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Curitiba, 28 de Março de 2024
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When a long journey arises in one's life, several preparation steps need to be taken.

The individual calmly begins a long-term planto be able to accomplish all tasks in due time.

Gradually he becomes acquainted with information on the country he is going to live in.

He tries to get to know the new location cultural aspects, climate, food, and local habits.

And before leaving, he gradually gets rid of things of lesser importance, donating some belongings, giving other objects, and discarding the useless things he accumulated with time.

He ponders whatis actuallyworth carrying around. He rethinks how to run his life from a new home and assesses the new experiences that the trip will make possible.

As he knows that the years in exile will be long, he says goodbye to friends, not desperately, but with farewell tears.

He gives the family the necessary guidelines for his absence, so that everything runs properly and his absence is not a big burden to them.

And so he prepares for the trip day so that it doesnot come so sudden and unexpectedly, finding him with unpacked bags and incomplete preparations.

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The same applies to our return to the spiritual world. It is inevitable that we all will return to our home, leaving the Earth, our blessed and redeeming school.

As the trip is scheduled for everybody and we just do not know the date of departure, let us assess how we are doing in case we soon are invited to go back home.

Will we say goodbye to our loved ones with the peace of mind of those who know they will meet again someday?

Have we already unloaded the unnecessary and unproductive weight we carry in our hearts? After all, thisis the only load that we will have to carry.

Did we let go of things from Earth that however important now will have no usefulness when we leave?

It is not just a few people thatare caught by surprise and are unprepared for the death of their physical body.

They live as if physical life were eternal, without considering on the fragility of human existence and forgetting that the soul is immortal, but the body never is.

Therefore, it will do us good to think about life and its values once in a while.

Knowing that it goes far beyond the limits of the physical body makes each of us gradually start packing for the inexorable journey back home.

 

Spiritist Moment Team.
November 28.2012.

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