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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 7 - N° 331 – September 29, 2013

Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

Helio, The Lazy

 

Eight year-old Helio was a boy who saw trouble everywhere. Rather a negative person, he would only say: - I do not know! I cannot! I do not learn! I am not able! ... 

When Helio gave one of those excuses, saying he could not do his homework, his mother would encourage him fondly: 

- How come, my dear? You are a very intelligent boy. You just need good will and willingness to do what you want! 

- But I do not learn, Mom! I don't understand it when the teacher explains things and therefore I can't do my tasks! 

The boy repeated these excuses so much that one day his mother went to his school to find out what was happening to her son. Kindly, the teacher saw the worried mother and said, gently: 

- Your son Helio has no problems. It turns out that while I explain the material and put it on the board, he is

playing with or bothering the other students. 

The mother went home asking Jesus to help her solve the problem. Upon arriving home, she saw Helio playing in the backyard and asked: 

- Honey, have you done your homework? 

- Mom, I told you I can't! I can't learn!... - complained the boy with a crying face. 

His mother took him by the hand and led him to his room. She opened the door and saw that the window was still closed and the room was messy. 

- Helio, why is your room still like this? 

- Oh! It's just that ... 
 

The boy was going to make an excuse but his mother stopped him: 
   

- Do not tell me you do not know how to open the window or even make your bed! 

The boy lowered his head and remained silent. 

- This is called laziness, my son. You are very smart and everything you want to do you can. Why are you

always making excuses for everything? If you had any real problems, if you were born with learning difficulties, like your classmate Raul, I could understand it. Or like Mario, who has a problem on his hands and cannot write properly. But you?! ... Would you like to be called Helio, the lazy boy? 

- Of course not, Mom! - he said, embarrassed and starting to cry. 

His mother put her hand on his head and said, looking around: 

- Then, Helio, look at how dark this room is! Look at the mess it is in! 

The boy raised his head and looked around as if he was seeing it for the first time. 

- Helio, open the window! 

The boy went to the window and opened the shutters. Immediately, the sunlight entered the room lighting up everything and displaying the mess even more: the unmade bed, dirty clothes and shoes thrown on the floor, toys, books, candy wrappers... a horror. 

- What do you think now? - the mother asked. 

- You're right, Mom. My room is in a horrible state! 

The mother explained earnestly: 

- Do you know the reason why, dear? The sunlight is displaying that we could not see before. It is up to us to open our souls to enlightenment, just as it depends on us to open the window and let the light come into our room and into our lives. There is no use in the teacher explaining the subject if you do not pay attention and do not bother to learn. Thus, as this room will not clean itself, learning at school will not happen by itself either, as it is with anything else we need to face in life. Knowledge is light in our souls! 

Helio nodded showing that he had understood: 

- I'm ashamed of how I have behaved. I'm not this poor thing that I make myself look like, right, Mom? 

- Of course not, my son! You are very intelligent and a quick learner. 

More excited, the boy continued: 

- I also have a good memory, good health, a perfect body, I'm strong and never get sick, and soon I'll be nine years-old! 

- That's right! And we will celebrate it! - the mother smiled at the child's discoveries. 

Helio was thoughtful for a moment, then concluded: 

- Mom, I promise you: I will not despise the blessings God has given me anymore. I do not want to be called lazy. 

The mother hugged her child with love, thanking Jesus for the help He had given her, and glad she managed to get him to see his reality. 

MEIMEI 

(Psychographed by Celia X. de Camargo on 08.19.2013.)



 



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