Page 0: Page 1: VALUE WHAT IS YOURS! The Song of the Birds Page 2: THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUSINESS, A FRIEND OF THE POET OLAVO BILAC, MET HIM ON THE STREET AND ASKED HIM Page 3: “MR. BILAC, I NEED TO SELL MY SMALL FARM THE ONE YOU KNOW SO WELL. COULD YOU PLEASE WRITE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ME FOR THE PAPER?” Page 4: BILAC WROTE Page 5: “FOR SALE, A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, WHERE BIRDS SING AT DAWN IN EXTENSIVE WOODLAND, BI-SECTED BY THE BRILLIANT AND SPARKLING WATERS OF A LARGE STREAM. Page 6: THE HOUSE IS BATHED BY THE RISING SUN. IT OFFERS TRANQUIL SHADE IN THE EVENINGS ON THE VERANDA. Page 7: SOME TIME LATER, THE POET MET HIS FRIEND AND ASKED WHETHER HE HAD SOLD THE PROPERTY? Page 8: TO WHICH HE REPLIED: I‟VE CHANGED MY MIND. WHEN I READ WHAT YOU HAD WRITEN, I REALIZED THE TREAESURE THAT WAS MINE. Page 9: SOMETIMES WE UNDERESTIMATE THE GOOD THINGS WE HAVE, CHASING AFTER THE MIRAGES OF FALSE TREASURES. Page 10: WE OFTEN SEE PEOPLE LETTING GO OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR SPOUSES, THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR PROFESSION, Page 11: THEIR KNOWLEDGE - ACCUMULATED OVER MANY YEARS , THEIR GOOD HEALTH, THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE. Page 12: THEY THROW OUT THE WINDOW WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN THEM, SO FREELY, THINGS WHICH WERE NOURISHED WITH SO MUCH CARE AND EFFORT . Page 13: LOOK AROUND, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE: YOUR HOME, YOUR LOVED ONES, FRIENDS ON WHOM YOU CAN REALLY COUNT, THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE GAINED, YOUR GOOD HEALTH. Page 14: AND ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF LIFE, Page 15: THAT ARE TRULY YOUR MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE. Page 16: WE CAN NO LONGERT SHOWER KINDNESS ON THOSE WE LOVE, AFTER THEY HAVE DIED. Page 17: IT IS USELESS TO WANT TO RE-DO THE WORK THAT WE MAY HAVE DONE NEGLIGENTLY. IT„S BEST TO APPRECIATE AND DO THINGS WELL NOW. Page 18: ASK OF GOD AT EVERY MOMENT THAT OUR PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS NEVER DEGENERATE INTO FEELINGFS OF SADNESS AND ANXIETY. Page 19: BE IN UNION WITH GOD, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE COURAGE NEEDED TO BE CERTAIN OF VICTORY IN THE STRUGGLE, Page 20: WE ARE ALL IMPERFECT. ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR FAMILY, DO ALL YOU CAN TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. ALWAYS PRAISE AND VALUE YOUR WORK-COMPANIONS . SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR ENVIRONMENT. Page 21: INSTEAD OF ISOLATING YOURSELF, BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS OR FAILURE, SEEK TO INVEST IN TRUE AND CONSTRUCTIVE FRIENDSHIP IN YOUR LIFE. Page 22: FAITH IN GOD IS NECESSARY TO STRENGTHEN SELF-ESTEEM IN DEALING WITH DAILY PROBLEMS. Page 23: MY WISH FOR YOU BE WITH GOD – AND MAY GOD BE WITH YOU Page 24: