By Paulo Coelho
Whenever we need to make an important decision,
it is best to trust impulse and passion,
because reason usually tries to remove us from our dream,
saying that the time is not yet right.
Reason is afraid of defeat,
but intuition enjoys life and its challenges.
(Acceptance speech delivered to the Brazilian Academy of Letters)
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so true…
but…there are moments in life when you are so scared that is so hard to follow your impulse, your passion, your intuition… so hard…that it makes you a coward.
Sometimes we are even afraid of love..
love
Agnieszka
Ok, but my impulse and passion are really strange sometimes.
Good night.
Agnieszka, permit me to give you that link. Have an enlightening night too.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&FriendID=160653180&blogDay=14&blogMonth=2&blogYear=2008
Love for all of You.
Reason has self doubt attached to it always .(.Sunken heart)
Intuition relies on Trusting -no doubts just do it, in your heart lies the answer it must be singing …Love and Light Tania
And what to do, if our dream irreal. Once having reached the certain dream, I have understood, what not all dreams should come true. What to do with it? I understand, that something is a situation me has learned, but why I consider, what not all dreams should come true…… Мож and it is better…… And can be is easier fear!
I have just started reading The Alchemist in my 12th grade English class and I felt compelled to comment on the “Quote of the Day”. Although I am not very far along in the book, I was able to make a connection between this quote and the main character, Santiago. Santiago’s dream of traveling is one that defies the expectations of his parents. Santiago’s parents had wanted him to become a priest however, this arrangement did not satisfy Santiago’s desire to explore and learn about the world. Upon receiving his father’s blessing, Santiago realizes that his father wishes that he to could travel the world, but continues to conceal these desires under a life of work and the responsibility of providing for his family.
Santiago makes a decision to leave a predetermined life of comfort and familiarity and embark on one of uncertainty and adventure. Santiago must trust his “impulse and passion” in order to follow through with his dreams. Santiago’s courage enables him to follow his Personal Legend. “Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s your mission on earth” (22). Santiago believes that his Personal Legend is to travel and he does so by becoming a sheepherder. “ At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend”(21). It is wise of Santiago to ignore the voice of reason and to pursue his dreams of traveling. If he were to deeply analyze his circumstance, any doubts, and the possibility of failure, Santiago would fall prey to fear and defeat. Santiago, unlike his father, will not live a life of regret but one of fulfillment because although he may run into obstacles as a result of acting on impulse, he his achieving his Personal Legend.
I felt a connection in this quote not only to Santiago but in myself. Being a high school senior, our fall and winter days are filled with college visits, endless applications and the anxiety of waiting to be admitted to our top choices. If there is anything that I took from this unnerving and chaotic time, it is to go with your gut instinct. College counselors reminded us many times that whenever we stepped onto a campus and had that “special feeling”, you knew that it was the school for you. I took this advice very seriously. My college tour took me all over Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and all the way to the cornfields of Ohio. But, during these tours, my mind wandered to thoughts of the second school that I visited and how comfortable I felt during my time on campus. The big name schools and all of the great financial aid packages that they could offer a student didn’t sway me. I kept going back to that second school in my mind. I finally decided one night to apply early decision. If admitted, I would be bound to the school. By applying early decision I was able to show the school just how seriously committed I was to them. Fortunately, everything worked out and I was accepted. What a relief. Things could have turned out much differently had I not decided to apply ED and I am happy to begin the journey of fulfilling my Personal Legend, whatever that maybe and wherever it may take me.
Absolutely Girls, (Agnieszka & Tania) although all thoughts & ideas & dreams begin in our heads, we must learn always to allow them to fall to our heart. Then we surely make the right decisions. Love, Paul
Love is the Language of our Heart, and Heart is the Home of our Dreams..
Follow your Heart
There is Your Home
For She knows the way…
She will lead you
Will never let you fall astray..
Dear Paolo,
As I see it, it lies in the word itself that intuition is inner teaching from deep inside ourselves. I´ve found that whenever I dare to follow my intuition, I´m on the way that is meant to be mine. I´ve learned and I´m certainly still learning that love guides me to life unfolding decisions, whereas decisions based on fear close my life down. I find that it´s sometimes tricky to recognize if an impulse I have is a good one to follow. I´m absolutely sure that we co-create our lives with the decisions we make, so it´s part of the golden keys in our hands what we base our decisions on when we take them.
Sibila Maria India
Hi, I have a friend that I really hope reads your Quote of the day’ she is probably one of your biggest fans, she reads of your site on a daily basis, I hope she reads today’s quote as it is so relevant to where she is at.
Mark
my life’s most of decision are directly done by impulse rate and I know and has experienced too,to listen hear you have to prepare or ready for the consequnces as well which we cant apprehend earlier…
Yes, I agree completely.
In the last 3 years I have lost my sight due to diabetes and had two operations to restore it, lost a baby on Christmas day, my husband left me after 12 years of marriage - on valentines day - by phone! I was in a car crash then in July last year I was rushed to intensive care where they spent 7 hours saving my life. I now have chronic end stage renal failure and am waiting for dialysis. I didn’t have anything left to give, no love, no hope,nothing. then I read ‘The Alchemist’ and everything changed. it’s had a profound effect on me and filled me up again with light. I’ve now just finished ‘The Witch of Portobello’ and it’s given me complete affirmation of everything I ever believed in but was too afraid to verbalise. Paulo Coelho, you have touched my life and helped heal my soul. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Kim