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I STILL LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Paulo why did you write about a killer? Why a killer?
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“We need to remember that all the choices we made are made out of love. So there are no really wrong or right decisions even if the outcome turns out to be so painful or would seem wrong. With this knowing, we become more conscious, we become more aware. It would be easier for us to know; are we acting out of fear or are we acting out of love? Either way, we are still going to find ourselves where we ought to be. And that is where we are now.” - 29 December 2008
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“if i could still talk to him…” is a letter I imagined I’d be able to give still to a long lost love … I wrote this 2 months ago, when every moment of my life was a long, heavy burden i couldnt possibly endure further…
but it just went on anyway.
And so, just because i needed to breathe, just because I had to at least try breathing inside the dark coffin I felt I was placed in even if I had been alive, I had to imagine that happiness was at my reach. I started to write a love letter, believing that my long-gone lover would read it.
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Dear Catherine
Many thanks for your comments, I have learned a lot from them.
History and many many other topics are not my “forte” I really appreciate that a lot.
and yes 5,000 years was just a range they chose in that article.
Love
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I see very encouraging signs coming through what I read on this blog that the world is really at a crossroad and is willing to change for the betterment of mankind.
I had a look around the archives and was looking for the comment made by Savita on the 4th of December regarding education. (The soldier in the Forest J.P. Setau .)Thanks Savita and Paulo for reminding us of the importance of education.
In my opinion, education is one of our priority if we want to change this world. It has to start with the future - our children - and how we are going to educate them will determine the new world.
The Reggio Emilia’s school in Italy are reknown all around the world. The school focus on the education of children from 3 months to 6 years.
We know how important those years are for the development of children, it determines who they will become as a person for the future.
This is done through careful observations of each individual child to see what their competences are - using all senses - visual, touch, smell, kinesthetic, taste and emotional -
A program is implemented in an open-dialogue between children, parents and teachers, all collaborating in an innovative way to bring the best in the child by acquiring critical skills that allows him to learn through his mistakes and teaching him other skills in an engaging way that enhances his creativity. By listening and guiding the child in a loving and caring way, he is able to express himself in a responsible manner that will benefit his community and the world in the future.
“Our tasks, regarding creativity is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible” Loris Malaguzzi (Reggio Emilia)
I also came across another program “The City Kid”- funded by Laurie Meadof in New York. It is a multi-cultural youth organisation, one where youth - the next generation - can come together , feel positive about their lives by expressing their own needs.
Reggio Emilia and Laurie Meadoff, I salute you!
Time to do some lobbying and demanding what is best for our children.
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Let me grow
Let me learn
Let me flourish
Let me live
Let me be
As old and wise
As an ancient tree
One that stood
Steady and brave
Throughout life’s storms
Hurricanes
Floods
Thunders
One that sheltered
Others
At the time of need
And changed with the seasons
Openly
Defiantly
With roots anchored to my Mother
And branches rising to my Father
Let me grow
Let me learn
Let me flourish
Let me live
Let me be
A mighty tree
One of life and love and light and laughter
Let me be me
I am a Tree.
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Dear Paulo, i am a reader of you’re book from around 1985, i am an admirer of you’re talents. Even some time i write article i will never try to publish it scaring to destroy the quality of you’re writing …
In Geneva i never have the chance, to meet you …
Now i am too far away (China) and is really pity i cannot find some of you’re book in Chinese for let the son of my wife read it , i remenber how you’re book chnce my view in life in many point
Cheer
Yann
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“It isn’t explanations that carry us forward, it’s our desire to go on.” from Brida, by Paulo Coelho
I could offer all kinds of explanations as to why this post is three days late. Really. I have lots of reasons (aka excuses). Some of them are even good ones.
But what would be the point?
It’s like the ONE time I climbed what could be called a mountain umpty doodle years ago - Mt. Olympus on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It may not be of Everest proportions but, trust me, it’s the top of the world when you’re standing on top. (Maybe I’ll show you the pictures sometime…)
Anyway, I have historically had a real problem with heights and that day long ago as I huddled on a snowy ledge just dozens of feet below the summit I thought about that and wondered why I’d reached that precarious point - and how in the world I’d get back down.
My co-worker J. and I kvetched to our friend T. who (in a weak moment?) had agreed to lead us to the summit. We had never climbed before and had seemingly reached our limit.
“How much farther? What will it be like?” I whined. But then I caught myself (just in time) and said, “No, don’t tell me. Don’t explain it to me. I’ll just go.”
And I did. At that point it was a vertical - but quick - scramble to the summit - a summit which was completely out of site even though it was so close. And I have to say, that abandonment of fear was completely exhilarating.
Where could your desires take you if you abandoned all fear and just let go?
D-E-S-I-R-E reduces to 33/6: d/4 + e/5 + s/1 + i/9 + r/9 + e/5 = 33. Think about it. And imagine letting go.
Jeri Lynn
from my numerology blog, http://realandimaginary.blogspot.com/2008/10/numerology-for-week-of-oct-26-nov-1.html
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~Love~
Four simple letters that create a complicated word much bigger than any other word in the English language…
Love is knowing, feeling and hearing. It is external, internal and eternal. It will catch you off guard, put you on your guard and take down your guard. It is the first and last thing you will ever feel in this short life. It is a smile, a giggle, a laugh and a snort. It is patience, understanding, learning and growing. It is the force that can drive you to great heights and suddenly without warning pull you to great depths. It is something we crave, long for and miss. It is something we can take for granted, throw away or hide deep inside ourselves. Sometimes we push it away and other times we embrace it, but always it is a part of us.
05-06-08
-NDS
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Welcome to you too dear Thelma. And may your new year a very good one. Thank you to make me think about… Yes: Happy 09 to all of you.
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Dear Marie-Christine,
Thank you for your answers.
To answer to you, all depends on our belief through ancient civilizations. Some historians as Louis Claude Vincent dates Hermes in about 28.275 years before Jesus Christ. He suggests this regarding to his travels and of course, to historical writings and thesis.
-28.275: Immortal kings were then living. Then after that divine Dynasty came the theocracy with mortal kings, and then a deluge. This about 10500 years before 0. Since, it seems the world have been cultivating wars. If now we consider the Osiris crime as a “war”, happening
about -20.500, I let you imagine…
I believe in the eventuality, that the world is far more old than we used to learn at school. I can feel it. From where would come the legends? Human’s imagination? I often heard that was just to fill a blank, before the question of God. But what about drawings in cavern, and ancient writings that talk about dynasties as real events, and not as cartoons? What about built sacred place all around the world?
Whatever, the range you chose was enough sufficient… I just wanted to give an opinion, a vision not stopping the beginning of the civilization, 5000 years ago, nor -28.000 ago; but beyond. :)
Good evening.
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Life is just too short.
It can be beautiful, sometimes we get just a little taste of how amazing it can all be.
It depends on how we tend to view and approach living.There are days when everything makes me happy, little things.Meeting nice people at the store, sunshine, food.It seems that every minute is precious, that I cant efford to waste it.Then there are days when everything goes bad, people tend to be rude, Im hungry, tired, behind the schedule.I just want the day to be over.
It gets me thinking, if my approach would be different on the bad days could a make them better?Is being an optimist helpful?
I have to continue learning how to be an optimist cos I was born with dark glasses on, always worrying and stressing. wish everyday was a good day, then life could be truly beautiful.You would probably say that I wouldnt appreciate the good days without the bad.But I have had my share of bad and now I just want the sun to shine, nice people to say hello, food to be delisious.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PToFY-Upaw0
Elgar’s cello concert.
Dear Francine, I have just read your story. I am sending you my best regards and wishes for a speed recovery. The Mother of a friend of mine had M.S. for more than 40 years. Never lose hope and medicine makes progress everyday. You are lucky you have your parents and your friends visiting you. And most of all you ..read and listen to music, which is an oasis of beauty in our lives. My prayers are with you.
LOVE,
Thelma
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Dear Francine,
I was touched by your story.
I have also been sick for some years from several things (but the worst is my backpain because of a discs that moves as it shouldn´t do).
And one thing that has make it worse is that I abonded my path when I was 15, trying just to forget things and move on.
But my path has chatch up with me the last years and now I know I have to follow my path ohterwise I´m not going to be better.
And I want to live my life to the fullest I have realized, I have been a zombie for too long. I cannot live like that anymore.
if people don´t agree wiht me I shouldn´t care, it´s MY life, and my feelings. They should bother how they live their life instead.
I realized that one piece of my path is healing.
Healing has made my back so much better and also right sort of training.
But there are still days when I feel depressed because my back is never going to be completly whole.
But I know that I have to accept this and live my life to my best potential, there are no options.
I wish you the best in life Francine, and I will send you thoughts of light and healing.
Love and courage
Jessica
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Though I did not read every word of all the posts, I did scan enough to see that there is, in fact, a shift in consciousness going on right before our often shrouded eyes. We all feel it. It trudges along beneath the surface of what we say and what we write. Why must we allow its existence in disguise? Why do we feel we need to tiptoe around this shift? It is nothing to be ashamed of! My one request from all of you in 2009 is to speak of this shift of consciousness openly and honestly in as many avenues as you can as frequently as possible.
I know we are all one… even the parts we don’t like:)
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