By Paulo Coelho
A believer approached Rabbi Moche of Kobryn and asked:
‘How should I best use my days so that God will be contented with my actions?’
‘There is only one possible option: to live with love,’ replied the Rabbi.
Minutes later, another follower approached him and asked the same question.
‘There is only one possible option: try to live with joy.’
The first follower was taken aback.
‘But the advice you gave me was different!’
‘Not at all,’ said the rabbi. ‘It was exactly the same.’
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So true. We tend to forget that meaning always overrides syntax and other rules.
Like the baby needs food and love to grow. Us the human beings, needs the same food JOY and love.
It’s our birthright : LOVE and JOY but and we are so busy to work to earn money that we loose the essence of this beautiful message.
Thank you Mr COELHO, have a good day or a good night depends on which continents you are now……..
What’s so hard about trying is the fact that you have to tell yourself to try. And when you try, try to do it with love.
Good very good answer, love and joy.
Thank you Paulo for all you learn.
That the reply was exactly the same would be discovered by the follower if he stays true to his ‘follower’ status. If he follows the advise given “to live with love” joy will follow.
Instead of walking the path, any path, so many of us keep on debating / analysing/ weighing / doing thousand and one things in our imagination, when all that is required is to take the next step, does not matter if it’s wrong !!!
love… yes indeed to have love means to live with joy. love is essential,and not only the one from friends and family but also the one from that special person. it just makes you happy when you wake up in the morning with a big smile in your lips thinking of him thinking of all the ways to make him happy.life seems easier to live, you see it with a different perspective , and there is no room for negative thoughts. it also makes you a better person since you try to improve your self and give the best there is to offer withing you.
WE ARE BORN BECAUSE OF LOVE, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF LOVE THAT WE SUFFER MOST OF THE TIMES!!!! WHY LOVE HAS TO HURT? IT COULD MAKE YOU THE HAPPIEST PERSON BUT ALSO THE MOST MISERABLE ONE. “MY LOVE HAS DECIEVED ME. MY HEART IS BROKEN INTO SO MANY PIECES WHICH ARE SCATTER ALL AROUND AND I THINK IT WILL BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. HE WAS UNFAITHFUL. NOW I FEEL EMPTY. I’VE SHED ALL MY TEARS, TEARS OF RAGE OF JEALOUSY, OF HAPPINESS…”
now how many times have we heard someone say that? i would say that wasn’t true love, because true love doesn’t hurt. so don’t give up on it, keep on searching, you will have it in front of you when you least expect it!!!!!!!!!!!
A strong reminder for us on the spiritual path to be joyful. Most of us get so carried away in finding the answers of creation that we lose our innocence to be joyful and love flows from joy, and joy from love.
thanks paulo coelho
i am your huge fan.
love & joy,
juhi
no change
2 sides of the same coin……love & joy.
We need love and joy. May god give me both of them in these hard days i live. Amen
Hallo, i think that this blog is a wrong way to explain an invite to you , paulo Cohelo ,i am 20 years old and i live in italy in Piano di sorrento , near naples , i organize in my city a little book fair in my city with my cultural association.
I wold like to know if is possible for you to be an our special guest in this events.
Thanks for an answers even if is negative.
Antonio D’Aniello
Hallo my dear genius, we in BOSNIA use to say that two good things is hard to get together.
Ah, what a juicy message. :)
All the conflicts in the world seem to be based on that same basic problem – arguing about the different ways of describing reality, without ever realizing that there’s absolutely nothing to argue about in reality, only thing people ever argue about is their ideas of what is real.
Transform sorrow into joy, transform hatred into love what a hard task in every day action…. in every thoughts…
That is the task of a good warrior…
Thank you
WHEN WE TRULY LOVE, OUR JOY OVERFLOWS.
well maybe this comment doesnt have something about this story ,,, but something that i look in your books is that almost all the ends of the figures are happy ..
so
how can i be happy… my Completely happyness–
is dificult to se when.. almost you talk about our personal dreams…
how can i found it??