Dear reader,
Until the end of January, I’ll be presenting here a series of pictures that revolve around the theme of my new book “The Winner Stands Alone”. Feel free to leave here you impressions about the themes I’m presenting to you.
Love
Paulo
The Winner Stands Alone – Photo 1
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The winner stand’s alone….The first thing that comes to me here is..That winning is not the ultimate gosl,the ultimate goal is what you see and learn in your struggle to win and often when you do win you realise that the”TROPHY”means nothing and can leave you with a feeling of isolation and dissapointment..but this will only happen if on your way to victory you were not aware of the people around you and you didn’t realise that no man stand’s alone in victory.To be a winner you have to know LOVE.
The little man is facing the big Universe.
The image that appears beyond the curtain, however, is beautiful and relaxing,it’s inviting, not scaring the Man.
So everyone is the Winner, and averyone stands alone in face on the infinity.
Have a nice day.
Annie , annie , my heart are happy to see you to be back
i fell : i’m not alone = and it’s very important
yes Annie ,”the person is standing ..either way he/she is diving into the unknown, alone, with a path unwinding in front of him/her, with his/her faith and belief in his/her dreams… ”
AND the unknown make the feeling to be so alone ! ! = where i’m going now ? who help me ? when ? when i must go on ? why alone ? it’s possible for one person ? god help me , it’s very big unknown and i’m so small ! !
and i find the path … and If I was led(driven) “bizarrely” to in front of Paulo Coelho’s house, and so known this blog, I think that it is for nothing, I think that it comforts to know that, even if sometimes we feel so alone and so small in front of the UNLIMITEDNESS of the universe and the time of every time, we are not only and the road can be pursued and I am ready to pursue the road (if the break is not too long)
AMEN
si j’ai été conduit “bizarrement” jusque devant la maison de Paulo Coelho , et ainsi connu ce blog , je pense que ce n’est pas pour rien , je pense que cela réconforte de savoir que ,même si parfois on se sent si seul et si petit devant l’IMMENSITé de l’univers et le temps de tous les temps , nous ne sommes pas seul …et le chemin peut être poursuivi …et je suis prête à poursuivre le chemin ( si la pause n’est pas trop longue )
Esa imagen me recuerda a esto:
El guerrero de la luz contempla la dos columnas que estan al lado de la puerta que quiere abrir.
Una se llama miedo , la otra se llama Deseo . El guerreo contempla la la columna del miedo y alli esta escrito:”vas a entrar en un mundo desconocido y peligroso, donde todo lo que has aprendido hasta ahora no te servira para nada.”
El guerrero mira la columna del deseo , y allí esta escrito:” Vas a salir de un mundo conocido, donde estan guardadas las cosas que siempre quisiste, y por las cuales luchaste tanto”.
El guerrero sonríe , porque no existe nada que lo asuste ni nada que lo retenga.Con la seguridad de quien sabe lo que quiere abre la puerta.
This flashed in my mind when i saw the pic..
The one who is able to look beyond the blocking walls of obstacles, pains, failures, egos, risks etc will be able to realise the paradise behind the walls and would emerge as a Winner. He has to be a true warrior, as you say often, who needs to be anticipating for the paradise and also prepared for the risk of enterting a battle field.
I think the book is all about HOPES and DREAMS…
and conquering every challenge or trial that comes your way.
It will also be about how great, powerful, and wonderful human beings are…=)
-m-
I’ve come back to this picture several times, thinking about it and how it affects me. I see this person, standing alone on his path. This path from the past led him here and is now beginning to dwindle and fade into memory behind him. He faces the entryway into a new realm of possibilities and knows he will continue putting one foot in front of the other.
Looks like it has been a long journey for the winner to get to see an opening with light.
My question is very simple..
Which way is this person walking? you can’t really tell from the picture..he might be walking in, or out.
But either way..where ever he is going, it is obvious that he just opened a HUGE door to get there..
and that is a good sign
:)
from the pic above i can feel that as tiny as we r in this universe -we can still have the power to win and the power to stand infront of this huge big amazing world of ours by all means!!! and at the same time not to BE LONELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant wait for ur new book!!!!
take care of urself
orly
PARA EL QUE SE SIENTE SOLO LE SOBRA EL ESPACIO, CAMINA EN LINEA RECTA CON LA MIRADA FIJA SIN PERCIBIR LO QUE EXISTE A SU ALRREDEDOR. CREE QUE TODO ESTÁ VACÍO, NO TIENE UN SUEÑO POR EL CUAL VIAJAR, CAMINA SIN RUMBO, SIN ORIENTACIÓN, PERDIDO EN EL TIEMPO.
Obama stood alone today
Words would not suffice…..
I am just moved.
The Winner stands alone..BUT ONLY…when he come and when he LIVES this WORLD!!! Until then..HE must stands besides all of us..in order to be HAPPY!..
…Anyway, this is my oppinian, I couldn’t be happy …just alone!
Bessings, Gabriela
talvez si todos los seres humanos fuesemos tras nuestros sueños( o la buena batalla ),la victoria o el ganar no seria un lugar de soledad
This picture magnifies “alone”, not winner.
It seems that at so many moments of magnitude, birth, death, winning, we are alone. (if only for one breath)
Makes me think of solitude and getting there by yourself. Everyone has his/her own path and experiences, so the opening to freedom and knowing is wide enough for only one person.
Uau, esta imagen me da la sensación de opresión por un lado y de que el personaje se debe sentir muy muy pequeño…Me ha hecho pensar en el monumento de recuerdo a los caidos en el Holocausto que hay cerca de la Puerta de Brandemburgo, en Berlin (el de los bloques, no sé si se llama así). Imponente.
Aunque tal vez, como dice Joel, es un camino a la libertad.
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Uau, this picture has given me the feeling of oppression and that the character feels very small… It’s made me think of the monument of the Holocaust Memorial which is near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (The monument of the bloks, I don’t know if it is the real name). Awesome
But maybe, that Joel said, it’s a way to freedom.
It’s perhaps the way to freedom
Whose to say that this person is stepping into the light and moving forward into the ‘unknown’?
Maybe this person has journeyed back from the ‘unknown’…
Could this be the closing doors to someone’s life? That ‘unknown’ behind him/her might be ‘well known’ to this person.
At the same time though, this could be the start of someone’s journey into the ‘unknown’.
This picture seems fitting for our day of hope here. Walls of hate have been penetrated!
Love looks forward
What’s the point of being a winner, if one’s alone?…
This picture firstly reminded me the Scrat (squirrel) from the Ice Age movie. Stubborn Scrat likes nuts and hides every nut he finds. In one of the scenes from movie Scrat tries to hide nut deep in the ice, and ice cracks and splits into two huge parts…
….out into The Light !
I really like this picture. It gives off a sense of walking into the unknown. Everything is placed perfectly =]
On the amige presented by coelho Paulo, what we see it is a man, small by the size
But what we do not see, it is the greatness which lives in him: THE LOVE AND HER INTERNAL’S FORCE : and it ‘s this it’is the more important (in front of the knowledge of the universality, in front of the universal space, and the timelessness of time)
Thus small …but big !! and big …and small (humble)
And it gives trust, and trust in God, and trust in the man, and the capacity ” to be able to make “: a so strong conviction, which it lives in him (her)
sur l’image présenté par Paulo coelho , ce que l’on voit c’est un homme , petit par la taille
mais ce que l’on ne voit pas , c’est la grandeur qui vit en lui : L’AMOUR AND LA FORCE INTéRIEURE : et c’est cela le plus important ( devant la connaissance de l’universalité , devant l’espace universel , et l’intemporalité du temps )
donc petit …mais grand ! ! Et cela donne confiance , et confiance en Dieu , et confiance en l’homme , et la capacité de “pouvoir faire “
We are never alone?
We are always alone?
Which phrase is correct. Is either?
Interesting book title….
The title could be looked at many ways as this picture could be percieved many ways. I like it. It certainly has possibilities. One way or the other the vast room the figure is walking into or out of seems tall, hollow, cold.
The feeling this picture depicts, is of great loneliness. The person feels isolated and the ‘walls’ are dividing him from the … light. But there is …HOPE. The schism of the wall is presenting in front of him Paradise and the end of …isolation.
LOVE,
Thelma
Behind the wall, there is the world.
great picture.
sometimes individuals think of themselves as small and that the world is so huge that they are afraid of what might happen to them if they go out in the open. be not afraid to venture in the unfamiliar places. discover yourself and the world, for sure you will stand out as a winner. =)
i’m so excited to get hold of a copy of your latest book.
savita ,
thanks for your words ( because , i need it )
I just love this photo: To look at it fills my heart with a deep sense of loneliness, and yet somehow without imbuing despair. (Is there such a thing as a “good” loneliness?)
And, yes, it does bring to mind that Biblical passage (Matt 19:24): “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Savita
The winners are alone, they are pioneers in what they do are always the vanguaria of things are starting new trends, are the creators of chaos and new, are still innovating in all, we are winners .
Little bit is hard to me to understand what u mean.I wish to read the book soon.Now I am really curios.Alone.why?Is not with God on his side?really.Stands alone when?After a battle that he won?Before?During?When?It means that we must relly on our own powers if we want to succed,do not expext help?Sorry.I dont know what to think.More,generally a winner is surended by folk,relatives,friends.
though you have lost and feel there is nothing left; there is always a new beginning… hope
this picture to me makes me think of leaving the past behind…moving into the future forever… accepting ones future [and motality maybe even.]
The picture makes me think of a huge hanger for planes… it is dark and so on, thus making me strive to make it out into the sunshine outside; yet it also strangely lulls and calms … but you know you have to make your way out into the world – from out of the darkness… i will stare forever. against a dark blank backdrop we can dream our own realities… but set in the light – this moment of responsibility can feel almost daunting and overwhelming.
it takes a great leap of the spirit in faith to remain going forth into the light, rather than linger in the hanger out of sight.
Discúlpame, no tengo un exelente inglés así que debo hablar en español. El libro “El vencedor está solo será publicado en español”?. Es posible?
Gracias de antemano por su respuesta.
Daniel
HOPE in light
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A dream for all, AND that nobody is forgotten:
Noêl / Santiago / Spain: outside ” without shelters ” cannot enter a coffee(cafe) or a store, everything is closed = Spanish are so religious and want to celebrate Christmas, that they close everything… I even I was sad, as pélerin (of st jacques of compostelle), to find me to eat: the day of Christmas!! Not even a warm chocolate to warm me of the cold
I wanted to be with them, with those who are forgotten, with those who need, with the poorest, with those who miss affection
And my question in front of the task: by where to begin, they are so many!! And everywhere…
And there, I felt alone and small (by the means)
..and i said : and the others too …… (” God who is going to help me, helps I “, ” send I the other signs, say I “)
but … But since my return, the silence I know, I understood, but I shall have loved that he says to me how ( and thus : i understand the Paulo coelho ‘s sentence : alone )
KEEPING HOPE AND LOVE
un rêve pour tous , ET que personne ne soit oublié :
Noêl / santiago / espagne : dehors les “sans abris ” ne peuvent pas entrer dans un café ou dans un magasin , tout est fermé = les espagnols sont tellement croyants et veulent fêter noël , qu’ils ferment tout … Moi même j’ai eu du mal , en tant que pélerin ( de st jacques de compostelle) , à me trouver à manger : le jour de noël !! pas même un chocolat chaud pour me réchauffer du froid
je voulais être auprès d’eux , auprès de ceux qui sont oubliés , auprès de ceux qui ont besoin , auprès des plus pauvres , auprès de ceux qui manquent d’affection
et ma question devant la tâche : par où commencer , ils sont si nombreux ! ! et partout …
et là , je me suis sentie seule et petite (par les moyens …)
..et j’ai dit : et les autres , aussi …( “Seigneur qui va m’aider , aide moi ” , “envoie moi d’autres signes , dis moi ” )
mais depuis mon retour , le silence …je sais , j’ai compris , mais j’aurai aimé qu’il me dise comment ( et là je comprends la phrase de Paulo Coelho et surtout : seul )
GARDER L’ESPOIR ET L’AMOUR
My world as my dreams are colourful.
Which way is s/he walking towards?
Stark. Standing tall. Against huge odds.
Narrow is the passage
Difficult is to find it
Alone and humble we can find it
For all, a chance
But conviction in us to keep
Etroit est le passage
difficile est de le trouver
seul et humble on peut le trouver
pour tous , une chance
mais conviction en nous garder
I like this picture.The door opening to a new vision of yourself,new options,new desires,new all new things.It’s hope and win over those walls that we sometimes have build to protect ourselves.It feels like it’s leaving the past behind and going ahead,open ourselves to others,to the world and maybe to connect with all aspect of yourself.
Well,whatever it is,you can’t be wrong with that picture cause it can express many things.Great choice.
O vencedor está só, e provavelmente com a consciência pesada. Para se sentir tão minúsculo como mostra a imagem, deve ter vencido fazendo alguma sujeira!
Wisdom / courage / justice / balance / love / unity where each has to be, and be considered / opening…
sagesse / courage / justice / équilibre / amour / unité où chacun doit être , et être considéré / ouverture …
Drifting
What does a cloud win by drifting there
on wings unseen, on what was uttered
in a silent voice, your Eyes still
hidden in the Night? What does a cloud
win by drifting there on wings unseen,
on a word,a murmer, your whisper from
afar? What does a cloud win by drifting,
drifting in an open sky, and only Sister
Moon to welcome this one homecoming sail,
since by its presence Brother Sun for once
obscured, cannot take part in celebration?
What does it win, and what is there to win?
O Lord, it is Your breath inspiring, Your
silent Word on which we drift, should any
army ask for our surrender it is You we
turn to, and You lift our sail, You make us,
make us drift on wings unseen, and homecoming
then, effortlessly, we wonder: what was there
to win?
The most difficult, Paulo, it is to communicate certain facts, that are common only in some some
And all which concerns ” the spiritual ” is little evoked (the angels, the guardian angels, the visions, the premonitions, “speeches” of him(her) beyond, the célestres “communications” with some “elected members”
Look, the example of Pierre Berger ( http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/01/16/quote-of-the-day-269/ ), about which I spoke recently, and who committed suicide, because he did not say? Parcequ’ before him nobody spoke about all this, thus the knowledge of the men(people) is still small with regard to the area(extent) of what really exists and what some people live and on the other steps!
Why I and not him, or she, it is difficult to say why has me-t-on given to live such or such divine thing, and not the others?? Why people do not speak so easily about all this: fear of not being included? Fear whom the men(people) are not ready to understand ?( i tried to explain sometime , but they don’t understood all that i mine )(but i’m not alone , others exist , with Their own history and their own understanding ) , Fear of being taken for madman, a visionary, or as said Pierre Berger ” worse, for a saint ”
Only sometimes, we feel, because sometimes the only interlocutor who stays is a God and his apostles, and his “angels” or ” his messengers ” and, there, necessarily only we remain standing in front of him, less human consciousness
But man (woman), with all that it wants to say (limitations, doubts, confidence, enthusiasm, certainties, understanding, incomprehension, rational, irationnel, daily life!!! Etc.)
Only, but not only
(In front of the task, you should not forget that we are that a man / as Obama: it is a man, with convictions and envy for his people, but limited because he is a man)
Only , but not only
BUT up Paulo, up (one needs)
le plus difficile ,Paulo ,c’est de communiquer certains faits , qui ne sont communs qu’à quelques uns
Et tout ce qui concerne ” le spirituel” est peu évoqué ( les anges , les anges gardiens , les visions , les prémonitions , des “discours ” de l’au-delà , les “communications” célestres avec certains “élus”
regardez , l’exemple de Pierre Berger (http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/01/16/quote-of-the-day-269/ ) , dont j’ai parlé récemment , et qui s’est suicidé , parce qu’il n’a pas dit ? parcequ’avant lui personne n’a parlé de tout cela , donc la connaissance des hommes est encore minime par rapport à l’étendue de ce qui existe réellement et que certains vivent et d’autres pas !
pourquoi moi et pas lui , ou elle , c’est difficile à dire …pourquoi m’a -t-on donné de vivre telle ou telle chose divine , et pas les autres ?? pourquoi les gens ne parlent-ils pas aussi facilement de tout cela : peur de n’être pas compris ? peur que les hommes ne soient pas prêt à comprendre ? peur d’être pris pour fou , illuminé , ou comme disait Pierre Berger ” pire , pour un saint ”
seuls parfois , nous nous sentons , car parfois le seul interlocuteur qui reste …est Dieu et ses apôtres , et ses “anges” ou “ses messagers ” et , là , forcément seul on reste debout devant lui , moins de la conscience humaine
mais homme ( femme) , avec tout ce que cela veut dire ( limitations , doutes , confiance , enthousiasme , certitudes , compréhension , incompréhension , rationnel , irationnel, vie de tous les jours !!! etc )
seul , mais pas seul
( devant la tâche , il ne faut pas oublier que l’on est qu’un homme / comme Obama : c’est un homme , avec des convictions et des envies pour son peuple , mais limité car il est homme )
seul , mais pas seul
MAIS debout Paulo , debout ( il le faut )
Hi Paulo…Im looking forward to have a copy of your new book The winner stands alone.I’ve read all your books except for eleven minutes which iam already reading. god bless and hoping for new books to come.
Paulo , Paulo ,
I HOPE that ” the winner will be not stand alone ” , That he will be accompanied
But I also know what Pascal said: ” we live alone, we die alone ” = the decisions belong to us, and there are certain things which is allowed us to live “only one”, in our being (sometimes difficult is the division(sharing)) AND we have to live only certain things (I know it)
And I also know that it is “given” to some and not to the others IN FRONT OF GOD.
J’espère que le Gagnant ne restera pas seul , qu’il sera “accompagné”
Mais je sais aussi ce que Pascal disait : ” on vit seul , on meurt seul ” = les décisions nous appartiennent , et il y a certaines choses qui nous est permis de vivre “seul” , dans notre être ( parfois difficile est le partage ) ET nous devons vivre seul certaines choses ( je sais cela )
Et je sais aussi qu’il est “donné” à certains et pas à d’autres DEVANT DIEU .
Yes there is a man who passes in the first one, BUT behind walls, hidden, there are the others, all the others who arrive, and that did not still see you
Because the man exists, only because there are the other people
So the man needs ALL
yes il y a un homme qui passe en premier , MAIS derrière les murs , cachés , il y a les autres , tous les autres qui arrivent , et que vous ne voyaient pas encore
car l’homme existe , seulement parce qu’il y a d’autres hommes
ainsi l’homme a besoin de TOUS
yes we are so small , BUT we can make a great
In the big humility, I am small; and only if I am small, me “would” “be big
And I shall hear the voice of the Lord
AND I shall see AND I shall understand, and I shall say to you
OUI , nous sommes petit , MAIS nous sommes aussi grand
dans la grande humilité , je suis petite ; et seulement si je suis petite , je “serait” grande
et j’entendrai la voix du Seigneur
ET je verrai ET je comprendrai , et je vous dirai
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