There is no place like home! (Poem) (Spanish) NingĂșn lugar mejor que casa!

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¡QuĂ© serĂ­a yo en este mundo
Sin familia! digo yo.
¡DĂłnde aprenderĂ­a la vida
Y el cariño y el amor!
DĂłnde mis primeros pasos
rodeados de candor,
de esperanza y de alegrĂ­a.
¡DĂłnde! Sin familia, no.
DĂłnde encontrarĂ­a refugio
en mis ratos de dolor
Y en dĂłnde me mirarĂ­a
para conocer mi yo.
Qué me importaría mi patria,
qué me importaría soñar,
si no fuera en la familia
que me enseña a valorar.
DĂłnde aprenderĂ­a justicia.
DĂłnde encontrarĂ­a el honor.
DĂłnde ensayarĂ­a con gusto
el trabajar con tesĂłn.

 
Lo importante en la familia
es lecciones que Ă©sta da:
A bien tendernos la mano,
a perdonar y olvidar.
A ejercer la tolerancia.
Hablar, callar y escuchar.
Detectar a tiempo fallas,
ajustar y echar a andar.
¿Y gozar y compartir,
fracasar y transigir?
Sólo en compañía de hermanos
se puede mejor vivir.



Pero vivir a conciencia
sabiendo que siempre estĂĄ
la familia, con los padres,
abuelos y muchos mĂĄs
Y vivir con paso firme,
con libertad y humildad.
Vivir pensando en los otros.
Vivir construyendo al dar.

¿Que la familia pequeña?
¡Mentira, que no es verdad!
Da lo mismo grande o chica
mientras haya calidad.
Calidad que no es dinero,
Ni viajes, ni una mansiĂłn.
Calidad que es en familia
calor, amor, donaciĂłn.
¿DĂłnde aprenderĂ­a a ser hombre?
Hombre Ă­ntegro, cabal.
SĂłlo en la familia, hombre.
Hombre o mujer de verdad.
¿DĂłnde entender que hay un Dios
que por amor quiso crear
a unos padres, que en su amor,
lo supieran reflejar?
¿Y el coraje, y la honradez,
y la solidaridad,
y los valores certeros,
El cielo y la eternidad?
¿DĂłnde mejor aprendidos
que en el seno de un hogar
donde la familia entera
goce disfrutando paz?
Supongo, es mĂĄs, cierta estoy,
que no habrĂ­a otro lugar
tan idĂłneo y tan seguro
para un pueblo edificar.

¡QuĂ© serĂ­a de nuestro MĂ©xico
sin familia! digo yo.
¡DĂłnde aprenderĂ­a la vida,
y el cariño y el amor!



Dulce MarĂ­a FernĂĄndez G.S.



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