O Caderno

It's me who will follow you
From the first scribble to the ABC
In all the colorful drawings
I'll be there
The house, the mountain, two clouds in the sky
And a smiling sun on the paper

It's me who will be your classmate
Help solve your problems
Accompany you in the bimonthly tests
You'll see
I'll be a faithful confidant to you
If your tears wet my paper

It's me who will be your friend
I'll give you shelter
If you want
When your first rays of womanhood appear
Life will unfold on a fierce carousel
And you'll tear my paper

What is written in me
Will be kept with me
If it pleases you
Life always moves forward
What can be done

I only ask you for one favor
If you can
Don't forget me in some corner

[Message]
I don't know if you remember your first notebook, I remember mine
With it, I learned a lot of things, it was there that I discovered that the experience of mistakes
It is as important as the experience of successes
Because seen in the right way, mistakes
They prepare us for our future victories and achievements
Because there is no learning in life that does not go through the experiences of mistakes

The notebook is a metaphor for life
When the mistakes made were too many, I remember
That our teacher suggested that we turn the page
It was an interesting way to discover the grace in new beginnings

By turning the page, the mistakes made no longer bothered us and from them
We moved on a little more grown up

The notebook teaches us that mistakes do not need to be sources of punishment
Mistakes can be sources of virtues!
In life, it's the same, mistakes must serve learning
They don't have to be sources of guilt and shame
No human being can be truly great
without being able to recognize the mistakes made in life

One thing is to regret what you did! Another thing is to feel guilty
Guilt paralyzes us. Regrets don't!
They propel us forward, help us correct the mistakes made

God is similar to the notebook
He allows us to make mistakes so that we learn to do it right

Have you been making a lot of mistakes?
It doesn't matter, accept from God this new page of life that is named today!
Remember the lessons from your first notebook
When the mistakes are too many, turn the page!

What is written in me
Will be kept with me
If it pleases you
Life always moves forward
What can be done

I only ask you for one favor
If you can
Don't forget me in some corner