Your Space in my Blog: 16th of January 2009

by Paulo Coelho on January 16, 2009

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Anurag Kumar May 25, 2009 at 7:48 am

…Then I wonder why are their then restricts, taboos in the society we live in and I wonder is this the reason.
Everything and anything is permitted in this world and there is nothing that is right and wrong.
Then why do we have Ten Commandments to tell us: “Thou shall not kill”?
I believe that once you reach the consciousness where you truly realize “Everything and anything is permitted in this world and there is nothing that is right and wrong”, one even realizes “Why is even there a need to kill?”
But we hardly leave our little cocoon, where we prepare ourselves for the outside world and finally die there, failings to become strong enough to come out of it. All our lives, we struggle with the limitations that are set by our own though process and thoughts.
Religion is like mathematics. Too soon we have been taught 5×5=25 even before we could understand the real reason behind it and never put some great thought behind it. So is with religion, scriptures tell us the code of conduct and the way we are supposed to lead our lives, without knowing why. Rather than helping us becoming enlighten beings, it hinders it by spoon feeding. But I don’t resent any religion because it is a necessity, but there is even a greater necessity to rise about the basic rituals and conduct of religion and following it blindly like a herd.
Humanity is going on a track, which seems right, but only because it has worked so far. We are on a verge of destruction for many reasons; there is a need to change, a drastically big change which shall change everything that we have known so far. What it is, and why. I can speak of it not, as I don’t know, but is it coming and it will be sudden…
Complete article on my Blog (http://withtherisingsun.blogspot.com/)

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Libby February 17, 2009 at 12:37 am

I’m here in the Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia, at my kitchen table, listening to the water bombing helicopter fly over the top of the house. There is a fire burning approximately 5km from here. @3 Country Fire Authority trucks are battling a fire on Road 2 of Mt Riddell. Ash falls from the sky, which is a strange orange, and there is a very quiet twitter of birds (usually it is like an orchestra of sound here in the Australian bush). We have had fire here for over a week. Comunities close to us have been utterly wiped out. But here in the town there has been a coming together – random acts of kindness, sharing, talking, neighbours meeting for the first time, giving up of things, ability to accept things in a time of need, standing together, thanking people for their roles in protecting us. This adversity is reshaping us. And part of the fear of the fire has been extinguished by the strength of the community embracing this experience. Reaching out is a soul instinct but sometimes you need to guide people back to that place before they can get the experience. There is a lot of soul here in this town. And it gives me a sense of calm that I haven’t felt before. Libby x – BTW Paulo, I read Brida in New York last June and have been trying to find myself a teacher ever since. No luck as yet.

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Timothy Tang January 19, 2009 at 11:29 am

From my Facebook group, Know Thyself and Return to Soul: Way of True Ascension and Enlightenment
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16582554870

The Nature of Love, Unconditional Love, Hate and Fear

Love

To love someone is to accept them as being compatible to our Selves and its sources for Happiness.

“I love you” = “I accept you as being compatible to my Self and its sources of Happiness”

Whenever we say that we love someone, we actually mean to express that we find them compatible to our Selves and our sources of Happiness. Our expression of Love to people would imply that we sincerely accept them into our lives and wish to share with them all the Happiness we can offer.

Unconditional Love

“I love you unconditionally” = “I accept you for your place in reality”

We have also heard the mentioning of Unconditional Love. This form of Love is the unconditional acceptance for things or people to be compatible on a higher level, to one another in cause-and-effect reality.

Unconditional Love of something or someone would no doubt require us to disregard any judgment whether they are good or bad, positive or negative. This form of Love would no doubt only be possible for people who are very understanding or very spiritually advanced. These people are very knowledgeable of the Nature of Reality and can detach themselves from mundane reality and perceive from a higher spiritual reality.

Hate

To hate something is to find it incompatible to one’s sense of Self.

“I hate you” = “I accept you as being an incompatible threat to my sense of Self”

Whenever we say that we hate someone, we actually mean to express that we find them incompatible to our sense of Self. Our expression of Hate to people would imply that we sincerely deny them from our lives and do not wish them to interfere with our sense of Self.

Fear

Fear is a higher form of Hate.

“I fear you” = “you are an incompatible threat to my sense of Self and my sources of Happiness”

Fear and its created sense of threatening sensations is manifested when the mind denies certain parts of reality it cannot accept.

The mind’s denial to accept certain parts of reality comes from protecting its sense of Self and its sources of Happiness from unacceptable reality.

The sense of Self and sources of Happiness come from what the mind finds compatible and attaches the most to itself and its reality. The sources of Sadness comes from what the mind finds incompatible and detaches the most from itself and its reality.

To feel Fear is to feel neural sensations represented as threat alerts of incompatibility towards one’s sense of Self and one’s accepted sources of Happiness.

Happiness comes from flow and freedom of the Self. Sadness comes from restrictions to the Self.

To resolve Fear, one has to neutralize the incompatible threats to one’s sense of Self and sources of Happiness.

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nikki January 19, 2009 at 2:06 am

In this age of intense media, I am thinking about a lot of things these days. But this week my thoughts are mostly focused on how the new American president is going to inspire sooo so many…

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Eye! January 19, 2009 at 1:40 am

Help

People excelled
whereas I have stood still
People have rebelled
whilst I have been ill
People have revelled
and I have had nil

To all of you
I advise;

Never give up
Never give in
Always on top
Now let’s begin
and for the duration
of our lives
we shall work, conquer
and strive
to try and be kind
Humankind

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sido66 January 18, 2009 at 10:36 pm

18th of January 2008 : J – 2

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King
John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy
……….O … … …. O

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Montse Acevedo January 18, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Bloggers de diferentes paises estamos preparando un

“MANIFIESTO POR LA SOLIDARIDAD

QUIENES SOMOS:

Los que suscribimos este manifiesto somos ciudadanos en el pleno uso de nuestros derechos civiles…

A group of bloggers from different countries, are preparing a

“Manifesto on behalf of Solidarity”

Who we are:

We, the endorsers of this Manifesto, are citizens on total use of our civil rights and …

Queremos publicarlo todos a una, y en tres lenguas diferentes, el 30 de Enero…

We want to all publish together, in three different languages on January the 3rd…

Si quieren más información,para unirse, o de contenidos hay una imagen-enlace en mi blog.

If you want any kind of information to join us or about what is all this about, there´s an image-link on my blog.
ABRAZOS
HUGS

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maria January 18, 2009 at 9:02 pm

paulo, é bom ter alguém como você que coloca nas palavras escritas o que pensamos e vivênciamos como «paranormal»
obrigada
maria

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THELMA January 18, 2009 at 12:58 pm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7977788071425317946
RICHTER, the enigma.
My idol. The poet of the piano. This is the film based on his life, at the last stage of it.. I have bought the film a few years ago. It seems that anyone had download and see it.
LOVE,
Thelma.

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Rob. January 18, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Dear Mr Coelho,
I am not sure whether it has been mentioned in your blog: the subject of prisoners, be political prisoners, war prisoners , etc.
This appears to be a pretty endemic problem all around the world, one that is of concern to me.
My understanding is that a lot of prisoners are being kept in jail for nothing , they are filling up jails at great expenses to the tax payer for minor offences such as smoking a bit of pot,when on the other hands, the culprit, who work hand in hand with the establishment are never caught.
I am also thinking of the numbers of prisoners in the US as well ,the majority of them black or of hispano- origins that are there without having committed anything – just because they happen to be walking along on the road at the wrong time of the day.
How many of them have been wrongly executed?
The conditions of the jails all over are a disgrace , something I am ashamed of. There are no form of rehabilitating these people.In some areas, it is a breeding ground for mental illness and the spreading of diseases.
The only people that seems to be profiteering are the law.
I would like something to be done about that and the laws changed.
As for political prisoners, well, another great injustice, where people are condemned for exercising their rights.
Where is the justice in all that?
Thank you for reading my thoughts.

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the horse whisperer January 18, 2009 at 11:24 am

tchoo! tchoo !I am going on a train trip, want to come along?Hop along Cassidy.
See you on Wednesday on Capital Hill.

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THELMA January 18, 2009 at 10:33 am

My dear beeba, I love your words.. I have just read them. Yesterday me being absent minded and maybe …breathless as you describe.. Words and people who want to share their ‘misery’and dreamless lives.. How can they know in their ‘ignorance’ and evil minds the chaos and abyss they try to create instead of ..love and harmony?

My dear butterfly65 it seems that you use your intuition and follow the signs.;] How many of us do that in our everyday lives and efforts to be perfect and ‘fit’ to the puzzle, destiny has created for us?

It seems that …. feathers should be the ..Symbol of Paulo Coelho’s Blog together with Bees and Butterflys and us, winged cretures! Angels of Light and Love.
LOVE,
Thelma

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Eliana Capuano January 18, 2009 at 4:53 am

Deixo aqui uma poesia que reflete o momento dramático que a humanidade vive em Gaza, infelizmente, em outras línguas, não será possível entendê-la plenamente, porque imprimo ironia usando instituto de gramática da língua portuguesa para explicar as guerras:

SÓ UMA QUESTÃO DE MORFOLOGIA…

“Que dizes da Paz,
Esta só monossílabo,
Irreverente e escancarada acessível.
E o seria sim, não fosse a gama
Da acompanhada dissílabo,
Esta é a Fraca que,
Por ser feita de duas
É mais forte que a paz”.

(Agora em Gaza)

http://poesiaemdegustacao.blogspot.com/

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orly January 18, 2009 at 2:48 am

Just a general comment,,,
today in Toronto Canada its vvvvvery cold maybe -25 or more,,,, and specially today I feel like super lucky.
just because I am sitting in my wondrful warm home with my wonderful family and thinking ,,, how lucky I am just to be in this light by the computer or just reading a book or just be healthy and happy by my loved one,,,
and yes those simple events in our life,,,, r actually so apecial and we have to know how lucky we r when we can feel this kind of quiet feeling.
so with lots of love to all my amazing blog’s friends,
orly

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Reginaldo Junot January 18, 2009 at 1:57 am

Olá Paulo.
Trecho do meu diário da Peregrinação,feita em 1993,depois de ter lido o teu livro “Diário de um Mago”,tem um frase citando teu nome.Depois com mais tempo e se vc. quiser te mando meu diário completo,que está no meu blog.Um abraço para D.Cristina que conheci em Nova York,fui buscá-la no Hotel para levá-la ao aeroporto junto com Dona Nelita.Será que ela lembra?Foi em 2001.
Um Abraço Reginaldo

Tomorrow will be another day.

Mon 11/22/93 (day 10)
Logroño

Dormi bem no meu saco de dormir,fez muito frio à noite.Comecei a caminhar às 10 hrs. c/ destino a Logroño,Capital de La Rioja.Fica a 10 kms.Hoje vou andar pouco.Caminho bom,plano.Cheguei cedo antes do previsto,às 12:30.Fui à Igreja,porque não encontrei o refugio;e aproveitei para selar a credencial com o padre muito simpático,e conversamos sobre Igreja,e espiritualidade do Caminho.O refugio só abre às 16 hrs.Deixei minha mochila na Igreja e fui almoçar.Encontrei Félix,o albergueiro de Viana no centro da cidade,ele assustou-se e disse-me:conheço esse cara de algum lugar!!!Então,indicou-me a rua dos restaurantes.Depois de escolher entre muitos,entrei no La Senda.Menu del Dia:1° Paella, de 2° Cordeiro guisado c/ batatas,igual ao que Paulo Coelho comeu.Sobremesa:uvas miudinhas,mas doces. Tudo por 1100 pts. com vinho naturalmente.Na praça principal tem uma cafeteria Ibiza,muito bonita e grande,onde tomei um capuccino.Depois de ter telefonado para “A” ,dei um giro pela cidade,tudo fechado.Siesta respeitadíssima.Só abrem às 16:3o hrs.Muito frio 4/5° C,marcado nesses relógios de rua.Como todo bom consumista,que não sou,não resisti às vitrines,muito bem decoradas para o Natal .Entrei numa loja e comprei um chaqueton,porque o sobretudo estava pesando muito para levar.Pesquisei bastante e comprei um por $ 12.900 pts.(US$100);e ganhei um cinto de regalo.Bom preço,porque custava em média de 16000 a 20000 .Estava precisando de uma máquina fotográfica,comprei uma que vem acompanhada de um walkman de graça,por $2950.Compras feitas voltei para o refugio.Um luxo,um dos melhores do Caminho.Tirei uma foto da cozinha.Camas limpíssimas,com cobertor,travesseiro e etc.Calefação,geladeira e cozinha tipo americana,lavadora de roupas,completo.Aproveitei e lavei toda roupa suja,no que fui ajudado pela voluntária do refugio Maria José Molina.Fui ao minimercado em frente fazer algumas compras:pãp,vinho,queijo,azeitonas e iogurte.Aproveitei alguns ovos deixados por outros peregrinos e fiz um senhor omelete(meu colesterol,não sei onde vai parar .Convidei M.José para uma taça de vinho.Estava comndo só frutasmas aceitou de bom grado.Conversamos bastante sobre o Brasil,o Caminho,que ela já fez uma vez.Estava lendo revista de carros e motos antigos,que muito aprecia. Bom,vou limpar a cozinha e vou dormir,que ninguém é de ferro.Hasta mañana e buenas noches.Despedimo-nos e não nos vimos mais,porque ela sai as 7 hrs.E.T M.José me explicou fofoca é chismorreo e fofoqueiro é chismoso.

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Kate Rawlins January 18, 2009 at 1:47 am

More Than a Miracle on the Hudson ~
“New York may be the most maligned city in the country. Out-of-towners sometimes put off by what they think of as its sharp elbows and brusque manners. Now the world was watching what a “New York Minute” really meant when the chips were down.” I cut and pasted that from the DATELINE Transcript / January 16, 2009 / reported by Dennis Murphy / NBC News Correspondent .

New Yorkers are different – we are brusque – we are loud – we will tell you to hurry up and move along, the same way we’ll tell you your slip is showing – quickly, without any fanfare. The same way, we’ll rescue you from a crash landing. The same way we labored at the Twin Towers.

We won’t whisper to you in passing.

In his book, Civility – Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy, Stephen L. Carter states that civility is ‘the sum of the many sacrifices we are called to make for the sake of living together.”

In a city of 8.2 million people, sacrifices are made ~ You’ve seen and heard the rescue people talking about this Miracle on the Hudson. You’ve seen their mouths move, heard the censorship BLEEP, yet read their lips, “Holy shit – it’s a plane”

We won’t whisper to you in passing.

The “New York Minute,” exists because New Yorkers make sacrifices every day. They go to work in tall and tight buildings, then go home to families, friends, and neighbors, and eat, watch TV, get some sleep, then set out for the living together again the next day.

We won’t whisper to you in passing.

We’ll crowd the streets, buses, and subways, yet stop to help someone with a package, never missing the beat of a footfall or an instant of speech.

We won’t whisper to you in passing.

Sometimes we’ll say please, thank you, and you’re welcome, but only if it’s heartfelt. We can’t spend that “New York Minute,” on the mundane, when we are always preparing in our souls to make sacrifices for the sake of living together.

We won’t whisper to you in passing.

That plane, the pilot, those 155 passengers, and all the rescuers has somehow set right 9/11.

We can start to heal now.

And we won’t whisper to you in passing.

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butterfly65 January 18, 2009 at 1:15 am

I feel it is important to keep being true to yourself and to listen to your heart, this is not easy at times as there are so many behaviors we learn at an early age. There are so many pressures from the world around us to tell us what we have to do and how we have to be. It is easy to get sidetracked an go with the flow at times, but that is ok I think as long as we get back on track again. I have spend many years on the wrong track and then some more feeling bad about it. I now know it all didn’t matter because I learned a lot from it all. One thing I learned I shouldn’t worry about the mistakes I kept making because mistakes are all part of the learning process and part of live. We live in a world where we are taught we have to be perfect and so we make life very hard for ourselves because we feel we have to be perfect. This used to put enormous pressures on me and I felt a failure for many years. It wasn’t until I stopped trying so hard to be perfect that I started to hear what my heart was telling me. We are all in such a rush these days, we have to achieve this and that there and then. We need to slow down and take time to really listen to what our hearts are telling us. Because in all of us there is a good person who wants to come out to give love and to receive love.

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butterfly65 January 18, 2009 at 12:43 am

Today I was walking to my car and was wondering if I was on the right path to follow my dreams… when I found a white feather on the pavement… coincidence? No, I don’t think so, there are connections everywhere :-)

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sido66 January 17, 2009 at 9:58 am

17th of January 2009 = J – 3

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King
John Fitzgerald Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy
……….O … … …. O

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Kim Sherrell January 17, 2009 at 9:17 am

Namasté, Paulo!

Thank you for offering this journal space to express our thoughts about making the world a better place.

Namasté. This word is rich with history and meaning. When I greet someone in this way, I am saying in effect, “whatever is good within me acknowledges and respects all that is good within you.”

Thus, the namasté serves as a reminder to leave aside any small, angry, frightened, mean, judgmental, or insecure notions I might harbor. It grounds me in the present moment. It helps open my mind to welcome your good.

By honoring whatever is positive within each encounter, I feel encouraged. There might be more I can do in the future, but for now, this practice is pretty much a full-time job.

Sir, I wish you the best in your journey. You’re a big inspiration to many people. I celebrate your success.

Kim S.

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safiya n y January 17, 2009 at 6:07 am

life is a mystery. we dont know what is waiting for us in the next moment. yet we hope for the best. we all know one day we all die. yet we never wait for it.thank god. i never get puzzled in the labyrinths of life. everyday i wake up and make a dream. till it gets shattered, i believe its going to be done. do you know what happens when it gets shattered? i’l go for another and the game continues………funnny, isn’t it? yet im half in love with easeful death. you need to know what is death to live {in a more meaningful way}.you need to live to experience what death is! what a paradox!
i dont whether these thoughts of mine are coherent enough to impress anyone. but still i believe every one has some nasty thoughts of these kind

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Maria January 17, 2009 at 2:13 am

Arinka,

The fact that you acknowledged your mistakes is a big step. Many go about thier lives unaware of their mistakes and thus continue to make them. It’s feels like history with you is repeating itself. That no matter how hard you try, you end making the mistake you sought so hard to avoid. You can still achieve the light. Now the first step you have achieved (I’m only stating what worked for me) is admitting your mistake. The second step is to reflect. Reflect on the action that has taken part before, during, and after. Was there something that went wrong that could have influence your decision. After contemplating that, think about what you can do to not repeat the process. And in life and on making decisions think carefully on how the decision can impact your life, whether good or bad. But remember that you have control over your life and soon everything will be in order. Good wishes

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beeba January 17, 2009 at 12:16 am

I wonder why it is so easy for people to speak… They tell me things that affect me within.. 10 minutes after their words have been spoken it seems to me that they have already forgotten about them.. They dont own their words no more and they can go home and rest without a care in the world.. they wont go back in their heads to revise what words they had said and what ideas have been conveyed.. Then me.. trying to sleep at night i toss and turn wondering what could be the meaning of all that had been said? Two days ago, someone tried to manipulate me stating that men would always cheat, that I am naive because I refuse to cheat.. That I am being cheated on but that I live in a world I created out of innocence.. At night, trying to sleep, I thought about the most important person in my life.. The words seemed to come back to sink in and stay there.. I felt troubled and I could barely breathe.. I do not have trust issues yet others’ words might have influenced me..
It was at that moment that I realised that what i was doing was wrong.. Who are these people to affect me so? They are not even aware of what they do.. and it isnt merely this trust issue. It is everything they say.. Words can change the lives of people.. One definitely needs to think twice or even three times before speaking..
Today, I looked at his face..
And I remembered something.. misery loves company and it is true.. I am happy believing in him, I am happy knowing he would never cheat just as I would never, I am happy being in his arms, wrapped with love.. why would anyone try to destroy this sense of confident love that I feel? What could be the point of it? .. nothing but this: misery truly loves company..
They ask me to take his email password to check who he could be talking to.. how offended would he feel if i asked him to? They don’t even know him.. why would they suggest such a stupid thing..
Love is free…
We should love because it comes from within us..
We shouldn’t love according to what we expect from others because we are human and everyone could err and if we try to love that way then there shall be many disappointments that would kill this love..
We should love for the sake of love..
To love that other freely.. as a soul.. as an individual..
He is my first and only friend, my first and only boyfriend, my first and only love..
I would travel the world to be by his side..
He is an individual.. he is different.. The sight of him thrills my heart for he is capable of speaking to my heart without uttering a word..
And because of that I can stand up and say: people, your words shall affect me no more

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Rose January 17, 2009 at 12:06 am

Yesterday Paulo mentioned the movie ‘Revolutionary Road’ in an answer to the reader’s question. I can’t see it until next week in my country, but read a really great review some weeks ago on RogerEbert.com.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081230%2FREVIEWS%2F812309997%2F1023&AID1=%2F20081230%2FREVIEWS%2F812309997%2F1023&AID2=

Also read this great quote from Frank, one of the maincharacters played by Leonardo DiCaprio, which I think says a lot about the film;

“You never forget the truth, you just get better at lying.”

(You will never forget your dreams, you bury them, but they will start to rot and affect your life in a bad way)

Can’t wait to see it.

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Robert Longpré aka Retired Eagle January 16, 2009 at 10:38 pm

Paulo, I have to admit that it was your book, The Alchemist, that caught my attention with regards to your work. Since I have a long-held interest in the ideas and approached to understanding of Carl Gustav Jung, I felt that your work provided yet another lens through which to view the world, one that is congruent. In my blog, The Retired Eagle, I use a similar lens in an attempt to understand the world around me. In each post, I include a photographic image as a way to invite others into my world. The blog commentary which follows sometimes looks directly at philosophic and psychoanalytic themes. I invite you and any of your readers to visit and leave your own comments on any of the posts found there.

As an aside, I was the list-owner of a Jungian Psychology discussion group called JUNG-L for about ten years, until the group folded. I created that group out of the ashes of JungPsy and JungPsych, older discussion groups which unfortunately got too controversial for those needing political correctness for a “pure” Jungian forum.

Thanks for this opportunity … rgl

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El Gato peruano en Texas January 16, 2009 at 10:17 pm

El mismisimo primer dia que arrivé a este maravilloso país, al estado de Florida.

Sucederia una anecdota muy curiosa. Realmente me iban a ” bautizar ” de lo lindo, este primer dia.

Sucedió, que me recibió, mi gran amigo peruano llamado Hugo. Muy bonito el reencuentro, dejamos mis maletas en su domicilio, salimos a pasear en carro y apreciaba toda la modernidad de este lindo pais, pero en un momento pasamos por una zona que ví en algunas esquinas, gente de mal vivir, a lo cual, le pregunte a mi amigo, si hay “chorizos” ( ladrones ) en EE.UU. El me respondió, sonriendo que no.

Yo traia $ 1,600 de bolsa de viaje. LLegó la noche y debido a la emoción del primer dia, nos fuimos a una tienda de ropa y en vez de dejar el dinero en su apartamento, me lo lleve conmigo.

Siempre me acuerdo que lo guardé en el bolsillo derecho – adelante …. 16 billetes de 100 en mi clasico blue jean.

En el momento de seleccionar algunas ropas e ir a probarmelas, me dirigí, a un probador personal y al poco rato, salí con un pantalón para preguntarle a mi amigo, Que tal me queda ? ya que lo veia muy grande….el me dijo que estaba bien, ya que ahora estan de moda así !

Regresé al minuto y el probador ya estaba cerrado, con una persona adentro. Solo podia ver por una linea minuscula de la puerta y habia un hombre probandose ropa, a lo cual me acorde haber dejado los $ 1600 con mi pantalón adentro.

Estaba solo, ya que mi amigo ya se habia ido por otra parte de la tienda y lo unico, que me quedo decir en mi mente, fue: Apenas salga la persona reviso, y si no esta el dinero, lo interfiero de inmediato

La persona dicha, demoró aproximadamente diez minutos dentro. Salió y yo entre rapidamente. Revisé velozmente el bolsillo derecho – adelante.

Saben que sucedió ?…. Dicho y hecho, no estaba el dinero !! ….y por ende, el era el unico que lo podia tener

Salí y lo noté que se queria escapar caminando rapidamente. Me cruze en su camino y le dije que tenia mi dinero. a lo cual el decia….Oye chico, de que dinero me hablas ?….tu estas loco ?. Le seguí insistiendo y el ” estaba muy enojado ” y me seguia diciendo que estaba rematadamente loco !

A lo cual, llame gritando a mi amigo: Hugo , Hugo !…tambien empezé a vociferar Seguridad !…Policia !!

Al minuto se apareció mi gran amigo Hugo, le expliqué el caso, le increpó al supuesto ladrón, pero el no aflojaba por nada. Entonces de inmediato una persona de seguridad se nos presento y nos dijo que esos problemas no se pueden solucionar en el interior de la tienda, y que solamente afuera se podria discutir el caso.

A lo cual, le dijimos que si saliamos a la calle, dicha persona, iba a correr.

Lo que nos quedo, es aceptar la propuesta. Saben que paso ?

Apenas puso el primer paso afuera, salió disparado como si fuera un cuetecillo de fiestas navideñas, por toda la playa de estacionamiento. A lo cual, los tres fuimos atrás de el, correteandolo, digno de una de las mejores peliculas de Hollywood !!

Mi amigo no pudo correr mucho, ya que estaba mal de la pierna, y yo al poco rato, ya estaba cansado.

Pero, el de seguridad en aproximadamente dos minutos, ya estaba acercandose a el, y en el ultimo segundo, ya estando a dos metros, se tira a sus pies y lo logra coger.

RESULTADO : cinco patrulleros estacionados a los pocos minutos. El ladrón devolvió el dinero y en el momento que se despedia en el patrullero nos envió a la *^#*%&#;*@*#*…

Solamente me quedo encomendarlo a DIOS y perdonarlo

Fue muy chistoso, porque al casi acabar este episodio y regresar a la tienda, me dí cuenta que habia corrido por la playa de estacionamento con toda la ropa nueva que me estaba probando, incluidas las etiquetas y precios….ja ja !

Despues, no se en que forma, conseguirian abogados, el telefono de mi amigo y me llamarian para hacer una demanda. yo no entendia nada de eso, osea que les dije que lo dejaba asi no más. Y tambien preguntaron si deseaba que lo suelten de la carcel, a lo cual, les dije que si. que no hay problema.
Donde estara el susodicho ahora ? Ojala haya recapacitado y ” sentado cabeza “.

Las preguntas que siempre, me quedaron en el aire, fueron:

Esa persona, de pura casualidad ingreso al probador y encontró el pantalón y reviso ?

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El nos estuvo persiguiendo, desde el principio ?

Fue una anecdota impactante y realmente iba a ser ” un bautizo ” bien feo , para ser el primer dia en este lindo país. Pero siempre estuvo presente DIOS para que no se concretara ese mal hecho

Un pasaje de la Biblia:

Entonces se le acercó Pedro, y le dijo: Señor, Cuantas veces pecará mi hermano contra mí que yo haya de perdonarlo ? Hasta siete veces ?
Jesús le dijo: No te digo hasta siete veces, sino hasta setenta veces siete.

San Mateo 18: 21,22

Aqui los dejo con la canción llamada ” Mi libertad ” de Jerry Rivera y Julio Voltio

Abrazotes: el gato

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sido66 January 16, 2009 at 8:50 pm

J – 4

Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
……….O

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Joël January 16, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Arinka,
You trying too hard your best to be good that’s your problem.
The more you are trying your best the more you make mistakes.
Focus on your job ,don’t think what other persons are thinking
about you and those who are laughing with you have to ingnore
them.What others thinking is just a illusion,it’s created by your mind .That’s the only advise that i can give.
I will repeat until you got the message!!!

I wish you a lot strenght, one day you will win the battle,but i
don’t promise it will be easy.That’s the reality

Joël

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katinka - spirituality January 16, 2009 at 7:51 pm

I’ve just been redoing a collection of holistic videos and they reminded me: one and all, just how interconnected we all are.

Yet spiritual growth is an individual process. It’s so individual in fact that the Dutch newspapers had a debate a few months ago about whether or not spirituality was in fact selfish. It’s an old charge, but that the newspapers were covering it shows just how mainstream spirituality is becoming.

My point: however proud we may be of our individualism, humans act as a collective anyhow. The recent problems in the stock market underscore this as well.

The rest of this post about individualism in spirituality.

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Jason January 16, 2009 at 5:25 pm

I was sent this video by a friend today and it has an interesting twist – it gives hope to young people that we can indeed make the world a better place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

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Alex17774 January 16, 2009 at 3:53 pm

Вы боитесь, увидеть как Вы боитесь! И пока Вы так себя ведете Вы покланяитесь сатане, даже не понимая этого. Вы считаете себя очень важным что бы отвечать мне! И даже не видите этого. Вы думаете что не отвечаете потому что…… Это не так, так как я сказал Выше. История повторяется.

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Alexandra January 16, 2009 at 3:23 pm

Dear Anrika,at least u are sincere.Believe me u are not alone,I use to repeat the same mistakes,in certain fields.Of course some mistake I wont repeat ever,but is pretty hard.For example in love,I swear not to fo the same things.For a while is going well,then appear a cute angelic face…A kind gentle knight,that knows how to spell me.And I am just at the beginning,I say,wow,this worth.I give myself away,lost mind.Also in helping people.I think is empathy,I feel the pain of one is in need.But lot of times after I make sacrifices to be able to help persons,they forget all.Still,there are people that come to help,and never let me down.So in the end a balance there is.
Not talking about the boring life if we do only the right thing.Sometimes we might dp little thins that seem”sins”.
In the right amount,nothing is poisonos.

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Gonzalo Monserrate January 16, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Hola Anrika,
I love to commit mistakes, they are fundamental to keep on growing. Only falling down one can raise and then, standing up, one is higher, stronger, and sees further. The important thing is to stand up.

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Anurag Kumar January 16, 2009 at 2:20 pm

…Then I wonder why are their then restricts, taboos in the society we live in and I wonder is this the reason.
Everything and anything is permitted in this world and there is nothing that is right and wrong.
Then why do we have Ten Commandments to tell us: “Thou shall not kill”?
I believe that once you reach the consciousness where you truly realize “Everything and anything is permitted in this world and there is nothing that is right and wrong”, one even realizes “Why is even there a need to kill?”
But we hardly leave our little cocoon, where we prepare ourselves for the outside world and finally die there, failings to become strong enough to come out of it. All our lives, we struggle with the limitations that are set by our own though process and thoughts.
Religion is like mathematics. Too soon we have been taught 5×5=25 even before we could understand the real reason behind it and never put some great thought behind it. So is with religion, scriptures tell us the code of conduct and the way we are supposed to lead our lives, without knowing why. Rather than helping us becoming enlighten beings, it hinders it by spoon feeding. But I don’t resent any religion because it is a necessity, but there is even a greater necessity to rise about the basic rituals and conduct of religion and following it blindly like a herd.
Humanity is going on a track, which seems right, but only because it has worked so far. We are on a verge of destruction for many reasons; there is a need to change, a drastically big change which shall change everything that we have known so far. What it is, and why. I can speak of it not, as I don’t know, but is it coming and it will be sudden…
Complete article on my Blog (http://withtherisingsun.blogspot.com/)

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Brigit January 16, 2009 at 1:48 pm

I was lucky enough to see the film ‘Ambition to Meaning’ online last night for free. For anyone stuck in a hole, this is a good starting point. For those who have found purpose in their lives, this is moving film that will make you feel good. It’s a film everyone should have a look at. For more details about the film and some links: http://hotmiddlescence.com

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Parmita January 16, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Hi Arinka,
You know what..you atleast know that you are at wrong. There are people who are constantly doing mistakes and don’t even realise that they are committing them. Your search for the light is the proof enough that you are trying honestly and earnestly. We are all caught in a vicious circle of our vices..You might be just a grain in Sahara’s sand but believe me every grain has its own identity..and you have every right to tare care of yourself. Just keep trying the way you are doing it..and believe me, a day will come when you will be in control of your life better than ever before. Afterall practice makes a person perfect..Don’t lose hope. Enjoy the beauty of life and learn to forgive yourself.

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Arinka January 16, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Hello to everybody!
Could you tell me please: why this is so hard to learning on mistakes?
I’m trying to do my best, but i keep on doing mistakes. It’s like if i had lost the clue to the light and now i can get out of that. I have a feeling like this was happened with me before. It’s too hard to breathe.I know, there are so many problems all over the world, and i am just like a grain of Sahara’s sand..

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