By Paulo Coelho
The warrior of the light is terrified when faced with important decisions.
“That is too great for you,” says one friend. “Go on, be brave,” says another. And his doubts only increase.
After some days of anxiety, he withdraws into a corner of his tent, where he usually sits to mediate and pray. He sees himself in the future. He sees the people who will benefit and lose out because of his actions. He does not wish to cause unnecessary suffering, but nor will he abandon the path.
So the warrior allows the decision to appear. If he must say yes, then he shall bravely say it. If he must say no, then he shall say so without fear.
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Hello Paulo!!!
je suis trop souvent dans cette situation de devant faire un choix et c’est toujours une torture, maintenant c’est vrai que je préfère que les choses apparaissent sans faire grand chose pour qu’elles arrivent mais j’ai du mal ensuite à accepter ses choses j’ai peur, trop peur de choisir… J’aimerai être aussi fort qu’un vrai guerrier de la Lumière…
For me, a decision is most difficult when it affects the lives of others. It is my credo, never to gain in this life at the cost of another. No one should ever suffer, so that I may prosper. Never.
Love, Paul
i think that the right decision can be the hardest sometimes ‘couse sometimes you have to hurt somebody and that is harder than to hurt yourself.i mean it is not easy to be good and to make good things what is hard is to be fair…
Yes, my dear Paul from Austria [I was there - WIEN and Salzburg- two months ago for holidays with my husband], these decisions are the most difficult. Because, as we say jokingly, we do not live alone in the desert!! Whatever movement we do, affects other people, sometimes those we love. Then we act according to our ethics and conscience. Again, I remember a CONSTANTINOS KAVAFIS’ poem “CHE FECE…IL GRAN RIFUTO”. LOVE, THELMA
The word ‘terrified’ terrified me….maybe because i find myself to have been undecisive…many times…
yes , taking decisions is a crucial thing to do…for one’s future…
whatever though he/she decides, he/she commits to it..with all his/her heart..
Love and Graditude
Annie
“Goodness is born when people forget about themselves.”
Lew Tolstoy
love
Agnieszka
Some sacrifices, including relationships, may have to be made in life when crossroads appear. It’s human to be terrified of the consequences of making important decisions especially if it comes at the cost of someone else’s suffering. But I still have to hear of one who is following his or her true path in life say that the path is easy. The path seems to be the hardest for the one who keeps company.
There was a time once, when making decisions terrified me too and I ended up being indecisive. I also felt ineffective and somewhat unproductive owing to being indecisive. Over the years, I have learned that the best that you can do when on your path is to remain true to yourself, to the best of your abilities. I agree with Paul from Austria and Thelma, that to gain personally through the suffering of another is not acceptable.
How do you know what, then, is the right course of action to take when making your major life decisions? As the story above goes, you project yourself into the future and follow all possible threads to discover the best plan of action that will be the most advantageous with the least detrimental effect on others involved. You choose the thread that’s best and begin to weave it into your path.
Because a choice must always be made, you ultimately choose the best that you can at any given moment.
Today I was led to this site by a series of coincidences and then I saw the answer to my question here in “The moment to decide”.I now know how difficult it is to make a decision that will affect the rest of your life and realise that to say either yes or no is not the actual decision.But to embrace either one fully and be at peace with that decision no matter what the outcome.And the answer does come very quietly without strain or worry.Its when you give up the fight of being wrong or right and acceptance replaces everything,is when you finally decide.Thank you Paulo.Very strange day indeed….
Dearest Paulo and friends,
In life, i’ve seen that making the decisions is not that difficult, sticking to your choice, and standing by it, and living with it.. now that is the challenge.
thank you for being
Yajna
Dear THELMA, … so near & yet so far ;-( It would have been a great pleasure for me to have met you and your husband whilst you were here. It’s a shame that it is not possible for us to send each other personal emails vie this Blog. Some Blogs do have this function. Next time, please let me know via a subtle hint, I’ll feel it ;) Love Paul
When I read it, i didnt understand it at first. But when I read Samantha’s comment- that’s the time when it made sense. Im at a crossroad and like her - i was led to this page. Acceptance is really a key to life-changing decisions. For me though, if one has decided, and found out that it is not doing him or her good, it is very admirable as well to go back and admit that he should have gone for the other decision and do something about it - if and while he still can, rather than just sticking with it because of pride. Otherwise, if you cannot undo what you have decided on - then by all means, just accept it and know that at that time - you tried to come up with the best decision and live with it. Cheers =)
“terrifié” comme se mot est juste lorsque la decision qui doit tout changer doit etre prise ,il suffit seulement de decider , c’est simple c’est peut etre pour cela que c’est ” terrifiant “
always trust your intuition