SUCCESS FOR THE NEW YEAR - MY WISH FOR ALL OF YOU

Success comes to he who is willing to work hard, fight a good fight and sacrifice everything when necessary. (Brenda A. Ysaguirre)

As we near the end of another year we are faced with many new challenges. The economical situation at home and abroad dims the festive moment. If what the analysts are saying is true, we can look forward to a new year filled with more hardship as more people lose there jobs and many others graduate into a world that offers very little for them. Only the strong will survive. Only those who know the true meaning of sacrifice will succeed. Only the fearless will attain the satifaction of a hard day's work for a well earned pay.

I do not mean to dampen the eve of New Year's Eve. I only want to make sure we all understand that there will be a lot of hardship but that we can win the battle in the new year if we use stamina and sacrifice.

Good Luck to everyone and do have a Happy New Year. Go out or just stay at home and eat some grapes (12 actually to follow the Spanish tradition of one for each month of the year. You eat them just before midnight and our ancestors believed it would give you a good year.)

Have a Blessed New Year. Remember, we can make 2009 all it was meant to be if we work hard and sacrifice when necessary.

Brenda A. Ysaguirre

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGAN FOR MOST OF US. TODAY LET US TAKE TIME OUT TO THINK BACK ON THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
IT IA CHRISTMAS DAY. IT IS A DAY OF JOYFUL HAPPENINGS. HOWEVER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN W ARE AND FOR WHOM THIS DAY IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER. MANY WILL HAVE NO FOOD TODAY OR VERY LITTLE TO EAT. MANY HAVE NO BED TO SLEEP IN AND NO ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE. DO SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP. NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR LARGE THE GESTURE, KNOW THIS: IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT. YOU WILL FEEL GOOD AND YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT CAME FORM THE HEART.

BE LOVE, GIVE LOVE AND LOVE WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALL SAFE AND HAPPY NOW AND ALWAYS.

I LOVE YOU. SEE YOU ALL SOON. GIVE ME A CALL SOMETIME. YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OR YOU KNOW THE ADDRESS. DON'T BE A STRANGER.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MY DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED AND TIME HAS GONE BY SWIFTLY. LAST YEAR THIS TIME YOU WERE IN YOUR YO PUEDO CLASSES AND ALL TOGETHER. TODAY YOU ARE ALL SCATTERED ALL OVER COROZAL AND BELIZE.

BY NOW YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED THAT I HAVE OPENED A SPA AT MY HOUSE. DON ABEL IS HERE AND TOGETHER WE ARE RUNNING THIS BUSINESS. WE HOPE TO EVENTUALLY HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH YOU ALL ON A MONTHLY BASIS LIKE WE HAD PLANNED AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE ON BEHALF OF DON ABEL AND MYSELF TO WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS.

REMEMBER THERE IS JUST TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

YO PUEDO!!! I CAN!!!


WE LOVE YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. WE ARE HERE IN COROZAL ON FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. PLEASE TELL PEOPLE ABOUT OUR MASSAGE SERVICE. IT IS FOR STRESS, TIREDNESS, ACHES AND PAINS. BOTH ABEL AND I ARE GIVING THE MASSAGES AND EACH SESSION IS TWO HOURS LONG AND FOR $50.00.

ONCE AGAIN MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM US TO YOU ALL.

Love, Brenda and Abel
YO PUEDO

WHEN IS AN INSULT BETTER THAN GOLD AND SILVER?

If someone has insulted you, thank him or her because that person has given you the opportunity to feel a deep wound. That person has opened a wound. The wound may have been in existence for many, many insults you've experienced throughout your life. That person may not be the cause of all the suffering, but he initiated a process.

TU ERES LA VIDA (YOU ARE LIFE)

When the pain goes away and life goes on, you grow into a better human being because life's pain and sorrow are the foundation of LIFE! (Brenda A. Ysaguirre

1) TU ERES LA VIDA...
Primero, tu vida es tu vida, no es la vida de nadie más. No permitas que nadie te domine, no dejes que otros te dicten lo que has de hacer. Eso es una traición a la vida. Si dejas que otros te digan lo que has de hacer, sean tus padres, la sociedad, tu sistema educativo, tus políticos, tus sacerdotes, sean los que sean, si te dejas dominar por los demás, te perderás tu vida. Porque el dominar proviene del exterior y la vida está en tu interior. Nunca se encuentran.
No te estoy diciendo que tengas que ser alguien que siempre diga no a todo. Eso tampoco sirve.
Hay dos clases de gente. Una pertenece al tipo obediente, dispuesto a entregarse a cualquiera. No poseen en su interior un alma independiente. Son inmaduros, infantiles, siempre buscando la figura del padre, buscando a alguien que les diga lo que han o lo que no han de hacer.
No son capaces de confiar en sí mismos. Esa gente forma la mayor parte de la población mundial, las masas.
Luego, en oposición a esa gente, existe una pequeña minoría que rechaza la sociedad, que rechaza los valores de, la sociedad. Ellos creen que son rebeldes. No lo son; son sólo reaccionarios.
Tanto si escuchas a la sociedad como si rechazas la sociedad, si la sociedad permanece siendo el factor determinante, entonces eres dominado por la sociedad
No pelees con la sociedad, se tu mismo, con tus propias ideas, conclusiones y desiciones, errado o acertado siempre tendras el sabor de haber vivido a tu manera, sin esperar que nadie te indique que debes hacer en TU VIDA.