By Paulo Coelho
A warrior knows that his finest masters are the people with whom he shares the battlefield.
Asking for advice is dangerous. Giving advice is even more of a risk. When he needs help, he tries to see how his friends resolve - or fail to resolve - their problems.
If he seeks inspiration, he reads on the lips of his neighbor, the words his guardian angel wishes to impart to him.
When he is tired or lonely, he does not dream of distant men or women; he seeks those by his side, and shares his pain or necessity for comfort - with pleasure and without guilt.
A warrior knows that the most distant star in the Universe manifests itself in the world around him.
Knowing how to ask for help
When he suffers some injustice, a warrior generally seeks to remain alone - so as not to show his pain to others.
This behavior is both good and bad at the same time.
It is one thing to allow your heart to gradually cure its own wounds. Another is to remain in deep meditation every day, afraid of appearing to be weak.
Within each of us there is an angel and a demon, and their voices are very similar. Faced with a difficulty, the demon nourishes solitary conversation, by showing us how vulnerable we are. The angel makes us reflect on our attitudes, and sometimes uses someone else’s tongue to manifest itself.
A warrior balances loneliness and dependency, with the help of others.
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Our eyes are the mirror of the soul; nothing can hide. Whenever we feel bad, it simply shows. It is necessary to keep the balance between the solitude and openness. When someone has an open nature there’s no chance in hiding, anyway. Anything can be said, and should be said in order to feel better, to clean the situation that’s bothering us, to some extend of course. And…the words of an angel can be heard…anywhere, here from all of you friends, or even in a stranger mouth…and if we listen in silence we can hear it…inside.
love to you all
Agnieszka
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Only the finest ..will do very true !
You know what I love ,it was the story about the bird in the cage that Maria wrote ,it makes perfect sense and it is how love should be ..also I am right at the end of the book but I am sad to finish it ,as it has been a beautiful story and I loved every minute of it ..but like all good books you want to finish it but also not finish it ! I could see the whole thing in my mind ..Thank you it was great company .Blessings Tania
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Valuing one’s companion
Yes, the masters are all the people around him..his companions..and those who are not..
from everyone around us we can learn something..for us , for life..
Knowing how to ask for help
i used to remain alone..i tend to seek loneliness at times that i feel my heart hurt..and sometimes this might not work..as you say, the demon nourishes loneliness..and all your faults, vulnerabilities, defects, wrong things you might have done, all these come into surface and take a form and absorb so much room in your bedroom..i have felt this and it is a choking feeling..like you cant breathe..
yet, these past few days i showed my pain to others…to this blog..and with the help of all of you warriors, my angel manifested through you…
it worked..i m glad i did..
sending love to all of you
Annie
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