Six year-old
Eloy, a boy with
a lot of
imagination, was
always with his
little head in
the clouds,
thinking about
some adventure
to undertake.
Whenever his
eyes were still,
fixed in the
distance, you
could count on
it: he was
thinking of a
new and risky
feat.
His mother,
Leah, was always
jumpy. Whenever
she did not see
Eloy around, she
shouted:
- Eloy! Where
are you? -
because she was
sure that he
would be
thinking of
something
dangerous to
do.
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One day, coming
home and not
seeing her son
around, Leah
began to look
for him. After
looking
everywhere, she
found the boy
inside a large
plastic drum on
top of a tree
which he placed
between two
branches and
which was
supported by a
miracle. The
mother froze
with fear.
- Eloy! How did
climb up there,
son? Get down
now! It is very
dangerous!
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The boy put his
head out of the
drum and happily
explained:
- This is my
spaceship, Mom!
I'm traveling
through space!
- Get down now,
Eloy! - ordered
the terrified
mother.
Annoyed, the boy
got down
complaining:
- Mom, you
killed my joy. I
was having so
much fun!
Some other time,
looking out the
kitchen window
where she
prepared lunch,
the mother saw
Eloy walking on
the high wall
that surrounded
the house.
- Eloy! Get down
from there! What
are you doing?
... - she
ordered,
worried.
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Crying, the boy
got down and
explained to the
mother that he
was walking
among the stars,
visiting planets
and talking with
a small comet.
He bitterly
concluded while
running into his
room:
- You ruined my
fun, Mom.
The mother knew
that her son had
a lot of
imagination but
could not allow
him to act that
way because he
was small and
had no sense of
danger. What to
do? ... Every
day was a
novelty. He was
always doing
something
dangerous.
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That night, the
mother talked to
her husband,
sharing her
concerns with
him. |
- Honey, you are
absolutely
right. But we
have to trust in
Jesus. Let's
pray - advised
the husband.
Thus the mother
closed her eyes
and prayed to
Jesus,
beseeching help
from the
Spiritual
Friends.
She acknowledged
the child's
great
imagination but
Eloy was living
dangerously, and
as his mother
and being
responsible for
him, she could
not admit it.
However, how
could she
restrict his
flights of
fantasy, as it
was his soul
that sought
adventures?!
...
And in tears,
she implored:
- Dear Jesus,
help me! Protect
my son so that
he lives in a
less dangerous
way! I could not
bear it if
anything
happened to Eloy.
Help me, Lord!
The next
morning, the
mother woke up
feeling calmer.
She woke up Eloy
to go to school.
The boy got up
and went into
the kitchen
where his mother
was fixing
breakfast. Soon,
the family was
sitting around
the table.
Eloy, all
excited, told
his mother:
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- Mom, last
night I had a
very cool
dream.
- Ah! And what
did you dream
about, dear?
- I dreamed I
was asleep in my
bed and suddenly
woke up. Beside
the bed there
was a young man
I had never seen
before. He said
he was my friend
and that he
would take me to
get to know
space! His name
is Orlando -
said the boy
with wide eyes.
His parents
exchanged an
understanding
look, then,
surprised,
turned to the
boy.
- And what else
did he say, Eloy?
- asked the
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mother. |
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- My friend
Orlando said I
did not need to
imagine
dangerous plays
anymore because
I would be
traveling with
him for real. He
promised to take
me to get to
know beautiful
places, cities
and a lot of
things.
- And how were
you going to do
that? In a
spaceship? - his
father asked,
curiously.
- No, daddy,
there's no need
for that! - said
the boy before
his father's
ignorance. -
Orlando held my
hand and simply
said: Come with
me!
And the excited
boy continued
telling,
happily:
- And we were
flying through
space. That's
it! He took me
to visit a
beautiful garden
full of
children, where
I played a lot.
Orlando
explained that
those are
children who do
not live here on
Earth anymore.
They live there
and visit their
parents here on
the planet or
their parents
visit them
there, where
they live. Isn't
it cool, Mom?
- That's great,
my dear. I loved
it! - said the
mother with
tears in her
eyes.
The mother
looked at the
father again and
mentally raised
a thankful
thought to Jesus
for the help
that had been
sent through a
Spiritual
Friend. Eloy
would never
again feel the
need to create
dangerous games
to satisfy his
attraction to
outer space.
And as Jesus
said, showing
the way to all
the needy: He
who asks will
receive, he who
seeks will find,
and to him who
knocks on the
door, it will
open.
MEIMEI
(Psychographed
by Celia Xavier
de Camargo on
06/03/2013.)
