2009… Let’s make a list of the things you intend to do.
I will keep this list and by the end of 2009, I will post it here again and you may comment on it. What you fulfilled and what you postponed for 2009.
I look forward to your list and in the meantime I wish you a wonderful 2009.
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In 2009 would like to:
~Maintain a beautiful and nurturing relationship with my children.
~Visit a beach I have never set foot upon.
~Graduate with Honors.
~Set aside time regularly to help others.
~Taking time daily to take care of myself.
~Recognize the beauty in others where I would usually find it absent.
Have a wonderful year Paulo!
1) I will lose weight. I have already lost 9 kilos and I want to lose 20 more,
2) I will be happy because some of my obstacles will not exist,
3) I will find a nice flat,
4) I will ameliorate my personality,
5) I will be more useful to others.
Hmmmm
* to go through the letters of the alphabet toward spiritual awakening
* to love and accept myself as I am
* to open my heart to the love of another to both give and receive freely without shame/score keeping/and total trust
*to deepen my current relationships and allow more in my life
* Advanced Salsa
* 3.7/8 GPA
*Complete coursework
*Job leading to building large buildings
1.Learn to love and
2.Be loved in return
3.Let go of all the memories holding me down
4.Surf a 16 foot wave
5.Go to the peace core
6.Paint paint paint
3 magic wishes for 2009…
I want to become stronger on the outside as well as the inside
I want to become less cluttered physically and mentally
I want to close the physical distance between me and my love.
Happy New Year, Paulo
Dear Tina thank you for calling me the …maestro or maestra!!! ;]
My dear-est Paul from Austria it seems that the ..child within you has an …affinity for …kitchens. Kitchen that is full of ..music like ..Hildegarde’s and mine that was …preparing breakfast!!
Have a nice evening.
LOVE,
Thelma
This year I will:
*Meditate everyday
*Treat my body as a temple
*Try to keep my anger in check
In 2009 I want to do the same things that I’ve always wanted:
- I want to love and be loved;
- I want to protect the people I love;
- and I want to work with passion as before;
Thanks Paulo and I expect a new boock from you in 2009!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
In 2009, I want to:
> help as many people as i can in everyway.
> get more closer to GOD.
> respect nature and serve it.
> travel most of India and explore the unexplored places.
> publish my poems.
> get permission from my favourite author to adapt ‘Brida’ into a play. (I’m waiting for your approval)
> spread love n happiness around me.
I wish you all the very best this year!!!
I want to be less afraid of our enemies that live in USA
I want to be suscessful this year I hope
In 2009 I will…
- Open my heart
- know my gift
- dance often
- create divinely superfluous beauty so that others may be interrupted of their daily distractions with aesthetic arrest.
- appreciate, honor and lovemyself, that I may appreciate, honor and love others.
to be able to believe in people…if it’s possible
Mr Coelho,
I am a fan, just finished the Witch of Portobello, I was born in Lebanon, left after high school to the U.S.A to go to college, became a Surgeon, many friends and relationships later, still searching and never totally belonging.
I wish you would write my story! It will be spiritual, sad and funny at the same time.
What a nice idea. Thank you, Paulo.
Resolution for 2009: Value my time more than anything else and choose to make each moment worthwhile.
Eu não costumo fazer lista de coisas a fazer, vou fazendo sem me preocupar com planos antecipados. Até agora tem dado certo.
Buna dimineata,
I veux l’amour avec un homme, le succes ensemble,
l’aide invisible, ensemble,pour les enfants maltraites, decourages, seuls,malades, orphelins, loin des livres et de l’amour
le spontane, together.
and iubire-liebe- R liubliu-amore-amour-love- amor-etc…
First of all- bad rice!
as long as Fate has different plans for my 2009,i can only express my wishes.but if i do so,they surely won*t happen.
so all i will do is thank u for the opportunity and hope i*ll have the strenght to realize my best.
meanwhile,i*ll be happy to meet u all often here.
love,and happy new year!!!
As I have read all of the comments before writing my own, it is the 4th today and have absorbed what 2009 means to me and it is about the material,the spiritual and feeding my emotional well.
My list is too long but emcompasses these words: -
excitement,
wellspring of happiness – extending to friends and family
feeling of knowing where I belong – in the now and the future,
self doubt – overcoming the mountain and beating the odds
finishing my little dream of a house near the sea – my heart lies there….. for now,
working on my relationship and erasing anger,
loving myself a little more!!!!!
loving my children and not smothering them,
learning to live with lifes transitions and live DAY BY DAY!
finding more compassion for my mother and finding our true relationship,
reading Paulos books again to find those hidden words that become ‘the masterpieces of my soul’.
to feel safe in where I live
and…
standing back and just seeing what the world throws at me..
Paulo, thankyou for allowing me to be involved in your world.
Namaste,
Lynette
In 2009 I want to not worry about the future or the past: to live in the moment. I want to spend every one of these moments in bliss and doing what makes my heart sing with joy.
Thats all!
From Stina in Sweden :)
Hi Paulo,
For 2009 I’ve decided that I’ll do my best! Just that! My best writing, my best reading, my best learning….
I don’t want anything, but I have faith that good and nice things will come around for me.
I don’t care about anything, cause I know the Universe will provide what’s right for everyone’s experiences and that includes mine.
And last I make myself available heart and soul to all the new lessons that may come on my path… That’s it!
Love you,
Drika
hola, salutare,
We wish to us:
to make a fabrika, for Cristhmas, for all people with deep wishies created in love, peace, integrity, inter-communication and understanding ourselfs, for Merry Cristmas.
for me: 1: I wish to be a sort of Maman Noel qui, spontanement, apporte a chaque enfant treois cadeaux, apres les avoir lus sur une liste, apres avoir travaille en cachette avec les autres et avec l’homme que j’aime deja.
2. I wish to be happy in love, to kiss, to caresse, to make love with a man auquel je pourrais lui faire un enfant, avec lequel je ne pourrais plus m’ennuyer, experimenter ensemble et faire du bien ensemble.
3.I I wish to find this man so man. I like already his hands with dark hair. they are strong enouph
Begin again to fight the good fight I was so much engaged in not that long ago. Stop being this bloated self I’ve become, so full of pain, sickness, and anger. Like a clown, I paint the smile each day to mask the frown. No one knows but me, yet I too have forgotten me and I must make the change or continue living the death I am living.
lose 40 pounds
start a non-profit agency
work less
spend less time on the computer
own less stuff
conquer my anxiety
Thank you, Thank you Thelma the maestro or the maestra!!!
oh! what a nice man you are that make me to think for beautiful things!
i know and understand myself as i’ve began before(your books help me very much, Paulo,thanks).
i published my first book(i’m translating it now).
i give up my zahir and find my real love.
and i wanna translate one of your books some day but not in 2009!
bye wishing a happy, happy, happy 2009 for you, Paulo and Christina.
Caro Paulo Coelho,
Grazie di Cuore.
PS per il 2009 mi impegno ad essere presente il più possibile, e a realizzare i miei obiettivi.
befor making my 2009 list i want to mention that more than 400 people died in ghaza and 2000 were injured.
so let’s all take a moment and pray to all the palestenian people in ghaza and people of israel too so maybe this masacre will end and they can finally live in peace.
well…Dear,Coelho…very interesting idea,thanks!:)
what I will do in 2009( in God’s will):
-try as hard as I can
-be promoted in my job
-change my job for the better one
-read as much as I will be able
-travel a lot of countries
-find my ‘REAL and PURE LOVE’
-be a very clever daughter
-be close friend
-help people
-DO SOMETHING USEFUL FOR MY COUNTRY AZERBAIJAN!
May all our dreams come true! AMIN!
hi paulo.
its my first time to leave a comment on your site.
i just want to share the first resolution i ever made in my existence – that is to have the courage to let go of the memories i have with my ex boyfriend. it’s been three years since we broke up but we stayed friends until now. he’s always been there for me, he always visited me, had a friendly date and all. actually i was with him last december 31. we had a lot of days spent together. he’s sweet as ever which i misunderstood. i think it was really a mistake to stay friends after that heart breaking seperation because i cannot move on with him around me. (i realized now)
so here i am now, make myself a vow that i should not see him as much as possible this year & with the coming years. it’ll be hard i know but i must set things free before it kills me. well, i’m really praying i can make it. i think i badly gave more than enough.
have a great 2009 ahead.
I have always hesitated to make lists like this. It would be easy to do and I can think of a dozen things I could put down but the underlying feeling when translated into words is what’s the point if you don’t connect with them?
This is challenging me to express what I do connect with and by that I mean those things that my soul wishes to express.
I have noticed very much of late the difference in energy in myself between what is driven by my mind and the acquired patterns of society, and what is deeply heartfelt. The first is easy to express and also easy to cast aside. It is the list with which I fool myself that I am doing something about living my legend whilst managing to keep it at arms length. The second I find far more illusive and yet without it I know that there will be no fulfillment – so, although I am not entirely sure that it is a ‘do’ in the accepted sense of the word that is my aim for the year.
To find my legend and start living it.
Happy New Year
Rebecca
Live my dreams as I have done ever.
Test the pwoer of belief and expectation.
Look for miracles.
Help my loved ones living their dreams.
Help somebody who I have never knew for making a better world.
have a rich 2009
Hi Sir Paolo,
My only resolution is to be more PATIENT in everything I do and in the roles I play – as a wife, mother, sister, friend, employee and consultant. I will do my best to take time to be silent in order to hear what GOD wants me to. I want to be alone sometime to listen to what my heart say. I do hope to have the time.
Thank you for the books you’ve written. I’ve read THE ALCHEMIST, BY THE RIVER PIEDRA…, THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO, LIKE THE FLOWING RIVER. I hope to be able to read more…
God bless you, dear soul brother. :) Wishing you likewise a quiet time in 2009.
Paulo, thank you for the opportunity to participate in this great
project! I wish you to discover happiness in 2009 in things you never looked before!
My short list:
To simplify life
Do not read, listen, watch, or do things that are trash.
Be more selective.
Find the ways to serve other people and be less selfish.
Give more.
Stop perpetually worrying which indicates lack of trust to God.
Respect God with what I say with my mouth.
Build people up, listen carefully behind their words.
Fight my greed.
Be patient and do not curse on the road while driving.
Cherish friendship, write letters..
Make my OWN choices and decisions.
Be more gentle.
Tell my family about God.
No matter how small the task is, do it with quality as if for God.
Pray more often for people I care for.
Find happiness in God, grow in faith,
and read this again next year.
Be more confident and grow professionally
for 2009, i want to:
* go to an orphanage and have a party for all the kids at least once.
*climb a mountain
*go to a place ive always planned to go to but always postponed
*go out more and meet all kinds of people
*stop being such a snob
*dance
*play music again
*dance in the rain
*possess again the mind of an adult and the heart of a child
*learn to let go and move on
*break my weird habit
*listen more
*learn a new word everyday
*lose weight
*laugh more
*smile more
*fall in love
hola! Este “ano novo” sólo quiero seguir cumpliendo mi leyenda personal… Creo que voy bien! A veces es difícil (muy dificil!),pero tengo a mis hijos,mi esposa, mis padres y hermanos que nunca me dejarán solo…se que tengo mucha suerte,y prometo nunca olvidarlo y siempre agradecer a dios por ello. Y por otro lado, sólo quisiera saber como dejó de sentir tanta pena o lástima por mi… Me siento muy mal… Me caigo gordo! Pero en este 2009 voy a lograr aceptarme… Y quien sabe…tal vez algún día logre quererme tantito…cálculo que será mi propósito para el 3000… Ese esta bueno. Gracias paul de australia!!! Me quedó también con eso… Saludos y Hasta pronto!
to do list to my self
1- Do what you listed,
2- Think enough what you will decide,
3- Be flexible if you need it,
4- BE really empahtic doctor as it needed,
5- BE real productive person if you feel it,
6- GIVE a birth if you see it,
7- SAY the right things if you are blessed..
Thank you for you to tell my feelings on the way..
SINE
My motto is changing since I was born 30 years ago. I believed the thiings must have changed if you intented so much..However we, all, as a human are doing opposite ways.We wish the peace, We make war so far I can not believe even my words..So I got an email make a list for next year.I have been seeing every useless wishes never come true.
From now on, I am little swift to another side.
I wish the hate for the earth.
I wish the bad_fare for my family and me.
I think if our NLP works, IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE this year..
TO DO LIST;
1-DEEP BREATH..
2-Do not suprise anything
3-Accept that you are mortal.
4-See the truth without parasites.
5-Read and Eat enough, rest will go to the ones who most need.
6-Wear without crefts
7-BE the one ..Not look for the one..
SAD NEW YEAR AS IT WAS IN LAST..
SINE
I intend
-to let my lover go
-to be truthful with myself
-to commit to joy
Um problema e’ um problema e tem que ser respeitado como tal ?
O dilema de sofrer o proprio problema ,mas, comparando aos grandes problemas dos outros , menos fortunados,sentirsi mal por chorar em cima de si mesma ..e assim o problema continua vivendo dentro sem resoluçao. Mas sera que o meu e’ um grande problema ? Grande ou pequeno sempre um problema e’!?
Se conseguir perdoar voltarei a viver ?
I have also walked part of the camino from Leon to Santiago, the lesson I most discovered about myself is that I am an observer of life always watching always seeing but not really participating. I watched peoples regimental ways of walking the camino, shared time with a surviver of the tsnami walked with a donkey family and watched them share their music with people. In 2009 I would just like to be less the observer and more the participater.
Drunk are we???
- I want to show more love to my girlfriend
- Enroll in some kind of Martial Art class…Maybe taichi
- Invest more of my time into my t-shirt printing business
- dedicate myself to learning quitar and another launqage
Dear Mr Paulo,
I like your idea, here’s my list:
I will
* have my book published
* do zazen, do yoga every morning
* not smoke, nono
* rescue & adopt a galgo
* not lie, nor make other people unhappy
* be happy, even happier
Have a good new year, enjoy!
Elennah
Me gustaría ver a mi querido compositor de canciones.
Al Poeta de mis sueños.
Al actor que admiro.
A mi escritor favorito.
A las personas que quiero y viven en otros lugares del Planeta.
Me gustaría poder amar libremente y que nadie se sintiera mal por ello.
Me gustaría comprender este mundo en que vivimos que a veces se entremezcla con el mundo invisible.
Me gustaría que entre todos formáramos un mundo mejor.
Claro que un año para esto igual no es suficiente.
Quiero que todos evolucionemos y nos entendamos mejor cada día.
Creo que esto sería posible si estuviéramos cerca del corazón y a veces sin darnos cuenta nos alejamos y he ahí la diferencia cuando nos sentimos más sensibles o cuando nos sentimos más duros.
Para mi esa es la puerta que hay que abrir y que permanezca abierta.
¿Seríamos capaces?
Un beso.
Oi Paulo…
Minha lista é bem simples:
1. jogar fora meu relógio
2. jogar fora meu celular
3. dar mais risadas
4. ser mais barraqueira
5. tomar um banho de chuva
Feliz 2009!
I will gladly share a few of my intentions for the year 2009 with you:
1. To imagine my life in a different way, being open to all possibilities and tapping into a spirit of willingness to try new things.
2. To be more respectful to and nurturing of my body with the desire to inhabit it more peacefully.
3. To remember gratitude…being thankful for the “99″ things that are in my life and not lament the “1″ thing that’s been lost to me…there are no mistakes.
4. To continue teaching myself to be brave, which includes continuing to master my fear of change.
5. To continue to condense pinpoints of moments seen through the eye of haiku.
6. To find enjoyment in moments shared with my husband, my daughters, family and friends.
Happy New Year…
In 2008 I made a website collecting music of all kinds from people hailing from different regions and walks of life. It’s called Freedom For China and it’s about human rights abuses in China – namely the Chinese Communist Party is persecuting people from the tai chi type practice Falun Gong who only practice Truthfulness Compassion and Forbearance. The CCP couldn’t stand to see so many people practicing harmoniously and together, so they begun a persecution. I brought together some music Indie, Rock, Hip Hop to highlight this issue to people of all kinds.
I now want to make songs in French and Spanish. That will help to reach out to other countries who do not speak English.
I want to travel this year, and I probably will.
I thought I knew a soulmate through the internet, perhaps I can visit her.
I hope to start a teaching course.
It’s important to set goals and get clear, cos if you don’t know – the driver, and then the universe doesnt know as such either! Also. But it’s important to not lock a motion into that goal that way you’re open to new pathways and you’re not limiting your possibilities. Stuart Wilde spoke about this stuff and I think it’s pretty cool.
I want to forget people who hurted me
I want to focus on my own life and I want to love myself
I will do my best for finding a new job and for giving new opportunities to me and to people I love
I want to give and to receive love
I want to be satisfied of what I am doing and of what I’ll do
I want to live
Simona
i want 2 live
So what I want in 2009…
I want to find peace inside of me… Right now I am like tree without a ground to grow into. How I am able to found this peace…I am not sure, but I hope I´ll find the way.
I sence there´s lot of positive energy ahead, so I keep that touhgt as my guidline and go where ever my heart tells me to go.
I started to think when writing, that maybe it isn´t a bad thing that I can´t find this “peace”. Maybe that´s what keeps me wondering… maybe there is greater maeating to be discovered. Maybe I need to see bit more…
Meaningfull new year 2009 for all!
Teija
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