Wings and roots

November 1, 2007 by

By Paulo Coelho

‘Blessed is he who gives his children wings and roots,’ says a proverb.

We need roots. There is a place in the world where we are born, where we learn a language, where we discover how our ancestors overcame their problems. At a given point, we become responsible for that place.

We need wings. They show us the endless horizons of the imagination, they carry us towards our dreams, they lead us to distant places. They are the wings that allow us to know the roots of our fellow human beings and to learn from them.

Blessed is he who has wings and roots, and wretched is he who only has one of the two.

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my first novel which influenced me alot

November 1, 2007 by

.. am going to tell you about that novel (which i read in b.tech 2nd year and is my first novel)or you can say a story which influences me a lot. for my b.tech result my younger brother gifted me this novel ‘Alchemist by Paul Coelho’. …
 
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the cathedral is me

November 1, 2007 by

The Zahir… he fills everything. He is the only reason I am alive. I look around, I prepare myself …. in order to be reminded that every day I need to rebuild myself to accept – for the first time in my entire existence – that I love …
 
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I am not happy

November 1, 2007 by

WARRIOR OF LIGHT:PAULO COELHO..
 
some paras i loved!!!
 
"Of! course ever since i remember i have done what i felt like doing. That is why i was admitted three times to a psychiatric clinic,spent few terrifying days in dungeons of Brazil`s …
 
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Love is not a priority

November 1, 2007 by

By Paulo Coelho

First of all, I was not moderating comments for almost a week, as I was in Switzerland as part of the Brazilian Comission for the World Cup 2014 (we won!).

I was browsing some emails receive during this period (because the comments and requests were approved by Paula) when one of myspace friends mentioned that love is not important in her life. I was suprised, and wrote: Love is not a priority? She answered me (see below). I cut personal parts, added some more general views, but the essence or her email is there. Please feel free to answer her question: what love is?

No. The joy of discovery is a priority…..It’s funny because I question what is LOVE? we have this idea that we are supposed to love and have love within us. But what if this is not love at all.

I’m not saying I would choose “hate or indifference or negativity” over “Love” or compassion or positivity. – But I question myself if I really know what love is.

So far I’ve been taught that love is when someone does something for you or gives you something or vise versa. and When you don’t give them what they want or don’t give… then Love is questioned.

I’ve felt “Love” and usually it is filled with separation, deceit, lies, self hatred, anxiety therefore LOVE is not a priority for me. …… but who knows just because we say we love each other…a person who is taught that you have to LOVE thy mother and father and husband….

I can live, I can have a relationship, but I can also understand that on the other hand LOVE has no part in our relationship, and I could go along with that. We say “I love you” and probably mean it but is this really love? I’m still looking for the answer..:

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