Adina de Cabalceta's "pura vida" is intertwined with her Catholic faith. (4 of 6)

Adina de Cabalceta's age-spotted hands gingerly turn the pages of a tattered bible, its pages yellow and dog-eared. Her wrinkled fingers scan the passages until she finds the one she begins every day with -- Psalm five. Cabalceta reads the last few lines, her voice barely audible, "let all those that put their trust in you rejoice ... let them that love thy name be joyful in thee ... ." Smiling, Cabalceta closes her eyes.

"This psalm fills me with joy and reminds me of my goal for each day of my life," Cabalceta said.

--Debi Springer