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Paulo, I wanted to share with you how much of an impact The Alchemist had on me….when I wasn’t expecting it! I had picked it up for my daughter who had requested a copy. Before I passed it to her, I sat down, cracked it open and became acquainted with a wonderul shephard. What a wonderful story. I loved it! I also loved the introduction you wrote….about the fears we harbour while trying to live our “legend.” It truly hit home….and opened my eyes again. The last time I had a zinger eye opener was when I read Anthony de Mello’s book Awareness…same zing!
I wrote a story a couple of weeks later….an attempt to write a fable. I can’t imagine how inudated you are, but I thought since you opened up this forum, I would take a risk and leave you and all the other readers a couple of links to my blog. Yes…I see it as an omen. :)
http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com/2009/01/touchstones.html
direct link to my blog….
http://mayfairplace.blogspot.com
Cheers to you….I look forward to reading more of your work. What a gem you are.
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Malaysian Girl Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Dear Paulo,
I wanted you to know how you book amazed me and become my tool to be stronger.
If you have a time, please read my blog, I believe it will make you thinks differently and hopefully can drop me a comment about what you think. I always want to be a writer just like you. Trust me, my story is only few in a 10000000000
Thank you
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i do not know what is love, love could be in early morning beauty, smile in the face of child, love could be in seeing love in other’s eyes, but still i do not know what is love, is love being together or staying alive, is love in loving others, is love destiny or path? whatever it is, i know that i like the word love
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last night i read elven minutes…it was the second time i read that book…but isnt love supposed to make two people one..to belong to each other be part of each other??so what exactly is “not to posses or be possesed” mean??
i also love the book alchemist..very inspirational and has had a deep impact to me and my emotions…so thanks for teaching me!!
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Thank you, dear-est Paul from Austria. You have presented us the reality behind the ..curtains, in the back-stage! It is always like that regarding HUMAN RIGHTS.
Dear Paulo Coelho, There was a question in Davos if there should be an ethics code between businessmen etc. like the Lawyers and Doctors have. Believe me there is not a …better way of ..violating Human Rights than this ..code of Mutual Silence! It is the way all mystical societies govern the world, behind closed doors. It is the System I have spoken about. I know from … personal experience! Those responsible for Applying the Declaration of Human Rights are those who are the first to break is for …MONEY, in every aspect of life. We have spoken before about the ..Brotherhood, their Oath and their aim for ruling the World. Since you have dealt with metaphysical matters, you must understand what I mean. I wish you much strength to fight EVIL together with … us, Warriors of the LIGHT and all the Angels and Archangels of the Creation.
LOVE,
Thelma
LOVE,
Thelma
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Be aware that, Great distances sometimes separate dreamland from reality.
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Dear Paulo,
You are in Davos… representing the battle for human rights on behalf of the UN at the World Economic Forum…
… Joining the throng of would be “good doers” yesterday, “Wen Jiabao” Chinas PM, was transported to the World Economic Forum in Davos in a specially chartered train…
… prior to his extremely expensive and pompous arrival in Davos, the owner of a small esoteric shop opposite or very near to the entrance of the Auditorium was visited by a “gang” of heavily armed “Swiss” Police or national guards…
… the shops owner, a somewhat frail lady of I would guess your vintage, was told in no uncertain terms to remove the Tibetan Flag and Tibetan accessories with which “for the occasion” she had especially decorated her shop’s window…
… it was to be her small, very subtle way of demonstrating her disgust and disapproval of the illegal CHINESE occupation of TIBET!…
… when she asked from whom the order had come, she was told “The Swiss Government”!!…
Naturally she did as she was told… but I ask you… Where are the Human Rights in Davos or Switzerland?
This action by the Swiss Government, which almost went unnoticed, definitely disqualifies Switzerland from holding the WEF at all…
I dare to suggest that the DAVOS WEF is a very ELITE meeting (many of whom belong to the infamous 6000)… and if the man/woman on the street cannot say what he/she wants to say or present his or her beliefs in a subtle manner… then the entire WEF is a mockery of “Human Rights”!
Perhaps you could go there with your Nokia and interview the lady and YouTube the results in your BLOG!?
Love, & given that we are one… let us all have our say… Paul
(PS: All that Wen Jiabao had to say during his lightning strike visit was… Happy Chinese New Year, it is the year of the Ox… known for it’s stubbornness…!!!)
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Dear Paulo Coelho,
my name is Shayne Kamat i am your biggest fan. I am reading all of your books, right now I am reading “Eleven minutes” and i’ve got to say very interesting. Any way i’m aspiring to become a writer. I write short stories and one day i wish to publish a book composed of all my works. So I was wondering if you wold check out my blog (which will have more of my stories soon). Tell me what you think about it and give me any words of wisdom you have for me.
Your biggest fan,
Shayne Kamat (http://shayneomac.wordpress.com/)
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Debo estar loca
Debo estar loca…
… porque no me conformo con tener un buen trabajo y ganar un buen dinero.
… porque el dinero me tranquiliza pero no me hace feliz.
… porque creo que debo tomar riesgos.
… porque a pesar que me muero de miedo tengo ganas de seguir.
… porque quiero descubrir quien soy realmente.
… porque pienso diferente que la mayoría de personas que me rodean.
… porque muchos dicen que lo estoy.
… porque siento que algo no está bien en una vida perfecta.
… porque no entiendo los patrones que la gente impone.
… porque mi vida no ha seguido un “orden normal”.
Estoy loca…
… porque a pesar que que no me gusta, lo sigo haciendo.
… porque sé no está bien para mí e igual lo hago.
… porque le sigo poniendo pretextos a mi felicidad.
… porque el miedo me paraliza.
… porque pienso que lo que hago es un sacrificio por una buena causa.
… porque dejo que ese sacrifiio destruya lo mejor de mi vida.
… porque no sé qué camino seguir.
… porque no me creo capaz.
… porque me sigo diciendo que no soy capaz.
… porque me da flojera intentar.
… porque creo que ya es muy tarde para cambiar.
http://mabi-nonsense.blogspot.com/
thanks a lot for this space
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A wonderful song :-D
Gabriellas song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAHflzfACo
Love Jessica
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Dear Caro,
I have just read your toughts you wanted to share and I just feel like having to give you a reply..
I am really sad about the today’s world. Sometimes I’m not sure if I am still alive because all what is seen and locked at in these society is only the intelect. Feelings, personalities and souls don’t seem to exist. If you are intelligent, have studied a university, build a good career and made a lot of money, you are seen as a “happy man” and it doesn’t matter if you really are so happy. It doesn’t matter, that the “satisfaction” and “happiness” don’t depend on the amount of money or awards. The succesful people are thought to be lucky but is it really so?
I don’t think, I really do not think…
Though many people call me intelligent and suppose that I just HAVE to be happy, I just suffer from my past, my nightmares, feelings and my intellect, that is seen to be so super, becomes my handicap. I suffer because I understand so much…
And concerning the fiendness in your work, I think it is because of jealousy and it is just bad for you as the workers and for the patients as well. If there is someone unfriendly in a house, you can always feel it.
I wish you very nice rest of the weekend.
Adela
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The 31st of january 2009:
I´m so happy today :-)
Feels like a lot of pieces has fallen into place.
I have decided what to do in several areas of my life, which direction I will take.
For start I will take each day as it comes and be happy for the small and big miracles that happens every day.
Be grateful for each day I can grow on this Earth :-)
Today I feel peace and serenity inside, it´s so wonderful.
It may have helped that I did yoga this morning, helped me calm down and center myself :-)
I feel so thankful for what I have expierienced in my life so far.
It has made my wiser, more tolerant and more humble, and also made me appriciate the small things in life :-D
Love and serenity
Jessica
from my blog:
http://www.jessicagottling.blogspot.com/
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January 31st
Dear Paulo,
today is Thomas Merton’s birthday…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DME6G1dWoE&feature=related
With loving kindness,
Sators
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I just wanted to share some thoughts I had at my job today and felt the need to write it down.
I am working in this big hospital where there is unfortunately a lot of tensions between departments, a lot of tension between people that are working all together and I am sometimes wondering if I am at the right place. Because as far as I love my job, I am wondering if every individual that is working with me became that angry after years in this place and I’m afraid and don t want to become like them.
I don’t understand what s the point of keeping critizising everybody in their back, creating conflicts by creating rumors, making you feel like the worst worker they have ever met, strange atmosphere where you feel judged for everything you re doing, every word you pronounce.
I am especially disappointed because I feel like we should work all together for one and unique goal, giving the best care to our patients and keep improving our knowledge as doctors or nurses. We have so much to learn from each other but competition is still present for a reason I am not able to explain.
A hierarchy system that also kills relationships, a hierarchy system where having done studies seems to give you the right to everything and consider other persons not even as human. But I have to say that I discover the best persons humanly speaking, not in those talented and well known doctors but often in the most simple and discrete persons that were working everyday with me, more helpful than any of those persons, and despite our knowledge level difference.
I love my job and I am so dedicated to it and despite it, I am reproached not to spend all my free time in working more at home, or I’m feeling sad for my colleagues that are telling me they get bored when they have too much free time. I have so much to do on my free time…
I have also been reproached to be too spontaneous, too sincere, to show feelings when I am worried about one of my patient because my face was not “professional” enough and the only way I have found is to respond with a smile.
I keep smiling, saying hello and giving a nice word once and a while even when people are acting in a very rude way but I just feel very powerless and I d like to tell them that everything would be way nicer if they d accept to see things in a different way, to accept to open themselves to new ideas, to new people, to cross over their own limits, limits of a world where they feel secured but also so sad.
I wish I had more power to make them happier…
I am not sure my text does not make sense, it s probably very impulsive but I just feel that I m trying to keep entertaining my dreams and keep trying to believe of the kindness of everybody but those days in the negative atmosphere are creating so much doubts….
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Quote by author Denis Waitley:
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
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Looking to hire or about to get fired?!?! Today we do not know what to say, or think. The governement is talking about stimulus plan, here and there. Cutting the rates, injecting money in the economy, all of these is just confusing.
For the middle man or woman that’s not what we are worrying about, we worry about our mortgage, the credit cards minimum payment, the tuition of our children, the start of a new career, reaching a goal or a dream.
Life is being tough and is getting tougher, it is like “they” are saying something. A year ago it was about global warming, about the ressources that will become more scarced and poverty that will increased. Now it is about economic crisis, now it is about people losing their jobs, their houses, bank going bankrupt, loan being difficult to get, businesses closing, where are we going.
After four years of university, ten of thousands invested in tuition, now the return is nowhere to be seen, just like the expectation of the banks, the real estate brokers, the speculators. We went to school because it was said that it will give us a great return in our investement, and now that we are asking for our return on investement “they” talk about economic crisis.
It is all a scam, all a scam, there is no crisis, it is just a way for the governement to reduce the amount of money in circulation in the market. The governement decide to make credits available easily to everyone, and allow banks to approve almost all applicants. Now that the economy is scrumbling, they blaming the banks, the investors…they were just acting like the governement, they were just being greedy.
The real crisis, is us, us who are at the bottom of the ladder, there are so many of us, now that we are walking on each other,initentionaly and soon it will be because we are trying to survive, survive to give a meaning to our life, a chance to our children.
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thanks you, maybe I can overstep the limits in my soul and your blog will help me)))
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Orange Wings
What a beautiful creation –
Orange wings I see at night.
Brings me sense of admiration
Orange light that shines so bright.
Seen by all and feared by many,
Wave of orange walks the Earth.
You and I are on this planet
Carrying light of Universe.
What a beautiful reflection
Stars and angels hand in hand
Had created with affection,
Love, and hope for this Land.
We can fly, and yes, we choose to
Walk in passion, be yourself.
Stepped in life for wings to loose once
Human angels – we are back!
Doors of colors, stairs of choices,
Halls of honors… Step by step
We’re accepting life in passion –
Angels’ present in a wrap.
Let us open, and discover
Smell and taste of every day.
We shall love and we shall marvel
Watching inner child at play.
Orange wings my child has spotted,
He can see and he can feel.
Crystal life that had been granted
In his presence ‘s now real.
Moving quickly, flying rather,
Earth evolves at such a rate
That I doubt I’m a mother,
For each child is more than Great…
Orange color walks the planet
Getting brighter every day.
On the mission Human Angels,
Universe’s Beauty way.
Tatyana Petrovicheva
July 25, 2008
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I was just watching this video by John Assaraf yesterday (http://www.snipurl.com/superpower) where he was talking about the importance of meditation in our lives. He had the following quote which I though twas very interesting:
“I don’t believe there is conscious awareness. I believe there’s awareness of consciousness.” John Assaraf
It seems like that really challenges a lot of conventional spiritual wisdom (is there such thing as “conventional spiritual wisdom”?) about how we go about our world… our daily lives.
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Examining fingers
when I half close my
wet yawned eyes
the candle sends its
quick sprawling fingers
to my corneas
to examine
what I have seen
this far in life
what I have experienced
me to be
in this moment
I sit still
pretend like
nothing is happening
and hope to get
my day fresh being
drawn in the flame
© Ulric Alstermark, 2009
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I was not surprised seing that sallary will be frozen,the funny thing is how frozen will be the income of bussiness men?All over financial crises.Where vanished the money?All the fortune just dissapeared?Something is rotten in Denmark….
In my country as I mentioned phone and mails registered.I feel so weird talking on phone,trying to cut sentences,while imagining how somebody listen my call…In radio and tv lot of jokes on that topic.Strange enough people in such moments reacts like if we live in a tragic-comedy.
Than,from a military unit nobody knows how or when lots og guns dissapeared.How come no cam there?Even in a benzin station there are several cams.Was secret unit,I guess.lol
But in those days,with possible terrorists,persons can enter militar unit take arms,is little worrying thing.
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Today was a very challenging and emotional day..my impression about people I have known and worked with for a long time has been changed, they have lost my trust, and I doubt they will ever regain it.
On the other hand, I am thinking about my short term future..should I go work abroad for the summer, should I work here in Amman (Jordan), or maybe take a summer course (yep in university :S)…Things are pushing me in all the directions.
And on another note!
I am in a talent competition, and I need people to vote for me to win! so please send an email with my name (Walaa Hamdan) to vote@play.jo, and you can read my poetry in my blog (walaahamdan.wordpress.com)
Thanks for letting me vent!
<3
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A song which text sais a lot to me :-)
Nickelback/ if today was your last day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlziVnesRdE
My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each days a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned
Leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride
If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
If today was your last day
Going against the grain should be a way of life
What’s worth the price is always worth the fight
Every second counts cause there’s no second try
So live it like you’re never living twice
Don’t take the free ride in your whole life
If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
And would you call old friends you never see
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies
And would you find that one your dreaming of
Swear up and down to god above
That you’ll finally fall in love
If today was your last day
If today was your last day
Would you make your mark
On ending a broken heart
You know it’s never too late
To shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are
So do whatever it takes
Cause you can’t rewind
A moment in this life
Let nothing stand in your way
Cause the hands of time
Are never on your side
If today was your last day
If tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have
And would you call old friends you never see
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies
And would you find that one your dreaming of
Swear up and down to god above
That you’ll finally fall in love
If today was your last day
Love Jessica
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Thank you sir.
:)
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