stars shining in the firmament.

Looking at the points of light that twinkled up high, Carmen noted that some were more visible and bright than others while others were almost not seen.

So, she asked her mother:

- Mommy, why are the stars so different? Look! Some shine brightly while others we can barely see... they're so dimmed. Did God create them different?

The mother looked at the infinite sky and explained:

- Carmen, our Heavenly Father, who created all that exists, made them using wise and fair laws. The difference between the infinite stars that are in the sky is because there is a wide diversity of celestial bodies in the universe, such as stars, planets, which by the size and the distance they are from us appear smaller or larger ... Let's think of our planet Earth: we are part of the solar system. We rotate around the sun, which gives us life and warmth.

The surprised girl recalled:

- Ah! My teacher explained to us that the Earth is part of the family of planets revolving around the sun.

- That's right, my dear. We would have no condition of existence here on Earth if we didn't have the sun's heat to keep us warm.

The girl thought for a moment and considered:

- But in the winter I feel very cold and I do not like it! Why doesn't the sun keep us warm?

The mother thought for a moment, looking for the best way to explain it and at the same time try to focus on Carmen's jealousy:

- Dear, when we are close to each other we feel more intensely the love that exists between us, don't we? When we are apart, do we stop to love each other?

- No, Mom. I miss you but always keep loving you.

The mother smiled at her daughter's words and continued:

- Exactly, Carmen. The same thing happens with the sun. It may be farther away from us on its trajectory, that is, its orbit, however, it continues to send us its heat even from a greater distance. It is only that the heat becomes weaker. Get it?

Carmen, who because of her jealousy, lived afflicted and tormented, thinking that she was not loved by her parents as she should, listened to her mother and understood.

She was silent for a moment, thinking. She looked at the sky then looked at her mother and said:

- Mom, do not worry about me anymore. When you need to travel, I will understand and accept it. I understand now that the fact of you being away from me does not mean you love me less.

The mother hugged her daughter and added:

- That's right, Carmen. Moreover, we can always be together by thought, can't we? Just like God, our Father, who is everywhere and whose love for us we can feel at any moment, even without seeing Him.

- It's true, Mom. But we can also talk on the phone and get back in touch!
 

- You're right, dear - the mother agreed, smiling.

Then the mother opened her arms and cradled her little girl against her chest, certain that she would no longer have problems with her daughter when she needed to travel because of work.
 

MEIMEI


(Psychographed by Celia X. de Camargo on 27/05/2013.)


1
 In Brazilian society, dona is a term of respect that is used with the woman's first name.



 



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