AN INTERESTING STUDY

Hello family and friends of the Blog, today I want to share an email from my youngest son, Alonso. I think he briefly tells us something very important that Christian psychologists advise us so that we can successfully behave in society.

This is an interesting study that I find very useful, and it was published some years ago by Durham Duke University in North Carolina, USA, on 8 points to achieve emotional and mental stability.

1) Get rid of the suspicions and resentments; with this you cannot have peace and quiet.
2) Do not live the past; this leads to mental depression. Remembering the past is sometimes nice, but do not stay there.
3) Do not waste time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change. We are not talking about things that you can change or improve your life and your personality, but things and circumstances that are unavoidable.
4) Strive to remain in the world of the living. Do activities. Do not isolate or lock yourself in a room.
5) Refuse to fall into shame when life gives you a raw deal. The permanent sorrow of things that happen is no solution to move forward. All bad experiences happen to us in life, we all have problems.
6) Cultivate the old virtues of love, humor, compassion and loyalty. It is the only way to have peace with others in our society.
7) Do not expect too much of yourself. Know your limits and be realistic.
8) Accept Jesus Christ in your heart because He is our Creator and Redeemer.
The study ends here. Let me tell you my opinion. These eight points can be summarized in two:
1) Jesus Christ can not be left out of our plans in daily life.

2) Do not isolate yourself mentally and physically. 

Our father, Jose J. Agudelo, lived all his life with these principles, a man who lived every day of his life based and sustained by faith in which failure was not an option. 
This concludes the thoughts of my son, Alonso.

Remember my children that this May 7, 2015 we would celebrate the 98 years of my husband, but how wonderful that he is celebrating with our Heavenly Father there in Heaven where he still loves us, because we all know that love is eternal and God is everlasting. Never forget what he said: “All of my children shall be in Heaven with me. If God allows me, I'll take list". So, my dear children, your earthly father and our Heavenly Father are waiting for us in Heaven.

What a joy to think and know that everything will be like this, because he left us a wonderful legacy: Faith in our Lord JESUS CHRIST. And I want to leave this same legacy to the readers of this Blog.

With love,
                   Fanny Maria Agudelo
                   05/01/15