ENGLISH Dante Gebel #822 | The Brotherhood of the Crooked Trunk
Being upset is part of life, but this does not have to diminish it or make us irascible and angry with the world around us. Patient people, instead of reacting, tolerate. The Bible talks about that: tolerate, endure and be patient with each other. We are all part of a collection of crooked trunks where, though we try to hold our heads high, none of us succeed. And that’s okay, because there is beauty in our folds. We must then learn to love without conditions, accepting the twists and knots of the brotherhood of the crooked trunk. But there is a secret: if you don’t feel loved, you can’t love. Love for others does not begin by giving love, but by receiving God’s love. The source is not within you. Let the love of the Lord into your heart and only then will you be able to love.
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for those with good memory and those
that like collecting trivialities
you must remember
some might remember if I’m Remember by
memory but I once shared a message that
is called the Walker’s ballad
and in that message I shared a short
story that I’m going to repeat now
of when I met an unforgettable Cuban
the one that drove that famous minibus
that was leaving a hotel for Miami
headed to the airport
we were all in a rush
because we were trying to catch our
flights nobody was speaking
not to mention it was four in the
morning and everybody wakes up in a bad
mood thinking about their itinerary
and I remember that Cuban chauffeur
was so pleasing he was pleasant and it
was four in the morning so first of all
before we left
he helped everyone to to load their
luggage and he asked everyone where they
were traveling
and he had
an inflection of voice that I can still
remember he said I know you’re in a rush
some of you woke up with your bow
twisted
but they told me that I had we had other
passengers as well so let’s go ahead and
wait for them for a second because
they’re probably still asleep in bed and
the other chauffeur won’t wait for
anyone it’s a bus that leaves the hotel
every half an hour but he said we’re
going away for the colleagues that are
still asleep because I’m missing a
passenger and just a few minutes later
messenger arrived an older woman
she was grateful and surprised to see
that the chauffeur had waited for her
and she said oh I’m sorry he said oh
don’t worry about it Miss we’ve all
Fallen we’ve all slept in at one point
or another you know Cubans are very
loving
and it sometimes seems like they speak
with a potato in their mouth I’m not I’m
not joking I’m not making fun of them we
all have our accents but sometimes it’s
tough to understand Cubans he said I
don’t
woman
and as he closed
that’s fine we’re all going to heaven
it was like seeing a Cuban Jesus
and he said now I’m gonna put some good
music for you so that you can wake up
and don’t get on the wrong flight
beautiful people and all of a sudden we
heard
[Music]
I’m a simple man
and in the morning you’re not you don’t
want to listen to Guantanamera
Nord do you want to hear a sad Tango of
cry and cry no
and a few minutes later we were all
singing along with him
it’s as if we were all
in Cuba literally
all the tired Travelers looked up from
their phones
those that were from Havana and those
that weren’t and then just a short
instance this man had generated
an energy
that maybe people don’t accomplish in an
entire lifetime
I’m sure
that all the passengers
would have wanted to ride on this bus
again it was it was a five six minute
trip but we all loved it and for a few
instances that small community
flourished I don’t know how he did it he
did it on it on his own no band no no
I’m using with such an energy was with a
contagious attitude and on that small
trip from the hotel
in Miami to the airport a stranger
offered the best version of himself
with that being said
I want to ask you
how long has it been since you felt that
level of Happiness I’m not talking about
the Guantanamera happiness but at least
that contagious happiness
that imperturbable that Unstoppable
happiness the one that straightens our
our Twisted both for Cubans
now Twisted bow is is when you wake up
on the wrong side of the bed and you’re
yelling at your children five minutes
later
how many can say I don’t remember the
last time
maybe not waking up in that mood but
throughout the day or maybe your answer
might be I’m always happy there are
people that say I’m always happy I’m
always I’m always so happy
but let’s not confuse it with
schizophrenia
if you’re truly happy well then God
bless you you should go hang out with
that Cuban now
but for the rest of us for the rest of
us Immortals maybe the answer to the
question how long has it been since
you’ve been that that joyous the answer
might be well I used to be happy but you
know life
life has taken its toll on me it’s
chiseled me away illness has left me
without health and without Health how
can you be happy
my finances I I lost my job I don’t have
enough money to for food and I struggle
to the end of the month sometimes my my
stomach crumbles or that
that unhappiness I I I’m brokenhearted
and as a result something or someone
took our happiness
times Joy seems like something fragile
one day we have it
and tomorrow it’s it’s wasted away in
the Winds of a sudden storm that
appeared but even then we continue to
desire it
we need to search for it marketing
companies are conscious of this of this
search
futile search for happiness TV
commercials always promise happiness do
you want to be happy by our hand cream
and there are people that think that if
they buy the cream
don’t be happy you want to be happy
sleep on our mattress you want a dose of
pleasure eat at this restaurant drive
this vehicle
apply Botox until you look like a ninja
turtle or use this dress right
all the publicity strategies show a
happy person whether they’re trying to
sell a cigarette obviously they’ll say
it produces cancer but you see a smiling
person
who’s on their way to death but at least
they’re smiling
or if someone
an anti-heemroid cream they still show
someone smiling
what’s nice is
marketing always knows that they have to
show Smiles because happy people
enjoy Better Health
they have a stronger immune system
and laughter amongst those that are
those of us that are Christian laughter
is lacking clinical depression is ten
times worse than what it was a hundred
years ago
so now try to imagine what the result is
so how do we explain that Melancholy
that sadness that doesn’t go away
that cold wind of anxiety and it appears
that happiness sometimes depends on what
we have in the closet what’s parked in
the garage
what we have deposited in our bank
accounts what we experience in our
bedroom or what what food we serve on
the table
or maybe we think that will be happier
when we lose weight or once we fall in
love
but even if all that happened and in
that order people still don’t feel happy
we still don’t feel happy but there’s
another option
that doesn’t demand
airfare tickets Botox
money Fame something that ethnicity
gender they’re not significant factors
we don’t have to change the city we live
in the job we have our appearance and
here’s the great secret I’m going to
give it to you for the same offering the
same seed you gave
discovering that happiness doesn’t
arrive when we receive when people give
us when we buy happiness arrives when we
give when we sow when we open up our
hand that’s where happiness arrives
honestly
there are investigations at back
then they placed many volunteers that
were placed in an MRI scanner
and as they showed images of solidarity
of helping sent to Africa and third
world countries
they were told you’re going to be able
to help this out the areas in the brain
that are associated with pleasure that
are usually only associated with food or
sex those locations in the brain lit up
like a Christmas tree because the people
were so happy when they saw that they
would be able to help
there are always people of course that
are devout
followers of stinginess they say that
they’ll never give but the happiness of
being able to give even if it’s
something small it generates dopamine in
your body it freezes endorphins there
are natural drugs in your body that are
set free when you give
this week I was remembering that the
last months of my father’s life
once he was 96 years old back in Buenos
Aires
when he was close to dying he had a
friend that took care of him
and his friend told me look your old man
can’t walk anymore he can’t speak he
barely speaks
he’s letting himself die the doctor said
that he would die when he wants to die
and my friend said your father’s Spirit
has sunken so deep that he doesn’t want
to eat
and when an elderly person stops eating
it’s just a matter of days so my friend
had an idea because he knew my father
he knew him when he was younger and so
he sat my father in a wheelchair and
took him from room to room in the in the
elderly home he took him on a tour
and they were looking for elderly people
that needed encouragement and though my
father could barely speak
he could at least touch and pray for
them so he did both those things he
would place his hands on the older
people he would place his hand on their
heart and pray for them in silence and
they spent an entire evening doing this
room to room
and that night my father’s appetite
returned and he slept like a baby
because he felt useful again he felt
that even in his last breath he could
help or serve people Jesus wasn’t wrong
when he said it’s more blessed to give
than to receive so when does happiness
received when we give it we can’t
control our genetics we can’t control
the climate we can’t control traffic but
we can always increase the amount of
happiness or Smiles on this planet
you can help lower the amount of anger
or stress sometimes there are people
that are that are upset
because of their hormones because
sometimes that’s how the government
works as well but I’m convinced that
helping people sleep better smile more
laugh more hum and whistle instead of
insulting you might say well does that
save people’s Souls no but it helps
change their attitude so that later on
they can’t think about their soul when
people begin to whistle I remember my
father
I would say that he was happy when his
mustache would move up and down he was a
German man so he didn’t laugh much but
when I heard him whistle I I knew
everything was good at home
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I didn’t know what that meant but that
meant there’s a party going on at home
it’s like putting the record player on
full volume and one day my father
stopped whistling
when I began to
when I didn’t hear the whistles anymore
then sadness came along
I always say my father died at the age
of 60. I just buried him at 96.
but he spent almost three decades
feeling that he had no value and when my
friend realized that he could do
something that gave him new life
you can alleviate someone else’s burdens
it might not be easy
we’re stubborn the world is filled with
fickle people were difficult to love
there are people that cut you off on the
road while they’re on their phone and
you say Lord either you take them or I
send them with you there are people that
never listen people that always speak
over you you know those types of people
right you know they’re always trying to
think of what they’ll respond you say oh
my father just died and they say oh I’m
sorry well here’s what I was going to
tell you they’re not listening there are
people that upset us that Annoy Us that
exasperate us they’re insufferable
not like the one here with us today but
other ones
if only people stopped behaving like
what they are which is people
and you ask why don’t people use
mouthwash why don’t people eat with
their mouth closed why don’t they settle
down their children
why don’t they stop
posting their private lives but that’s
what we are we’re people we’re complex
a trivial example is that month ago I
decided to leave my gray hairs and you
can’t imagine the amount of frustrated
stylist giving me advice that I never
asked for but they were worried it’s not
just a matter of color now they were
worried
gray hair follicles were tormenting them
there was one that said to me go back to
black hair or I won’t watch you ever
again and I said well I can live with
that
go back to your black hair I can’t see
you this way
and I said woman just don’t look at the
screen and listen to me be happy I know
they say oh it’s salt and pepper
you look like Richard Gere I love it
others said know that they don’t grow
old because I’ve been watching you from
when I was little
and if I see you grow old then I’m
growing old too I’m sorry I’m so sorry
I was thinking are my gray hairs really
the root of frustration for people
why should we worry about such Petty
childish things and the phrases we use
are what reveals who’s suffering
they bother me they annoy me they upset
me who is it upsetting who is it
annoying it’s annoying us who are the
ones that suffer we are
so every time we get angry
it withdraws from our checking account
of happiness and joy and laughter every
time we get irritated it’s as if the
bank withdrew a hundred dollars oh well
he leaves us his clothing on the floor
and doesn’t put it in the hamper
this kid
withdraw of a hundred dollars
I like that that he waits until the last
election
another hundred dollars
making a tattoo another hundred dollars
I don’t get how this what
double parks
for dollars
I fell asleep the other day
during one of Dante’s sermons skiing
500.
of course you have to pay more for that
and that’s how our account
gets emptied out until we’re left with
no happiness so how can we help
people smile if we have a hole in our
own checking account of happiness in the
Bible there are more than 50 prayers
that use the phrase
one another and these are practical
pieces of advice for happiness I’m going
to share 10 with you of the 50 that I
can name of the 500 that I can share
encourage one another it’s in first
Thessalonians
Ephesians 4 2.
value others above yourself Philippi
create one another Romans 16 16. pray
for one another James 5 26.
serve one another Galatians accept one
another Romans 15 7
admonish one another for good
Colossians 3 16. forgive one another
Ephesians 4 22.
love one another John
4 11 one another one another
so we can’t resolve all the problems in
society
we can place a few smiles on people’s
faces I say if we can at least help out
one corner of the world when the
pandemic began we could have said what
are we gonna do a Hispanic church with
hard-working people how can we help the
world we’re all part of the pandemic
how many mouths can we feed
we didn’t solve for old Hunger but we
eliminated a bit of that hunger and we
began that silent revolution of
solidarity River t-shirts that spread
through Colombia Venezuela Dominican
Republic Chile which means
that there’s nothing too small
that doesn’t
end up as a light in this world
like the Cuban chauffeur
that brought happiness
of course there are people with a short
views
I’m sure a fuse on a stick of dynamite
makes it blow up quickly it’s like the
coyote from Warner Brothers
that coyote always had a short fuse so
it would blow up in his face
but there are people that are patient
people that say this is my job I’ll be
patient
they’re able to suffer for a long time
long-suffering
it means greatness
and a constant mood
in the midst of adversity that’s what
long-suffering is somebody didn’t even
know you had that but you have that
long-suffering so in other words it’s
the people
whose mood doesn’t change no matter what
imagine falling in love with someone
like that or having a child like that or
a mother-in-law wait maybe not a
mother-in-law but that long-suffering
that patience
now getting upset is a part of life but
there’s no reason why it should chisel
away or do away with your life what do
patient people do instead of reacting
they tolerate the Bible speaks of that
Jesus spoke of it being patient
tolerating in other translations it says
be patient and tolerate one another
out of love so the next time you say oh
what a difficult person try to imagine
how difficult it is to live with you
there’s a marvelous movie
where a woman suffers with
bipolar disorder and her boyfriend in a
moment of tension and and debate says
you can’t imagine how difficult it is
for me to love you he says to the girl
and through tears she says to him you
can’t imagine how hard it is to be me me
so sometimes we don’t realize how hard
it is to be yourself you look at
everyone else but you don’t realize that
you are also a difficult person
but sometimes we don’t see ourselves
we’re quick to act like I I say with
that old Spanish joke of the Spanish man
a greeting to all of all of Spain
if if it’s about an arrogant person it’s
always an Argentinian but if it’s
something illogical it’s always a
Spanish person
but this man receives a call
from his wife and says Paco be careful
there’s a crazy man driving on the on
the wrong side of the of the freeway and
he says well it’s not just one it’s it’s
hundreds driving on the wrong side of
the freeway some of you didn’t
understand the joke but you can ask
about it later
so the world needs more and more
tolerance
we should be more tolerant
we would love for the world to stop
complaining we’re tired of it but when
we stop complaining
then the world will have one less
complainer
no one cares about a single amaranthus
but
we can make that amaranthus grow in
order to change the world you have to
start with one you can’t say I want to
change the world and we’ll conquer the
world pinky but we don’t even conquer
ourselves
I remember when I was about seven years
old I asked my parents at the age of
seven that I wanted to have a pet
there were big dogs in the neighborhood
one time a doberman attacked me I still
have the scars on my face I went to go
steal his food I was very intelligent
you know he bit my face and I said you
know what no I want a small dog for
myself
and at a certain moment of weakness
where my parents fell into my into my
request they said okay we’ll give you a
small dog that won’t grow too much
and they went and looked for
in the street
they looked for a certain dog breed
the type that
is the result of a cross of a drunken
canine knife from a stray dog from two
stray dogs
and I looked at the dog it was it was
frightening the small little dog a brown
dog and it was love at first sight
I fell in love we called her peanut
and my father left it very clear what
the prenuptial agreement was
he left it so clear that it it was more
clear than than what Shakira’s next
marriage is going to be he said to me
you take care of Pina
and I would clean her plate her Bowl I
was so happy I had a a living creature
to take care of
back in those days there wasn’t
special dog food gluten-free dog food no
it was whatever fell from the table
bones
cotton anything
I would brush her hair her hotel would
wag months later my feelings changed a
little bit because Pina was still my dog
and I was still her friend but I was a
little tired of her barking all the time
she was always hungry because those
Street dogs don’t have a stomach it’s it
says if whatever comes in goes out
immediately it’s
crazy
and more than once my father reminded me
take care of her that’s your dog
and I didn’t like to hear that your dog
I wouldn’t have cared if they would have
said the dog you play with or the dog
you love but they she said your dog
period peanut is yours
and health and in sickness in Rich
and in poverty in richness and in
poverty
when she’s clean and when she has
diarrhea she’s yours
and one time the dog pooped all over the
floor and I said Mom it makes me sick
and she said oh you wanted a dog so you
clean it and that to myself why did I
ask for a dog and so I came came up with
this idea when I was seven I said wow
I’m married to Pina
and her honeymoon had finally ended
we were both in the same muzzle
Pina went from an option to an
obligation from a pet to a partner
someone to play with to someone I had to
take care of that’s what’s called
claustrophobia of commitment Freud would
say
instead of saying that’s your dog they
say that’s your husband
it’s your mother-in-law there she is you
have to bring her from where who knows
where
for those that don’t know someone came
to visit us and they said oh my
mother-in-law came too because the
Mother-in-law threatened him and said
you better name me
he greeted me I shook his hand and in
the palm of his hand he had a no written
saying Help Me SOS
they say it’s not they might not say
it’s your dog but say it’s your your son
your your colleague your boss or
whatever relationship require that
requires loyalty to survive so at the
age of seven I had to ask myself some
difficult questions am I willing to
tolerate this hairy hungry face every
morning
many wives are asking them asking
themselves the same thing today
is she going to keep barking until I die
an adolescent child is asking himself
the same thing
is she ever going to fix or clean up
after herself now the mother of the
Adolescent child is asking herself that
it’s terrifying to feel that you’re
trapped in a relationship so there are
things that you can do when you feel
that you’re
that you’re in the same muzzle with a
roommate or a manager you can either run
fight or love and forgive
run fight or love some choose to
leave to run away Escape others fight in
battle
Holmes become
battlefronts offices become boxing Rings
attention is the new normal in life
there are people that live with tension
all the time surrounded by difficult
people
but a few others say no I’m going to try
and love and that’s the difficult part
look I was educated by a mother I always
share this that used to say you’re going
to eat your porridge and if you don’t
eat it I’m going to feed it to you every
day of the week until it comes out of
your ears
that’s how crazy she was what would our
mothers say
back in our time
remember when you would ask okay what’s
what’s for dinner tonight food of course
oh this little gentleman thinks that
it’s a restaurant that it’s a buffet
so I stopped asking
whatever you were served you would just
have to say thank you Mom
the gentleman wants to know the menu for
tonight
I worked like a slave all day for you to
eat and now you’re asking me what am I
going to eat no you’re going to eat what
I serve you that’s how I was brought up
and that’s how I ended up
and she would give me porridge all week
until there was no more
and when you would complain she would
say in Africa there’s children that
would kill for this porridge
and I’ve always thought I would love to
send this porridge to Africa via UPS
and one day an uncle of mine said I want
to take you in Argentina it’s called
what we know here as a buffet he said I
want to take you to a restaurant where
you can pick whatever you want and eat
as much as you want I never ate much I
was always underweight
but it fascinated me to be able to
choose it was the first time I went to a
buffet
all the all the stands all the options
all the plates I said no porridge no
soup
straight to the dessert
wouldn’t it be great if loving people
was like buffets
imagine if you could say about the
person that you have to live with you
know what I’m going to pick what I want
and then ignore what I don’t want
or if that were the relationship between
parents and children
parents were to say well I’m going to
pay attention to your good rate grades
but when you misbehave I’m not involved
there
or what if children could pick freely
like in a buffet Mom give me some
freedom but I don’t want any other any
of the rules or what about Partners I
would love good health good sex
happiness but snoring burping
arguments that’s not part of my diet
that would be more pleasing but that
wouldn’t be love of course because love
doesn’t just accept except a few things
that we like we can’t say oh I’m going
straight to the dessert with these
people no
love is the willingness to accept all
things love forgives us all
Corinthians
13-7 it always protects always trusts
always hopes we have to accept the whole
package we can’t just search and pick
from within it
we can’t pick what we like and then
ignore what displeases US no love is
always a complete package always
one of my favorite places in this world
is a Grove that’s close to my home
when I arrived in this country
I found it pretty soon I’m not going to
share where it is because it’s my Grove
I don’t wanna I don’t want you to go to
it
there are cypress trees oak trees and
they’re all bent over and there’s not a
single straight tree the other day I
realized that I said
they’re all twisted
they’re all twisted and bent and none of
the trees are perfect
but even then they provided the perfect
place for those that want to walk under
shade people take naps under shade I go
and meditate there I look at the birds
that build their nests and the branches
squirrels build their homes in the
trunks
and I thought humanity is just like
these trees even if we try to keep our
head held high nobody can accomplish it
if someone is saying I was looking for
the perfect Church well you arrived and
you ruined it
because the moment you arrived it
stopped being perfect with just one of
us we ruin it because we Bend
we twist our bark has knots some of our
our trunks are covered in Moss we’re a
collection of Twisted trunks
but it’s fine
like I say we have to learn to enjoy the
Brotherhood of Twisted trunks that’s why
sometimes my advice is don’t take life
so seriously I don’t try to minimize
problems I know what it is to be in a at
a funeral kiss a cold forehead instead
of a warm cheek as I always say
a funeral procession
or waiting in in the emergency room
having your your child with IVs all over
going through dialysis taking pills
every day being treated for leukemia
there are people that truly worry about
Petty things I say don’t be anguished by
small things and you’ll realize that
there’s not much to worry about in your
life
there are people that need a good dose
of real problems and over the next few
days you’ll notice that the majority of
the things that irritate you the
majority if not all of them
just childish things an Asian behind the
wheel that forgets to
put on their signal
I’ll never go to China they’ll never
invite me there
at the doctor’s office someone is
speaking on speakerphone out loud
your husband is going to cough all night
like a rhinoceros your wife is going to
be in a bad mood just because just for
sport
and when this happens you have to think
about your account of Happiness what
were to happen
if they were to take away a dollar or a
hundred dollars every time I get mad I
can’t allow my account
to decrease
I can’t allow anything
to twist my bow it’s essential it’s
completely essential because life is too
short to spend it upset
when one of my paternal grandparents in
reality he was my step-grandfather
because my grandmother got married again
but he was always angry and I would
always ask how is it going to die well
he died upset
death didn’t want to take him because he
was such a poor sports always in a bad
mood
now there’s a secret
if you don’t feel loved you can’t love
because love towards others
doesn’t Begin by giving love it begins
with receiving God’s love that’s why
Jesus said I’m going to give you a new
commandment
love one another as I have loved you so
you must love one another as I have
loved you that’s an essential
commandment
have you ever allowed God to love you
and don’t rush to answer because
someone’s gonna say yeah amen no if your
answer is
someone like myself I don’t think it’s
easy for God to love me well then we
just stumbled upon something there
we’re not going to love everyone because
not everyone is enchanting it’s not
about oh I have to love my neighbor and
we have to clench our teeth and all of a
sudden Mother Teresa bursts from within
you no that’s not going to happen
because the fountain isn’t within us
we wouldn’t go up on the cross for
anyone
have to allow yourself to be loved to
then be able to love
just as wounded people hurt others
show me someone that’s hurt in life and
I’ll show you someone that always shares
hurtful words because from their wound
they Splash blood on others and they’re
hurting others
but those that are loved and feel loved
love others just as those that are
secure give off security
insurance
those that feel that God doesn’t love
them they’re a scoundrela
an ungrateful Infamous rascal
I once told you that I was I got
stranded in an airport in Madrid once in
Barajas
and nearby a volcano erupted
but the ashes
spread over the entire city and all the
flights were were reprogrammed and the
airport was like an ant farm and I had
to be as enchanting as possible
with the airline attendance because I
needed to find a new flight otherwise I
would be stranded in Madrid for two days
and the attendant that I was speaking
with had her had my future in her hands
so I did what I always do I gave the
face of Puss and Boots
look at that I just moved you right
and I was thinking
is she going to give me a boarding pass
or
is she going to send me to my hotel
and with my eyes my pleading eyes she
looked at me and said in her perfect
Spanish she said Mr Kevin
I’m sorry there is no open seats in the
economy class
let me see what I can do for you
if it doesn’t bother you I can put you
in first class do you care and I said do
you care if I give you a hug right now
but and she sent me in first class
so I got in with my chest inflated I sat
down in my seat I stretched out my legs
and I felt like a an Arab Prince Not
only was I on my way but I was on my way
in style
I laid back closed my eyes we still
hadn’t taken off
but in front of me a gentleman lifted
his voice and said well what do you have
to do to get another pillow and what
about these drinks I asked for a tonic
water
I’m used to being
served better and the poor flight
attendants were running up and down we
were already behind but this gentleman
couldn’t wait for his pillow and his
tonic
and I was thinking why is he behaving in
such a different way than I did I didn’t
complain once
I was Gandhi reincarnate
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I didn’t demand anything I stayed in my
comfortable seat
the flight attendant said can I bring
you a drink and I said yes anything
whatever whatever you want I was so
happy to be aboard but the gentleman
that said I need it now he had paid for
his ticket but I didn’t it was a gift in
fact I wasn’t even going to travel and
that’s the enormous difference between
him and I so that feeling of entitlement
it made him so upset
and I asked myself why do we go through
life feeling like we paid
the price for our life
if you didn’t learn this during 2020
then you have a serious problem
life is a gift
if we don’t learn that
we’re going to be like that Rascal on
the flight
that’s why Jesus said
I was I needed clothes and you clothed
me I was sick and you looked after me I
was in prison and you came to visit me
and they asked you were never without
clothing but he was referring
to his little ones
and this is what changes our attitude
so who here knows someone that needs a
blanket of love have you ever had an
adolescent child in problems
when they open up the garage door later
than their curfew
you come down from upstairs you find
them in the kitchen stumbling smelling
like alcohol
they’re drunk they’ve been driving
you have a problem they have a problem
and I asked what are you going to say to
them what are you going to do are you
going to give them a sermon they deserve
it are you going to take away the car
keys for three months be wise
but never forget that what your child
needs is for you to cover them with the
blanket of Love at a certain moment in
the following hours might not be now
because you’re very upset but that child
desperately needs a hug how do I know it
not just because I’m a father but
because I’m I was a child I am a child
they need to be covered with the blanket
not just for you to forget what happened
but they need to know that that love
hasn’t changed
have they ever criticized one of your
friends they ripped them to shreds they
devoured them
in front of you or maybe on social media
what do you feel when they rip
someone you love to shreds
love doesn’t participate in that it
isn’t
share
or spread that that’s why the Bible says
love covers a multitude of sins
man love doesn’t gossip if love says
anything it’s words of protection do you
need someone that needs that
protection and love you don’t need to go
to Africa it might be just paying for an
elderly couple’s
bill
making sure that you invite
your divorce friend to your party
now I know you’re thinking hey buddy you
know
how am I going to love a friend that has
betrayed me
or that that fool that turned his back
on me love ignores it all no no no
I’m not calling for a naivety or her
emotional blindness or ignorance no it’s
a call to at least give what God gives
to others
to not behave
like the Rascal on that flight if you
have nothing good to say about someone
then don’t say anything
you’re an owner of your silence and a
slave to your words
I don’t have good things to say about
everyone there are people that I don’t
like
I ask God God why are they still
consuming oxygen when they can be
playing the harp in your presence
you might think oh this guy loves
everyone no no just I won’t say anything
thank you for allowing me to fly on this
plane and I keep my mouth shut
if you tell me I’m stupid
time and time again I’ll end up
believing you if I tell you that you’re
bright time and time again or if you
tell me that you’re intelligent then
maybe I’ll believe you
so when we love someone you reaffirm
that they’re worth it when we look at
them when we when we’re with them how do
we demonstrate that well acts of
presence
nothing can substitute our presence
receiving a text message is fascinating
a phone call is better
but appearing in flesh and Bone
if you love your children something that
us parents have to obligate ourselves to
do is the act of presence accompany them
if you can if Divine Providence allows
you to when they have a sport team when
they have a theater show listen to them
when they speak put up with those
countless hours of schooling
but put up with them
you have to say I have to do it for them
yeah maybe you can’t be involved in
everything but the effort is worth it do
you believe in your friends well then
listen to them
in order to encourage others I tell you
this
you don’t need to give advice that no
one’s asking for that’s why the Lord
said let men be
slow to live slow to speak and quick to
listen
that’s why therapists are so rich the
majority of therapists tell you
tell me while you lay on that couch
what’s happening in life and for an hour
you speak and speak and speak and say
okay very good here’s your bill 250 they
didn’t speak but people pay to be heard
there are moments to speak and there are
moments to remain in silence today is a
day of remembrance today I was
remembering what my father did in
respects the silence
I told you that they kicked me out of
high school
my second year of high school they
kicked me out of a German School named
Werner Von Simmons
and since my mother was a greater
actress in her youth
was so dramatic
she promised that she would never eat
again in her life she would fast until
she died and she would lock herself in
her room until she died
and she said Dante if you never bring
plumber to this home
they’re going to carry me out of this
home dead
promise lasted until dinner but it
scarred me or traumatized me
so my father went to go look for me at
the school
my mother was sick and my father was the
only one available not because he wanted
to he went with his Carpenter clothing
with his big swollen hands with calluses
he had to sign the papers
so that they could kick me out so that
they could throw me out and you might be
asking why did they kick you out what it
doesn’t matter you don’t care
it doesn’t add to the story and my
father didn’t say a single word we
didn’t speak there was no need
because we both knew that the world was
ending
and when we got home we were in a
Renault gordini an old vehicle that my
father had but he loved it more than any
of his children
when we got home I went straight to my
room and he went straight to the kitchen
not a single word I didn’t hear him
breathe
I heard him doing something in the
kitchen
I heard him from my bedroom it was a
small home
if a demon-possessed person came into
our home it was either the demon by
himself or the or the guy
whoever left probably knows about
possessions or is about small homes but
then I heard my father say Dante do you
want a sandwich
and he brought me one of those
sandwiches that only dads make with 10
tons of ham no mayonnaise no cheese he
brought me a sandwich
and in that instant I began to realize
that life
and my father’s love we’re going to
continue on
because in the mental scheme of an
adolescent child if you still love the
kid who just got kicked out of school
it’s because you truly love him
make a sandwich for someone that you
don’t love anymore
I didn’t go back to that High School
but I felt sure that my father loved me
he didn’t tell me a single word but he
was there
he loved the child
that just joined the Brotherhood of the
Twisted Trunks and he made me a sandwich
so I say you want
an influx of Happiness well you have to
agree people you might think it’s
foolish and you might say you’re really
going to say that yes because I’m from
the generation that is lacking now I’m
from the generation of people that say
please and thank you I know this has to
do with my age of course
foreign
now that I’m growing older I don’t see
the youth saying please thank you
I literally
see people that are uneducated or
miseducated because they didn’t educate
themselves it’s their parents
I’m from the generation the last elegant
generation that’s respectful those that
are my age those of us that learned
not by having diplomas on the wall
to respect or to smile my aunts would
say what do you say
I remember my aunt used to make
horrendous food
human beings couldn’t eat it I would
feed it to peanuts you would say no no
no I don’t want it either but she would
always bring a plate every Saturday
and my mother would say what do you say
to your aunt and I always wanted to say
let’s lock her up once and for all
but I would have to say thank you and
that’s part of being educated
and I think now
as adults that Still Remains
so how can you spread Happiness by
writing us a check giving more of your
time listening it’s better to give than
to receive
so the cure for society’s illness and
disease
it’s people that know how to love
making a sandwich without asking would
happen happiness I insist is found when
you give it to others and if there’s
someone happier than the receptor I
assure you it’s those now give the gift
and you don’t have to go to Africa for
this look
few weeks ago I went to a Hispanic
market I won’t say which one but I went
to go buy pure redeemed holy me in other
words Argentinian meat not Carnitas or
anything no real meat
from cows raise and Argentinian pastures
that say eat me and you’ll be happy
the woman at the register at the cash
register had such a bitter face nothing
I’d ever seen and it’s not
discrimination she was so bitter
she was a mix of a mother-in-law
baptizing lemon and a witch and I
thought I have to make this poor woman
happy
so she was so bitter she was trying to
back everything up there was a glass
separating us that that’s from the
pandemic obviously and without anyone
asking
I helped her bag my own groceries
and without wanting on accident I broke
a bottle the bottle contained the
miraculous
birth of David
transformed into a red nectar or
Argentinian Malbec
and the woman yelled out oh just what I
needed someone else rushing and now
they’re going to fire me
why don’t you just keep your hands in
your pocket and I I understood the the
command
nobody had yelled at me that way
for years since I was a child everyone
looked at me as if to say come on man
and that’s where I thought this woman
deserves to be fired
okay
because I wanted to help her but she
mistreated me publicly
and I said well I still have the gift of
making her happy I can ignore her
I can respond abruptly or I can make her
happy I just I took breath I said
I’m sure it was a difficult day and she
was splitting the wine off of the
calendar
and I said I look at people of your age
or any age really
people that earn their living to get
their family out ahead I admire you
and the woman began to sob
her eyes were filled with tears and she
said oh I value your word son but let me
correct you I didn’t have a difficult
day I’ve had a difficult life
and you have to forgive me if I lifted
my voice against you it’s not your fault
and I said no I didn’t even realize it
don’t worry
I was very spiritual
and in a few minutes before I left
before we re-backed all my groceries she
said that her daughter had been deported
and now she was in charge of her
grandchildren
and she had to raise them on her own and
I did something for her that doesn’t
matter but I promise her
that I would pray
and I was so grateful that I didn’t act
like an imbecile that day because life
is filled with people with frowns maybe
the employee in the final cubicle
that barks all day or the professor that
eats lemons for breakfast and then eats
students for lunch
but maybe you can brighten up her day
maybe you can give thanks
might the world be different just
because you tried I could bet my life
that it would
I love to be the person
that brightens up people’s faces I love
it when I walk into a room and people
say Dante
I love being the person that people love
hearing
and I noticed that I’m the happiest one
because of this I would do this for with
or without money
poor No cameras with cameras I do this
because it makes me happy
there’s nothing better than giving it’s
much greater than receiving
that’s why I want to finish with this
marvelous story that I’m sure will move
your soul
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story last couple minutes and I’m going
to give it to you before we go
the strong current of high tide
makes an enormous
British Army ship
forces it to to dock at a port
they have to find a safe port
so they find
a few islands that don’t appear on the
map
just a few specs
of islands in the middle of the ocean
the captain throws down the anchor and
they get off the ship on the first
island all they see is sadness
malnourished children tribes and
conflict there isn’t any cattle no crops
no doctors no schools just people in
need and the following islands is more
of the same more of the same
and so they arrive at the final Island
and there they see people that are
rejoicing in good health they look well
fed
they have an irrigation system for their
crops and their fields improvised roads
that connect the towns and The Villages
the children have glistening eyes strong
bodies and the captain
asks the the head of of the village he
asked for an explanation and the head of
the tribe says well he asks first of all
first of all how is it possible that
this island is so ahead of the other
islands and the head of the village says
well father Benjamin father Benjamin
taught us agriculture medicine he
constructed schools clinics he dug Wells
and the captain says well can you take
me to go and see him yeah yeah of course
and he bows his head and they guide the
captain to a medical center
that is composed of many buildings the
captain sees clean beds medication
penicillin nurses
but the captain doesn’t see father
Benjamin and he repeats his petition
once again he says I want to see father
Benjamin can you take me to where he
lives
and the natives seemed disconcertive
they look at one another but
the head of the village says all right
follow us to the other end of the
village they walk down the coast
and they find
pools of fish when the high tide comes
the fish
are LED into the pools and when the tide
low comes back down the fish remain in
the pools and that’s how they they catch
their fish
the captain says this is amazing but I
still don’t see father Benjamin I don’t
know if I’m explaining myself but I
don’t see him can you take me so I can
see him so I can see where he lives the
Islanders speak amongst one another
again and they say all right well then
let’s go to the summit of the mountain
they guide him through a steep and
narrow path they take him to a chapel
with a grass roof and the tribal leader
says he taught us about God
yeah but is this where father Benjamin
lives can I speak with him and there
the faces of all the villagers changed
and they said no it’s impossible to
speak with him why well he died many
years ago
and the captain looks at the man and
says well I told you I wanted to see him
and you showed me a medical center a
fishing center and this Chapel you
didn’t mention anything about his death
and the tribal leader said well you
didn’t ask about his death you asked
where he lived and since you’ve arrived
we’ve shown you where he lives he
continues to live and everything he
constructed you didn’t speak about his
death and I say we’re all Eternal from
the moment we’re born and our soul will
live forever whether it be heaven or
hell but I’m going to give you the
secret of Eternity on this side of the
Sun
in order to be Eternal on this side of
the sun to leave
an impact even after you’re gone for
people to know that you were here
you have to continue loving you have to
be a part of that Brotherhood of the
Twisted bulb the Twisted trunk there’s
no other way my friends to love is to
leave an impact
cause To The King The King of Kings if
you believe that God has spoken and then
get on your feet and once you’re on your
feet give a grand Applause and we join
the rest of the world with this Grand
Applause if you believe that God has
spoken today and this explosion of love
will be spread all over the world all
over the planet let it be heard loud
there’s something marvelous
of what God is going to do Can you feel
it yes or no
no no no somebody’s to applaud more than
that and say this is River this is the
church this is the way is there any
other way people
and I you might ask can we is it
possible yeah it is
they’re in your cubicle at work or in
your truck or as you cut grass
on your architectural plans wherever God
placed you you can make a difference
later on the religious people will come
and say oh he’s just some motivational
speaker he’s about positivity he doesn’t
preach hell what I know is that when
someone feels happy
it’s contagious it’s viral
a smile is contagious
I’ve never stood here from what I can
remember even when I have felt so sick
I’ve never transmitted sadness even when
my mother and father died the day my
mother died the following day I was here
and only a few knew what happened and
I’m not stoic I’m not a heroic guy with
feeling all I know is that it’s easier
to spread joy happiness smile solidarity
then all the rest so I want you to
become someone viral I’m inciting you to
a Revolution of Love A revolution of
giving of sowing and what you’ve lived
up until now is nothing compared to what
is coming that’s a secret to happiness
do you truly believe it loving all the
Twisted trunks the lord loves you you
twisted trunk
he loves you you twist the trunk tell
someone he loves you your Twisted trunk
he loves you
look how twisted you are and God loves
you how can he not love you how is he
not going to love you you princess you
Prince he has you sculpted in his hands
given Applause to the Lord and celebrate
and say that is our God people
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Italian
I would love for you here and at home to
pray along with me I would love for you
to repeat with me and say Lord Jesus
Come into my heart
forgive my sins
this isn’t religion this is about having
you help me
to show your love help me to be someone
different write my name
in that book of life thank you Lord and
now I would love for you to place your
hand on your heart so I can pray for you
father I’ve spoken and I’ve transmitted
what I believe you’ve placed in my heart
for your children thank you for the
respect the silence that they’ve given
me but now I want everyone to go home to
their respective tasks and jobs with a
different vision of the world of our
commission I pray for those that are at
home there’s so so so much to give so
much to do I pray for those that are
saying Lord what is my Ministry what is
my calling my vocation
and above all things the youth
those that are young old may God bless
you in everything and may you be a
Channel of blessing wherever you go may
he bless your entry and your exit and
may that heart be blessed in order to
bless may you feel loved so that you may
love may you feel that you can change
someone’s life at a cash register at the
supermarket on the bus in a small place
you can be an Agent of Change inviting
someone to a coffee not just not because
they can’t pay for it but because they
need to be spoiled
I believe it I know it can happen and I
know I’ve transmitted what you have
placed in my heart thank you for this
marvelous Sunday thank you for these
words because we’re agents of change of
blessing and that’s why we were placed
here
God love these people and show them you
love them how the lord loves you
princess How He Loves You Prince how can
he not love you if he’s protected you
he’s looked after he’s brought you here
may God bless you may he keep you and
may He fill you father thank you for
this morning thank you for the people
that have connected all over the world
we believe it we declare it and we say
amen and amen thank you people thank you
beloved people
people are we happy yes or no no no no
no are we happy yes or no that applauses
to the King of Kings
may God protect you firm like a burke
law until next Sunday bye bye bye bye
bye to everyone blessings
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