By Paulo Coelho
The Signs - at times imperceptible, at others very clear - are all around us.
But they require careful interpretation if they are to be transformed into a road map.
(Manual of a Warrior of Light)
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I enjoy pondering “the signs” and their meanings…crow,tree,heron,hawk,moose,deer,ant,hound,salmon,flower,rock,leaf,bud,matchbook,
feather…moon,sun,stars,smells/Even Music as it enters my ears. Signs amuse and assist me to stop and think about their qualities and learn from them…they assist me to make my day richer in Hope which balances out all the negativity. When one is a thinker the signs help to bring levity and humor… (There are many ravens gathering in an dead tree outside in the pasture socializing as I write) Enjoy the Day!
yes YOU NEED TO BE 100% PRESENT THERE TO LOOK.
I think, the most difficult part is the..Crossroads, for we have to use our intuition too!
Love,
Thelma
Signs of Divine and social connection always gives a very special happy feeling, so one knows when it occurs. To be present is more than half of the effort needed to succeed in interpretation of the sign.
There is an important saying in Native American Medicine that says:”Look for the teaching!” If we use this and ask; “Is this a message for me?” and “What is life teaching me here?” signs open up in a simple way. They are interrelated with who we are and speak a personal language just like our dreams at night do.
There are some days when the signs are never-ending and others when they seem to be non-existent. However, the universe is always engaged in conversation with me (and all of us) and it is up to me to take in the message, however it arrives, translate it and then join in the conversation, however I may be able to.
For myself, the hardest part of this universal conversation has been believing that it really is speaking directly to me…believing that I, this one little person in all the world, am truly receiving exactly what I need at exactly the perfect time and that all the “signs” remind me that I am truly connected and that I am being supported and helped along my path.
Now that, to me, is a true gift of divine love.
Thank you.
Yes that’s true, but my brain wanted to be stronger than my soul, and succeeded to.
That was a great lesson anyway. In South, I laughed a lot upon my blindness… whereas in North, the rain hide my tears, knowing alone they were dropping. I could walk barefoot through the boots, and souls were questionning about it. It began with mountains and end with water.
Walking is the way.
I’m back with no diamonds in my pocket, but jewels in my heart.
Signs are everywhere, and sometimes we objected all of them for just one misunderstood. But maybe was the fate that we think too much about the end of journey, forgetting the second we have to swallow.
Well we reach on finding “carpe diem” with one of our foot after the other. But is a such difficult thing to do. Walking on the way, precious things in nature are guides. Sometimes we don’t take the bridge because of the fear. Though we’ll be not on Earth if we had the strength to take it on all.
Life
I am one who never paid attention to signs, therefore I never saw one.
Lately after reading your books I realized there were plenty of them along my path, if I had seen them at the time probably some different life I would be living now, or maybe not.
Thelma, crossroads are inevitable in every single day of our life, sometimes more than one in a day.
Read signs, use intuition, take risk….we act and we move on, that’s all !
Luce
what would the worrier of light do whn there is no feelings left in his heart or his soul? he is not sad but not happy he doesn’t feel love and doesn’t look for it, he is not excited but not killing him self with bordem… what is it that when he is just living? no feelings no well nothing to want nothing to hope for nothing to look forward doing or achieving! what would he do?
@ Tamara
Dear Tamara, the Warrior of Light, has always..some Light in his heart, maybe faint, maybe just a sparkle..
To think and feel, as you are now, something has happened, or somebody has hurt you or disappointed you.??
Behind the clouds there is always the Sun. Start being … nostalgic [us Paulo Coelho was a few weeks ago!!] or start dreaming. Imagine youself in a beautiful scenery with flowers, birds, waterfalls..Feel free and calm.. Let your light shine again and start.. live again. Life is a gift and it doesn’t last for ever. By just doing the ‘movements’ again, you will ‘remember’ that it is worth the effort and that there must be a good reason for us being here.
Love,
Thelma
thank u thelma for this nice reply… am not a worrier of light as i feel nothing now.. i like the picturre of the flowers and the birds but i don’t see the beauty in anything at the moment..
its more than hurt and disaapointment.. its deep sadness that i can’t touch…
i thank u alot for ur reply
Dear Tamara,
During such troubled times like you are having right now, I usually remember my dreams when I was little. Maybe the dreams are different now, or maybe I don’t even have any dream at present.
But remembering my then dreams, the dreams I had when I was still innocent, when I still had those dreamy eyes, make me feel encouraged and spiritful again.
Believe me, the dreams are still inside. It’s just you don’t remember it sometimes.
Dear Tamara,
Few years ago I was there where you are now. I even did not realize I was empty, like empty cup.
The moment you realize it, as you did, is starting point, move on, fill your cup, start filling your life !
Now YOU choose what to let in and what to let out, do not hurry but live your days the best you can. Throw away what is not worth keeping and keep all that makes you feel better, happier.
Do not worry if there are some days when nothing seems lovely, good or precious. The day will come.
Try to do one good thing a day, make somebody smile, say good-morning to total stranger, look at sky and smile like fool, embrace the tree on your way to work…who cares if somebody stares, give wink….
Just do it, live your life, even empty one!
You see, it is your chance now to fill it with your dreams,
with your aims, with your hopes and have faith, on the way door after door will open, but you have to try just like Alice in Wonderland, because if you don’t, nobody will do it for you.
Luce
P.S. Read The Alchimist and The Pilgrimage or any Paulo’s book you did not read till now.
And Tamara, isn’t this The sign Paulo is talking about, all these answers to your comment, learn to expect good things to happen, learn to be happy every morning as you wake up !
You might feel as baby who learns to stay upright and who tries the first steps, but do theese first steps !
I had a nice one yesterday in the supermarket.
To have better vieuw at the cheese vitrine i walked backwards without looking and softly bumped the person behind. We had the following conversation;
me; wahaaa sorry!
he; i forgive you
me; i’m always walking around here thinking that i’m the only one , what an illusion!
I immediatly felt that this was a weird moment and on the way back i realised that the answer on my question came from this total stranger! With a smile and feeling grateful i went home….wondering about this short conversation with big meaning.
Do you think one person that has strong intuition has more chances to read beyound appearences?I know signs are important,but how can we be aware of the right meaning?
Sometimes I worry that I spend too much time trying to understand what I think are signs.
Kathleen xxoo
I would like somebody to answer Alexandra’s 2 questions, cuz they r always in my mind and I never get an answer to them.
enjoy!
dears stella and luce..
thank u alot for the replies.. i never thought i will get such replies!
i do really appreciate ur tries and i do understand what u say but i still doubt how i can control it! a now in a phase where i can;t controle my fate or this is what seems for me! maybe i should try to go back to innocence i used to have and like alice in the wonder land try for my self.. but am tired of tryinkg! i have been trying all the time in my life i have been the inaive in every ones life in my life… now no one in my life is the initiative..
i don’t know what to say or how to think! maybe am depressed because i have stayed home so long now! i finshed my sters after geting maried am a newly wed but living away from home.. i am stil unemployed and i feel bord most of the time thought i have some hobbies but yet i feel th no hope or aim or use!