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As I listened to this song (Enrique Iglesias’ Hero), I wondered if there ever is gonna be my hero. I grew up as a kid with no hero. I get into trouble, I rescue myself. I scratch my knee, I bawl but then I keep my wounded knee from the elders…and it heals by itself. The thing is that I’ve never had a dilemma that was bigger than what I can solve. I grew up never needing a hero.
That was until I got my heart wounded. The very first time it happened, I was devastated. I couldn’t understand the pain. It was so deep within that I can feel it in my core and I just can’t take it to the surface. I can’t throw it away. It was within me…And you wouldn’t believe who broke my heart first. It was my father. Isn’t it that he was supposed to be my first hero? He was supposed to be my Superman. My Santa Clause. He was supposed to watch me grow up, but he didn’t and I just couldn’t understand why.
The truth is that I just don’t want anyone to be my hero because the moment they do, they just disappoint me. People come into my life and one by one, I watch them fall short of my expectations. Yes, people do things for me but there wasn’t a thing they did that I couldn’t do. What I wanted and needed for them to do is just to be here for me…to just let me need them.
But no one ever let me. They all taught me how to be strong enough to be on my own. It isn’t bad to be strong but it feels bad when everyone just expects you to be OK when you aren’t. It feels so bad when you want to need someone but you can’t because you know there’s just no one around.
Some of the people who know me might say I’m just being silly and that I shouldn’t feel this thing that I’m feeling,blah blah blah…They just don’t understand. They just won’t because they’ve never been in my place. I remember someone telling me that I have everything I could ever wish for…but come to think of it, if I had someone, why would I ever write about it here?
OK. Perhaps I wasn’t really born to be a weakling but would it hurt if I had someone to take me away from the pain of the past? Is there really a hero out there?
Cher Paulo,
J’ai deux projets qui me tiennent a coeur et je veux vous en faire part.
“Mon cirque du Soleil”
Comment je le vois et pourquoi
Il est rempli de lumiere, d’inspiration et de magie,
Si je ne pousse pas la porte, je ne vais jamais savoir ce qu’il y a de l’autre cote, ce que je vais trouver,
C’est soit oui, soit non,
J’ai le sens de l’aventure,
Je merite ma place au soleil,
L’amitie ca se cultive et c’est important,
Parce qu’il vaut mieux rire que pleurer,
Il vaut mieux donner que recevoir,
C’est un choix,
Because I am much, much more than that.
Ce que j’ai fait
J’ai fait une liste des choses que j’aimais et que je n’aimais pas.
Je me suis rendue compte, que oui, j’avais du talent.
J’ai fait quelque chose pour moi.
La veille de Noel, je suis allee faire les magasins rien que pour me faire plaisir – une heure de pur bonheur –
Avec mes $30 en poche, j’ai achete mon petit “gadget”, un tong pour $3.95, un sous-vetement en soldes $9.95 et un nouveau savon de “papaya et Chai tea – Cout $9.00 – gift-wrapped and all -
J’ai absorbe l’atmosphere de Noel au maximum – a part of that time was spent watching the children having their photograph taken with Father Christmas.
Ce matin, je suis allee marcher et j’ai repris contact avec la nature.
Parmi mes talents, je peux enumerer les suivants :
J’aime parler…..et puis j’en ai des choses a dire ouh! la la….J’ai une opinion sur beaucoup de sujets….
Je suis douee pour les langues – je peux lire l’italien et le portuguais sur ce blog – ca c’est interessant -
J’aime la musique
J’adore lire et voyager,
Je pense que je ferais un bon psychologue,
I like to do the Kumi-E, a Japanese hand-made torn collage. I like to make my own cards too.
I like to learn calligraphy. Japanese art appeals to me in general, they teach you patience and I need that.
Mental illness is where I want to focus my energy.
I have a good sense of humour. It just occurred to me that having a good sense of humour can hide a lot of pain behind, however, is also a way towards recovery.
I know my motives are not based on financial gains, when you love to do something, it never is. I have experienced it on many occasions and am familiar with voluntary work.
Following your intuition is what allows you to get in touch with yourself and your creativity.
When you combine your thoughts with your intuition, miracles happen.
You are connecting with your higher self. Albert Einstein describes this beautifully:
“I will do a flight of fantasy and work on some thinking, which is not thinking as you would understand it, but a combinatorial play of some types of imageries and sensory feeling. (Feminine Energy)
Only when this activity comes to some resolution,would I fumble in the other side of my head for words and algebraic statements which would permit me to communicate these insight to others.(masculine Energy) Albert Einstein.
Take risks -
Please get in the game because that is what life is all about.
When you are playing you get all the benefits – sometimes you win, sometimes you loose – You learn and grow, no matter what.
Intuition is a very powerful tool that allows you to communicate with other people without having to utter a word from one side of the planet to another.
What I now understand -
You have to love yourself in order to love others
You are your own best friend.
You are with you all your life and no one knows you better than yourself.
Love your own body and take good care of it.
Eat well, learn to breathe and exercise.
You cannot compare yourself with somebody else.
When you do that, you have a reaction and your ego takes over.
When you communicate with your heart you are in the moment, where the action is.
The text that did it for me -
La milanesia : on the four elements and its importance.
“Fire brings motion
Air brings ascension,
Earth bringing the notion of centrality,
Water bringing fluidity.” Paulo Coelho
Earth = your origins, your roots
Fire = Passion, energy
Air = mind, intellect
Water = feelings, love
The four elements help you to connect with your inner-self.
La necessite de connaitre notre histoire (la terre de nos ancetres), le pivot central, l’essence du “feu” pour injecter la passion avec l’energie et son pouvoir et lorsque les quatre elements fonctionnent ensemble…quel potentiel! You know…..the stuff that dreams are made of….
I understood then by not knowing where I was coming from (Earth element) the “notion of centrality”P.Coelho, that I was missing an important link -without it you are not functioning at your optimal- At the same time, I also understood that there comes a time in your life where you have to draw the line and say “Enough is enough”, to accept it and move on.
Il y a une E-card sur votre site, Paulo, qui dit “Aucun homme n’est une ile.” J’ai pris du temps avant de comprendre sa signification.
Aujourd’hui, je viens poser mon casque de “guerrier de la lumiere” pour vous demander votre assistance en tant que personne qui peut influencer deux de mes projets.
I am well aware that one person on their own cannot change anything.
That is why I am asking for your support in a shift of consciousness.
I believe that what I wrote on your blog can be made into an International song and want to know if you will endorse this.
Dans les semaines qui viennent, le Cirque du Soleil reprendra ses tournees autour du monde et nous aurons la chance de l’accueillir dans notre ville pour la joie de tous les petits et les grands.
In my letter addressed to them, I wrote :”I believe the way things are going these days are not working. A new way of educating need to be put in place,through a shift in consciousness.
I believe as itinerants, you could also contribute to that.”
By passing the message across through an international song.This is what I have in mind, Paulo and I would like to know what are your thoughts on that, please.
I concluded by saying ” We want “more allegria” (Joy), not misery.”
Here is the translation in French of the text I wrote
L’ecole de la vie
Elle est la pour te faire avancer au-dela,
Elle est enfouie au plus profond de toi – ton ame -
Les mots ne sont pas toujours necessaires,
Elle va au-dessus de ca,
Elle est comme une “promesse” qui rend les enfants joyeux,
Elle nous rassure et nous console,
Elle nous enseigne le travail de la discipline et de croire en nous,
Elle change nos obsessions en force,
Elle est remplie d’humanite,
Elle est internationale,
Elle rompt toutes les barrieres – religieuses, ages, races et gendres -
Elle est la pour partager et communiquer,
C’est une guerre avec une difference,
C’est la bataille contre la verite,
Elle est robuste,
Elle est remplie de sagesse,
Elle appelle les choses par leur nom : le bon sens,
Elle nous enseigne l’appreciation dans les plus petites besognes,
Elle est simple et profondement satisfaisante,
C’est l’essence meme de notre existence,
C’est “toi” en cours de developpement,
C’est un cadeau qui est apprecie,
C’est l’ecole de la vie,
C’est un examen de conscience delicieux,
C’est un engagement..
The school of life,
It is there to push you forward and beyond,
It digs deep down to the core of the matter – Your soul –
It does not need any words – it goes beyond that -
It is cosy,
It is like a “promise” that makes a child happy,
It is re-assuring and comforting,
It teaches you discipline tasks and to believe in yourself,
It turns around your obsessions into strengths,
It is humane,
It is international,
It breaks all barriers – religions, ages,races and genders,
It is a different kind of war,
It is the battle against the truth,
It is tough,
It is full of wisdom,
It is plain common sense,
It teaches you appreciation in the smallest task,
It is simple and very fulfilling,
It is the essence of being,
It is you in the making,
It is a gift that is appreciated,
It is the school of life,
It is a soul-searching delight,
It is a commitment,
It deserves our attention.
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Cancer and its ramifications, particularly mental illness is an area where I want to focus my energy on more.
The problem is very significant to alert us to be more pro-active due to the endemic proportion it is taking all around the world.
In my opinion, the fear and the stigma attached to mental illness have to be lifted and view differently by the outside world and the medical profession.
I believe my experience can benefit the scientific world in a positive outcome that will be beneficial to the patients and informative to the General Public.
I support the work and research by Pr David Servan-Schreiber in the psychiatric field as well as the cancer one.
As a member of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Paulo, you might be willing to take this subject and want to support that research.
I have to admit, I am not really sure how to go about it and am seeking your opinion to see if such a project can be undertaken.
True, I have made a lot of mistakes along the way and I will continue to do so.
It has well been worth the challenge though.
This experience has taught me to have faith in humanity ….and that my opinion is as valid as any other one.
I am proud of what I have achieved and am looking forward to the future with more energy and enthusiasm.
….and if that path does not work, there is always the “camino”.
Merci, Paulo, pour votre patience et votre bonne humeur qui me permettent toujours de garder le sourire aux levres.
Passez une bonne journee.
Love,
Marie-Christine
I wanted to share a small poem penned by me on the New Year’s Eve
If
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If I was a gardener,
I would have cleared the weeds of envy and egocentricity
If I was an artist,
I would have wiped out the colors of rues and miseries
If I was a firefighter,
I would have never extinguished a spark called hope
If I was a mason,
I would have laid the bricks of education, empowerment and enrichment
If I was a teacher,
I would have never taught the words synonymous to corruption
If I was a writer,
I would have effaced terrorism from my readers’ minds
If I was a politician,
I would have strived to build a Utopia in my country
Alas, I am just another programmer
Designing her software called Life to match the entire IF conditions
On Lost Love And The Lesson Learned:
I have recently lost the only girl I have ever learned to love – for the first time in my life – more than myself. On the one hand, I am completely broken. But on the other hand, the realization that I have loved her well, and that I have learned of a kind of love that I did not know existed before I met her, is something that makes this time of suffering worth it. Through deep introspection I have learned about the depth of own love and that I have a far greater capacity for love than I ever thought possible.
I wrote her a letter. She never responded, but I needed to empty my heart of everything it held for her in order to be free from it. The last few sentences are some of the hardest I have ever written, but they are also some of the truest words to ever come from me:
“…Those moments between us when we wished time would stop – those times when we laid the most vulnerable parts of our souls at each others feet in love and without fear – were the happiest I have ever been in my life. What an absolutely beautiful and worthwhile thing to have shared with you. That is something that will always connect us and be ours no matter what, and nothing can take that away from us.
I love you.”
I will likely never cross paths with her again, but I will carry the lessons learned from my time with her for the rest of my life. I will give myself completely over to love without questions and without fear once again someday because now I know that I am capable of it.
And that fills me with joy.
Breath deeply,and always manage times to being competely cut off the noises and face your gogerous self alone.
I spent some time yesterday playing John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change” over and over again. While I was listening to the song, I got to think about the different things that are happening everywhere – inside my country (how drug pushers have been bribing our department of justice and how our president is trying to extend her term in office) and outside (how impotent the international community is at the face of war in Israel).
It’s so easy to wait for the world to change. But I’m really getting impatient. We really can’t wait any longer.
Hi Paulo
Im wondering what do you think about this time table:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2009/jan/03/israelandthepalestinians
Thanks if you write about it in an indivdual post.
Cheers,
EXCELENTE el inventario de la normalidad.
Muchas gracias
Buenas Noches….
Si me atrevo a escribirle a alguien como usted en este medio tan publico, es por que apenas hace unos dias atras termine de leer su libro Veronika decide morir, el cual esta demas decirle que es a mi parecer el mejor que he leido de ud…
En este libro hay tanto de verdad, tanta realidad en como la mayoria de las personas nos acostumbramos a lo sencillo, a lo tradicional. a lo que la familia y sociedad concidera que esta bien, que nos reprimimos de ser realmente quien somos, por no quedar en mal con todos ellos…
Tal vez, esto que le digo es una tonteria, pero no se imagina lo que me ha puesto a pensar, reconciderar su libro…
En un mundo irreal, le invitaria a mi casa…Sentarnos a tomar un cafe y hablar de esta obra….
Que tenga una feliz noche…(aca lo es)
On sunday, December 21st at 11:15 PM, a 15-year-old boy who goes to my school named Nick Rauser, died in a car crash. This was a learning experiance for me, it taught me to appreciate life, and whatever it throws at you, because the things you take for granted will not always be here, like life, and love and friendship. By the time most people realize this fact, sad but true, their life has already left them in the dust.
R.I.P Nick Rauser
1993-2008
” THE IMPORTANT IN 2009 , IT IS TO COMMUNICATE ”
Yes, but above all the important rest to communicate, to establish a contact. Yes, but above all the important rest to communicate, to establish a contact. Whether it is in the goose quill, by SMS or carrier pigeon it doesn’t much matter, that is better than to remain dumb. Whether it is in the goose quill, by SMS or carrier pigeon it doesn’t much matter, that is better than to remain dumb. But it is true that with the electronic message, the personal side can miss, when we send the same text to tens of persons maybe, but
And then there is another dimension given to the thought, on second thought when we write on paper. We have the time to read again, the letter never leaves at once etc. …
” The important , it is to communicate ”
LOVE AND SHARE ^ _ ^
LES SIGNES : ouvrir les yeux et ressentir
LOVE : donnez donnez , vous recevrez
RETIRER LA POUSSIERE DE VOTRE CORPS POUR VOUS LIBERER ET VOIR ( la poussière = vos peurs , vos préjugés , les fausses vérités , l’égoisme , le non vouloir , l’endormissement , etc )
-> LIBERTE / AMOUR / VOIR ET ENTENDRE LES SIGNES / LA VRAIE VIE
THE SIGNS: open eyes and feel
LOVE: GIVE give, you will receive
REMOVE THE DUST OF YOUR BODY TO FREE YOU AND SEE (the dust = your fears, your prejudices, the false truths, the égoisme, the not will, the Sleepy action(share), etc.)
- > FREEDOM / LOVE / to SEE AND TO HEAR THE SIGNS / THE TRUE LIFE
« L’important en 2009, c’est de communiquer »
Oui, mais avant tout l’important reste de communiquer, d’établir un contact. Que ce soit à la plume d’oie, par SMS ou pigeon voyageur peu importe, ça vaut mieux que rester muet. Mais c’est vrai qu’avec le message électronique, le côté personnel peut manquer, quand on envoie le même texte à des dizaines de personnes… peut-être , mais
Et puis il y a une autre dimension donnée à la pensée, à la réflexion quand on écrit sur papier. On a le temps de se relire, la lettre ne part jamais tout de suite…etc …
« L’important, c’est de communiquer »
love and share
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Hello all.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you all to an exciting new project I will be running from today!! In areas of the world of famous writers, fans take it upon themselves to take different stories and write their own version or to write a version that has never been printed, for example I wrote a passage on Santiago returning to the gypsy woman after he had found his treasure, this never appeared in the original text.
Another example; Veronica never takes the sleeping pills in the first chapter… and what follows.
I hope you can see where I am going with this!! Please see the link bellow for the Wiki explanation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction
This is a non profit venture and the texts will only be posted online (for free), never to reach the presses! Sorry!
So if we, the fans, can get it together I will be launching the Paulo Coelho fanfiction website on the 19th of March this year.
You can contact me traditionalhypnotherapy@gmail.com… Please remember that I work a 45 hour week, but I will get back to you in time… Please note also we will be using ‘google docs’ to communicate the texts, so please don’t attach files. I can send you more info on this.
L’important n’est pas ce qu’on dit, mais la façon dont on le dit
On le sait depuis longtemps sans y croire vraiment, mais ce que vous dites dans une conversation est moins important que la façon dont vous le dites. C’est à tout le moins l’argument qu’avance le dernier livre du professeur Sandy Pentland, Honest Signals, publié aux presses du MIT.
Dans une conversation, “les indices qui décident votre interlocuteur sont si subtils, qu’aucun des protagonistes n’en a vraiment conscience”, explique le professeur Pentland. Parmi ces facteurs inconscients, il y a l’activité (Le terme d’activité peut désigner une profession.) physique (La physique (du grec φυσικη) est étymologiquement la science de la nature. Son champ…) de votre interlocuteur et le ton de sa conversation, l’intérêt commun, les mimiques ou la cohérence des propos. Ces indices subtils fournissent les “signaux honnêtes” de ce qui se passe vraiment lors de la conversation.
Li
On peut penser que d’ici là
Le monde aura changé de nom
Et que rien ne résistera
Au temps qui passe, de toute façon
On peut s’attendre à retrouver
Un peu de toi dans mes chagrins
On verra bien que j’ai pleuré
Et que j’ai tenu d’autres mains
Je serai là au temps qui passe
Au temps qui a raison de tout
Je serai là comme je suis là devant chez nous
Je serai là comme une trace
Sur les vestiges d’un amour fou
Je serai là comme je suis là
Le mot de passe ce sera nous
On peut penser que tu voudras
Me raconter nos retrouvailles
Faudra-t-il alors que j’y crois
Comme j’ai cru à nos batailles
On peut passer si près de toi
Sans te toucher, sans te comprendre
Il y a ces mots qui n’auront pas
Eu la patience de t’attendre
Je serai là au temps qui passe
Au temps qui a raison de tout
Je serai là comme je suis là devant chez nous
Je serai là comme une trace
Sur les vestiges d’un amour fou
Je serai là comme je suis là
Le mot de passe ce sera nous
Je n’ai que ça d’éternité à te confier
Ces quelques heures
Où j’aurais choisi d’arrêter
Le petits battements de mon cœur
Je serai là au temps qui passe…
Plus grand que ça DE PASCAL OBISPO ( chanteur et …poète )
Cheres fleurs
Un peu de poésie pour les vacances…
Aux rampants de la terre
Qui lèchent les vernis,
Ces courbettes de travers
Qui se prétendent amies,
Aux venins des vipères
Qui salissent pour salir,
Je ne m’excuserai pas
D’oser vouloir être
Plus grand que ça
Aux faiseurs de discours
Qui ne sont que du vent,
Je préfère les vautours
Qui n’touchent pas les vivants
A ceux qui tournent autour
Dents blanches par devant,
Eux-mêmes ne pardonnent pas
Qu’on veuille être seulement
Plus grand que ça
Allez-y jusqu’au bout
Allez-y ça fait rien,
Plutôt que tendre la joue
J’préfère tendre la main,
Ca s’retourne je sais bien
Un jour ou l’autre contre vous
J’aurais au moins pour moi
D’avoir essayé parfois
D’être…
Plus grand que ça
Je suis dans cette cour
A me faire tout petit,
Et même pas sûr qu’un jour
On en sorte grandi,
Qu’on me parle pas d’amour
Mais plutôt de mépris
Et ne m’en voulez pas
D’essayer quelquefois
D’être…
Plus grand que ça
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Je vous embrasse mes fleurs
et n’oubliez jamais que
l amour nous guérit toujours de tout
Bonnes vacances
Captain Samourai Flower
Today the universe celebrates for John the Baptist..
So pray and glorify the Warrior of the Warriors and let the hidden light enlighten our lives..
A LETTER FOR ALL THE MOTHERS…
Dear Paulo,
You have participated in a book that his title in french is HISTOIRES D’ ENFANCE(1998) .In Greece this book has the title AND THE GOD CREATED THE MOTHER.You have written a WISE story about the mother that it is worth to be read from all.
I would like to thank you for the opportunity that you give us to publish our own thoughts in your blog.I would like to post THIS LETTER FOR ALL THE MOTHERS that I think can make a difference to the world today.
For all the mothers around the world is dedicated the following letter written by a child…
MAMA DON ‘T FORGET
1) Don’t spoil me .I very well know that you are not supposed to give me everything I ask for.I am just testing you.
2) Don’t be afraid to be firm with me.I prefer it .It makes me feel more sure.
3)Don ‘ t make me feel younger that I am.That pushes me to act as if I am great.
4)Don’t reprimand me in front of others if you can.I will pay more attention to what you say if you speak to me calmly at a moment we are alone.
5) Don’t create the feeling that my mistakes are sins.In that way ,I confuse the values that I have learned to recognise.
6) Don’t protect me from the consequences.I ned to undergo them in order to learn.
7) Don’t pay too much attention to my little ailments.Sometimes they are created just to get your attention.
8) Don’t reprimand me all the time because then I will just have to act like I am deaf.
9) Don’t make superficial promises.I feel very ignored when you donot keep them.
10) Don’t contradict yourself.You confuse me incredibly and make me lose my faith in you.
11) Don’t underestimate my honesty .Your threats often lead me to lying.
12) Don’t ignore me when I ask you questions.If you do something like that ,you will discover that I will begin getting my information from other sources.
13) Don’t try to make believe that you are perfect or infallible.It is shocking to me when I discover you are neither.
14)Don’t ever believe that your esteem will drop if you ask me for forgiveness.Honest recognition of your mistake ,creates very warm feelings towards you.
15 ) Don’t forget how fast I grow.It must be difficult to keep the pace as me ,but please try.
16)Don’t forget how much I need your understanding and your love.But I do not need to tell you that,do I????…..
YOUR CHILD
Much respect ,
Chrissa
In Italia, un ragazzino sta raccontando la sua lotta contro un osteosarcoma in un blog, il cui link è: http://ilpaolino.blog.tiscali.it/. Fateci un salto e ricordate sempre quanto siete fortunati ad essere in salute.
Il presente è un dono, perciò viviamolo intensamente, senza pensare a passato e futuro.
In Italy, a boy is writing about his fight against ostheosarcoma in a web blog (http://ilpaolino.blog.tiscali.it/). Reading it will make you remember how lucky you are for being healty.
Our present is a gift, so let’s live it deeply, without thinking about past and future.
Dear Paulo,
Thank you very much for being open and showing us that you are very kind hearted person.
I really appreciate your effort for the man kind. Well, I do not know what to share and how to show it here in this section but I have a little quote for today, that I have written for today and here it goes-
“Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice and do the things that you like most.You will gain the most.”
I want to ask one question-
Should we live to eat or eat to live?
What do you think Paulo ?
Thanks a lot Mr. Coelho for generating this space. ‘Love multiplies by dividing’ (from, By the river Piedra I sat down and wept).
I just so much want to believe that we do not interpret the one cherished bit of our imagined “should-be’s”, as Life. The thought of being obsessed with a fragment of my own imagination, however intellect I believe it to be, so much so that it creates a fanciful burlesque fantasy for me, freaks me out to the bones. Since the real life, the one that flows all around, and even within and without us, does not comply to the diction of our assumed versions of life, we end up feeling disappointed, betrayed and wronged.
Let life be free from the compulsion of an essential pursuit of happiness. Let life come to you as it is. Let it embrace you with open arms just like that and let us all celebrate the beauty of it as it is.
We stop seeing the true colour of life when all what we do is wait, or want, or whine about missing the rosy happy-faced life. We limit our vision by not permitting our self to cherish every shade of life. We become colour blind and thus let so many precious moments of life slip through our fingers: moments , each of which could suffice the entire length of our existence. Moments which, if we had not turned blind to, could change the course of our lives. Moments, that could teach us so many new paths leading to so many new horizons, opening up so many new vistas.Only if we stop looking for happiness and start living each day as it is. Only if we allow ourselves the luxury of letting ourself free from the self imposed compulsions!!!
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For a detailed version you may kindly visit the recently begun blog http://leenahmeetsthesoul.blogspot.com/
Dear Paulo,
Today for me is only one thing relevant and it make me feel sick of shame because of Europe Comunity leaders.
For them priority today is Russian and Ucrainian quarell that stops gas supply for Europe.
It is priority to have superflous heat, light and all comodities, and they press goverments to do something about it
but
who cares that in Gaza women, children, normal citizens are undiscriminately killed and denied of all human rights from
Izrael. Under attacks of Israel died our conscioesness, died our honour as we do nothing to stop it.
I do not care if because of no gas I’ll have to sleep in cold room if only I could sleep with peace of my mind.
This is all for today, as I am too hurted and my vocabulary is out of control.
Thank you for the opportunity !
Love,
Luce
Hi Paolo,
I’m amazed at how you reach out to with your readers and fans. Thank you for your space, your books and the many inspirations you give to us daily. :D I’d like to learn how to make a difference one day.
“…is to learn how to embrace life as it comes, to learn to embrace its many ups and downs and its many surprises and disappointments. I choose to no longer fight against it or run away from it or ignore it by immersing myself in more work.
Life. I’ve lived you for 27 years. I’m no longer afraid. Come and show me what you got!”
Paulo, I have been enjoying your blog for quite some time. What I’d like to share with your readers, in the spirit of the new year and new beginnings, is my own poetry blog. I think that the people who enjoy your thoughtful and insightful posts might also be able to soak up some inspiration from my words. Here is an excerpt from a recent poem:
But no matter how much I lament these
scratches in my iced-over rear view mirror,
I understand somewhere deep down
that I am better for the damage.
More real; more human.
Much more loving; so much changed.
And still, the water flows toward you.
Even uphill it will make its seasonal trek.
One day it will be warmed by sunlight
instead of solidified by the cold.
Tonight I settle into the shiver;
the frostbite taking me over.
Read the rest at Kelley-Online.com
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to stop by. :)
Boa Tarde!!!!
Paulo,e um imenso prazer estar no seu blog,você pra mim e mais que um escritor você a prova viva que somente os homens com a força de Deus pode mudar o mundo!!!
Te Adoro e Admiro muito!!!!
Obrigado por você compartilhar suas experiências comigo!!!Pois cada livro que li foi um conselho que você me deu!!!!
Well,hi everybody.I am living in a country that has to pay today for the war between Rusia and Ukraina,the war for gas.The whole country are without fuel,and we have nights that is -24Cdegrees.Apart that,I really hate the financial crises,because this is a further reason to some bussiness men to lower salary and to pretend the entire life of the poor employee.
Apart that,I am quite used to difficulties,and I agree that “the need is the best teacher’,mean when we really need something we might come to solutions we never thought before,but that might be very simple.
Another thing that is close to my heart,is that I am a great fan of the writer and histiryan of relligions ,Mircea Eliade,and to whom loves good and entertaining readings,as well as an fantastic and intellectual phrose ,I recommend to read some of his short stories:”The Snake”,”Miss Christina”,”Youth without Youth”,the last stands for basis to the movie ,last of Francis Ford Copolla.I think is interesting to try,I am fond of that writer.
I dont know who had read about Dino Buzzatti,I also consider him great writer.And,I would like the opinion of dear Paulo Coelho on how important are degrees in reaching success,as writer for example.One may have tallent without degrees?Obviously yes.But still,is enough tallent?
Another thing I am aware in the last period is the great similarities between rites or symbols in very wide range of relligions.I can say I have friends muslims,hindu,protestants,chatolic,and I respect all .We have so many in common,so,why the wars that we see in tv?
Why politicians cant be friends as common people?
The last and not least.I pray everybody to not have prejudices,because someone is born in a place or another,or because of coloured skin.Is the worst thing to do.People are good and bad all around the world.
God bless you everybody,Love
Por suerte no cada noche, pero un gran número de ellas, me despierto en la oscuridad y el calor de la cama y es entonces cuando oigo su voz.
Dulce, melodiosa, suave pero segura; clara, aunque nadie más la oiga…
Sí, la noche habla, susurra al oído de quien está despierto pensamientos e ideas con una voz tan tenue, que de día, no se escucharían…
Temo estas conversaciones a medias. En la oscuridad, no puedo escribir, ni pintar, ni siquiera hablar, salvo para mí misma, y es en esos momentos cuando haría cualquier cosa, y estoy segura de que lo haría bien…
Intento fijarlo todo en mi mente, que quede guardado hasta la mañana siguiente, pero al despertar, todo lo acariciado, lo que he tenido al alcance de mi mano, se esfuma como se esfuma también la oscuridad…
A menudo me levanto con la sensación de tener que hacer algo, pero por más que lo intento, no logro recordar…
¿Dónde se esconden mis ideas, mis pensamientos y proyectos nocturnos?
…
No sé que tienes, Noche,
No sé qué te pasa,
Que Tú nunca duermes,
Y en la oscuridad,
Siempre me hablas.
My articles are written on professional issues and are not in English (but one). I had a philosophical one published when I was 15, but also is in Romanian.
I don’t have something to share with you, but my comments… :)
All my respect for you!
Adina
“New Year’s Resolutions: The Two Lists” by Scott Blum
I was fortunate to spend time with an enigmatic man named Robert during a very special period of my life. Robert taught me many things during our days together, and this time of year reminds me of one particular interaction we had.
“Now that you are becoming more aware,” Robert said, “you need to begin to set goals for yourself so you don’t lose the momentum you have built.”
“Like New Year’s resolutions?” I asked.
“That’s an interesting idea,” he smirked. “Let’s do that.”
By then I was used to his cryptic responses, so I knew something was up because of the way his eyes sparkled as he let out an impish laugh.
“Tonight’s assignment is to make two lists,” Robert continued. “The first is a list of all the New Year’s resolutions you WANT to keep, and the second is a list of all the New Year’s resolutions you WILL keep. Write the WANT List first, and when you have exhausted all of your ideas, then write the second list on another sheet of paper.”
That night I went home and spent several hours working on the two lists. The WANT List felt overwhelming at first, but after a while I got into writing all the things I had always wanted to do if the burdens of life hadn’t gotten in the way. After nearly an hour, the list swelled to fill the entire page and contained nearly all of my ideas of an ideal life. The second list was much easier, and I was able to quickly commit ten practical resolutions that I felt would be both realistic and helpful.
The next day, I met Robert in front of the local food Co-op, where we seemed to have most of our enlightening conversations. “Tell me about your two lists,” Robert said as the familiar smirk crept onto his face.
“The first list contains all the things I SHOULD do if I completely changed my life to be the person I always wanted to be. And the second list contains all the things I COULD do by accepting my current life, and taking realistic steps towards the life I want to lead.”
“Let me see the second list,” he said.
I handed him the second list, and without even looking at it, he ripped the paper into tiny pieces and threw it in the nearby garbage can. His disregard for the effort I had put into the list annoyed me at first, but after I calmed down I began to think about the first list in a different light. In my heart, I knew the second list was a cop out, and the first list was the only one that really mattered.
“And now, the first list.” Robert bowed his head and held out both of his hands.
I purposefully handed him the first list and held his gaze for several seconds, waiting for him to begin reading the page. After an unusually long silence, he began to crumple the paper into a ball and once again tossed it into the can without looking at it.
“What did you do that for?!” I couldn’t hide my anger any longer.
Robert began to speak in a quiet and assured voice. “What you SHOULD or COULD do with your life no longer matters. The only thing that matters, from this day forward, is what you MUST do.”
He then drew a folded piece of paper from his back pocket and handed it to me.
I opened it carefully, and found a single word floating in the middle of the white page:
“Love.”
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For more stories about Robert, visit http://www.scottblum.net
Following literally your idea for this space, at time of writing the top story on the Google News page is one from the BBC with the headline “Optimism over Gaza ceasefire plan”. As fragile as hope ever is, this is surely good news.
I feel abundant and absorbent of knowledge, I do feel like the worst thing we have as human beings is ignorance. Knlowledge atracts knowledge and that is enjoiable, how one thing led to another in the path of gaining knowledge and feel abundant.
I also want to share a very cheesy prhase or thought but the most true one: LOVE CAN DO ANYTHING, or as Lennon said: All you need is love!!!!. In all of its forms you can use it, depend on it and enjoy it!!!
Paulo has been a very bright light in my path as well as Deepak Chopra (I mean their books) and now this days of internet evolution its beautiful to have blogs and forums to read about them or any of their ideas.
Love to all.
An interesting way of using your space on your blog. At times I feel the respect and kindness you have to your readers. It is weird, you are a successful author and you are here communicating with us.
Nice idea bribery,you need to,even if you can’t afford a blackberry
Those are a few cartoons I made on bribery :)
The most beautiful immagine of the TRUE PEACE I was see today:
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/27/m_45d38e3790664d798ed68cced8c82f29.jpg
Dear Paulo,
I read carefully today your inventory and I agree in many of them.
There is a lot of true in every point that you write.
Some of them are funny like this to Christmas.
I’ll print and save it for read again later.
I was always curious about my dreams and how to follow them, and actually like each one of us i have many dreams but I’m not sure about which one to follow! The easiest ones or the “impossible” ones!
Few days ago, I took my decision: To listen.
To listen to the deepest sounds that lies in our unusual silent! and Its amazing that once you do this, you’ll be listening to the perfect symphony of your heart beats, and it’s where you body and soul start asking for a challenge!
Thanks to Don Paulo, my new challenge is to start taking risks,
for it would make my life much more interesting!
Happy 2009 to all.
Hello,
Thank you Paulo for sharing your space :)
I would like to share a poem I wrote below titled “Dormir”. It came to me as I was riding my bicycle early in the morning, the air was so fresh and clean that day and my heart was dancing and smiling…..
DORMIR
sitting in the quiet silence
i feel it stirring in my chest
fluttering, shifting
like a bird trying to stretch its wings
new instruments of flight
i shall call it “avian”
slowly it grows
surrounding my heart
flooding my brain
i feel it expand
it is larger than me
a mere dot on the distant horizon
a delicate luminescence
fragile….and yet
not quite so…
easy to pierce
each moment
each silent, precious, delicious moment
contains the secrets of the universe
life and death
love, pain, anger, sadness, compassion, connection
come and sit with me…
listen…do you hear it?
amorphous
ephemeral..it drifts away
until…
the next..
pause..listen…
here it comes again….
this dance could last forever…infinity..
but
we are mere mortals…so…
it lasts until…the end….
today..
i fell in love
with life…
my new mistress
she dances…seduces me..
awakening my desire for more..
an appetite as i’ve never known before
i shall nestle in her bosom forever….infinity
breathing in…lavender…rose..
intoxicating….
not quite unlike…
the crisp air of dawn
she taunts me….
with promises of..
desire for…
forever…infinity…
how can i resist…
sitting in the quiet silence
i feel it stirring in my chest
fluttering, shifting
like a bird trying to stretch its wings
new instruments of flight
i shall call it “avian”
Well then, i have a portuguese blog and my last post was “Why do the people don’t listen to your heart?”
Why when you saw a bum you don’t get your heart asking desperately to help, or when you see someone with difficulties to cross the street you just don’t go there and help him?
My heart gets fulminated when i saw someone, last night, who needed my help and my arms and i just didn’t. It’s like a lost bullet.
Our blindness to pretend that we can’t see the reality around us just scared me.
A while ago I wrote a nice little analogy for life that I use as a set of rails to guide my interactions with other people. It was based on an idea that one of my friends told me. From the post:
The basic idea is that you are a pie… A delicious pie with slices of a variety of sizes and flavors.
Each piece of your pie represents a part of your life that you need fulfilled by a person. Slices could represent any parts of you, emotional, physical, or spiritual.
You can see the rest here.
Brotherhood
Once there were two brothers. Both of them lived on a farm which they had inherited from their parents. One of them was married and the other was single. These two brothers worked on this farm all day. At the end of each day they shared their harvest.
One day the bachelor brother thought:
“To share the grain equally is not just or right. I am alone and I don’t have many needs.” On the strength of this idea he left a sack of grain at his older brother’s house; he did this secretly, without letting anyone else see.
At the same time, the older married brother was thinking to himself:
“To share the grain equal is not just. Furthermore I am married. I have a wife and children. My children can take care of me when I get older. But my younger brother has no one.”
Thus, the married brother took a sack of grain to his younger brother, again, secretly. Both brothers continued to do this for a long time. They did not understand what was actually happening because their cereal never diminished. Then one night both brothers were taking a sack of grain to the other, secretly. They ran into one another, and saw that the other had a sack of grain on his back. In the end they understood what had been happening for years.
They put down the sacks of grain and gave each other a hug. The greatest happiness in this life is to believe yourself loved by others.
Source: http://www.fountainmagazine.com/
The thought that has helped me through a lot of days lately, is something I’d never heard before last week:
“Let’s make better mistakes tomorrow.”
that just really resonated with me — I hope it brings peace to someone else’s day.
Life is about fun and passion, if you know how to make it so!
A great year to everybody!
I was reading the Warrior of Light – Inventory of Normality today. I have lots of things to say about each point stated there but I would like to focus on only a few ones:
11] Thinking that parents are always right.
I was 14 years old, one day I was called to the office of the school counsellor (everyone at school had a visit there because it was compulsory). I had told her that sometimes I don’t think like the way my parents think. Is there something wrong with me? I asked. She said to me that, if everyone followed their parents exactly there would be no advances in the world. That day my life has changed because my thinking has changed. I listened to my parents and everybody else but I formed and followed my own thinking.
18] Keeping a smile on your face when you really want to cry. And feeling sorry for those who show their own feelings.
I am a grieving mother and I really try hard to keep a smile on my face out in the public even though I want to cry all the time for my precious. I am not ashamed of showing my feelings but in my case it is a never ending sadness so just to be normal I wear a mask. I think this is ok because it is a protection against depression in my opinion.
30] As you grow older, thinking you are the wisest man in the world, even though not always do you have enough life experience to know what is wrong.
Good words “…what is wrong…”. Or “…what is right…”. Right and Wrong are all relative and depends on the circumstances.
I have belive in true love
Until my heart is filled
I live with my selfes
In truth and happines
I am writing an aestic blogg of my own, mostly in Norwegian, but i am going to change this to english. I have an idea to publish a book with true love context, peoems and art in form of photos and paintings. http://bareare4.blogspot.com/
Thanks Paulo, for love in the humans and the erath we borrow in our lifes.
230.000 visiteurs : incroyable Paulo
je sentais le lien mais pas à ce point ….
nous aspirons tous au bonheur
changeons notre vision des choses , afin de changer les choses , et de vivre plus de bonheurs
prenez un instant , un moment pour prendre du recul sur vous , votre famille , votre vie , la vie de vos parents , la vie de vos enfants , la vie dans votre pays , la vie dans le monde
et dites vous ce que vous aimeriez améliorer , et essayez chaque jour de faire pour essayer d’obtenir le changement vers votre rêve : parfois un tout peiti rien peut changer tant de chose
et des tout petits riens forment un grand tout : surtout si vous pensez que vous êtes des milliers a effectuer un petit changement pour le meilleur , pour le bonheur
love and love / peace and all for you
230.000 visitors: incredible Paulo
I felt the link but not so….
We aspire all to the happiness
Let us change our vision of things, to change things, and live more happiness
Take a moment, a moment to set of the recession(drop) on you, your family, your life, the life of your parents, the life of your children, the life in your country, the life in the world
And say you what you would like to improve, and try every day to make to try to obtain the change towards your dream: sometimes some little thing can change so much thing
And quite small nothingness forms a big everything: especially if you think that you are thousands has to make a small change for the best, for the happiness
love and love / peace and all for you
THANKS AND THANKS FOR YOU and for us too
I attach what is possibly the most relevant refection on communication that I have ever read, to me it says that its not what we say but how we say it – Barack Obama demonstrated that he understands how to speak to the part of Humans that wants to listen and has been successful as a result.
Perhaps adopting the right attitude to each other could really improve the world?
What do you think?
The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the
assumption that insight will work with people who are
unmotivated to change.
Communication does not depend on syntax, or
eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the
emotional context in which the message is being
heard.
People can only hear you when they are moving
toward you, and they are not likely to when your words
are pursuing them.
Even the choicest words lose their power when they are
used to overpower.
Attitudes are the real figures of speech.”
Edwin Friedman
Hi, I’m also an Ortodox christian but i celebrated Christmas on 25 dec (based on the new calendar). Anyway i wish you a happy Christmas and a very good year!
Finally, let Beatles tell the story :
‘Life is very short and there’s no time
For fussing and fighting my friend’
(We can work it out)
Reasons to be cheerful: we are all millionaires
Thanks to the financial crisis WE ARE ALL MILLIONAIRES.
Why is that? Well, the financial crisis made clear that a millionaire is someone with lots of money that does not exist. It is al about non existing money. But, and this is the fun part, we all have lots of non existing money. We all have millions of non existing money: WE ARE ALL MILLIONAIRES.
Hristos se rodi!
I am Orthodox christian and today we celebrate the birth of our lord Isus.I wish to all of you peace,good health and joy.And as would Paulo sad:the best way to serve God is to follow our hearts.
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