Wow... October is a month full of birthdays, Miguel, Fuller, Heredes, my son Jose Alejandro, and today it was Yves Leroy Moriseau Birthday. Yves is one of my best friends and has been my doctor for... 23 years, has been with me on the good times and also on the not so good. I also have been on good and bad times with him, and that is what it is about friendship. I never expected for him to be with me on the dark moments, but he was there. I called today on the morning and he was happy to see that even on the distance I remembered his b-day… and I also was happy that I catch him before he went to the busy day of a doctor. He shared with me that he is now a proud grand dad and it was his best b-day present from his daughter. Friendship is about honesty, fidelity, and love. That’s why Jesus after being with the disciples for a while, he told them: “I now call you friends” Jesus is the friend that always will be there for you.
One of the things that is surprising to me today, is the low value that many people assign to their own promises. Teenagers don't believe their parents, because they never fulfill their promises; Couples say "I'll stand by you forever" and few months later they walk on the opposite direction; politicians make promises to earn votes, and once the election is done, they forgot about it. I remember one of the first things I learned from my grandmother it was the value of my word. "A gentleman always fulfill his promises, a man with no word has no honor" and I learned to live by that principle. Few weeks ago, I was having a discussion with one of the leaders on the youth ministry at Flamingo Road Church about some technical difficulties we were experiencing during the broadcasting of our Student Service online, and I challenged him to fix the failures, so if he would complete the task with no errors, I will do my hair like him... (He had a Mohawk haircut with ...
Good word!! Have a great time with your son - cherish the moments.
ReplyDeleteTe quiero mucho primacho!! LA película se llama: "My life without me"
ReplyDeleteFelicitame a mi sobrino!! por aquello del cummple! Besos!