When I was a child I used to get a tangerine to peel off, run to my father and ask: "Dad, begin the beginning!"

What I meant was that he made the first tear in the skin of the fruit, the most difficult and hard for my small hands. After it, smiling, he always ended up by peeling off the whole fruit for me.

Some other times, tough, I myself took the rest of the skin from that first tear he had done providentially.

My father died a long time ago and I am not a child anymore. Even tough, I feel a great desire of still having him by my side for, at least, "begins the beginning" of so many tough skins I find on my way.

Today, my "tangerines" are other things. I need to "peel off" the difficulties on my job, the obstacles of the relationship with friends, the problems in family nucleus.

The daily effort of building a marriage, the retouching and brush strokes of wisdom in the great art of enabling children who are happy and fulfilled.

The coping, always so hard, of diseases, losses, traumas, separations, deaths, financial troubles and, even, the doubts and conflicts that plague us in face of challenges and decisions.

Sometimes my "tangerines" become pineapples.

I remember, then, that the security of being attended by my father when I asked him to "begin the beginning", was what gave me the certainly that I could make it until the last piece of the fruit skin and taste it.

Besides the attention and care I received, he also taught me to ask for help from God, Father of heaven. My earthly father taught me that God is eternal, He is always by our side and His love is the guarantee of our victories.

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When life seems too hard, such as the skin of a tangerine for the fragile hands of a child, let us remember to entreat Divine assistance.

God will lead us on the right way and will not only begin the beginning, but He might, in some occasions, solve the entire situation.

We do not know the kind of situation we may find in our journey, but let us get support in the eternal love of God to ask, when necessary: Father, begin the beginning!

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The sensibility to see the difficulties of your children and offer support, in the right moment, is essential. It has the power to heal wounds and turns it into balm for pain.

We must know how important it is to tell our children: If you are scared, come here. If you fall, fail, I will be by your side. I love you.

We must learn to value every positive attitude.

The hug and the kiss make children feel loved and consolidate security and love. Demonstrate the confidence that we are constantly sustained by God offer children a track for the building of faith.

Every the care and affection shown by parents to children, during childhood, will become safe direction and form solid basis for coping the difficulties in adulthood.

Spiritist Moment Team, based on the text
Pai, começa o começo, of unknown author.
March 14.2012.