What do you think of this motto save the planet?

For me its quite cynical because, at the end of the day, if we dont take care of the planet it will destroy us. But we put ourselves in a position that we are saving something and this may be good for our ego but it is ultimately unrealistic. If we dont care of the planet, we will be destroyed not the planet.

But this is my opinion and I look forward to hear yours.

A Sunday afternoon, two years ago, I was reading my blog and thinking how intelligent my readers are. So I thought: why not invite some of them to the party I held every March 19, in honor of my patron, Saint Joseph? Acting on an impulse (as I normally do) I posted the invitation for 10 people on the first come/first served basis. We got over 500 emails, and the first were from different parts of the world. However, the party was to be held in the middle of the Road to Santiago, (Puente la Reina, Spain).

Then I asked myself: did these readers understand the invitation? It is only for a party, I am not paying the air ticket, hotel, etc. And it is not easy to get to Puente la Reina. I sent a second email to them, and all said that they fully understood. Thanks to this, I had the pleasure to meet wonderful people, most of them now in my top friends in Myspace, and all of them very close to my heart.
I repeated this experience in 2008. Again, the readers were invited, and we had a fantastic time together in a boat on the Seine.

You can see the photos of the first party clicking here, and watch the video of the second party by clicking here.

Again, this 19th March, the party will be held in Paris: I am closing a small brasserie, so we can meet once more. To allow some conversation, I limited the invitation to 120 people, being 90 of my long time friends (that came to the party for the past 20 years), and 30 readers. From that 30 readers, I already invited 10, either because they became personal friends, or because they are constantly present in my social communities (like Vanhacker, Paul from Austria, Jessica, Thelma, Aditya,etc).
So we have 20 places left. Therefore:

A] if you want to come, please send an email to pilar_piedra@hotmail.com with a link to your page or your blog. We are going to select on the first come/first served basis.

B] Send your email during this week. If you don’t hear back from me, that means that either you are in the waiting list (the extra guests) or we need to find another opportunity to meet.

G] If you can come, you understand that the invitation is only for the party, and for one person.

Thank you for your understanding that I cannot invite all of you, even if I want to.

UP-DATE 04.02.09

Thank you very much for your quick answer. We already had the first 20 guests less than 1/2 after we posted the information. At this point, we have close to 1.316 emails. So we have to close the invitation, and find another time to meet.

To the first ones, I still did not have time to answer you. But I will do that either tomorrow or Friday- therefore, if you did not receive the email, that does not mean that you are not invited.
Love
Paulo

Paulo Coelho

The Verba Seniorum – a collection of texts on the monks who lived in the desert at the beginning of the Christian era – tells the story of a hermit who managed to spend a whole year eating only once a week.

After so much effort, he asked God to show him the true meaning of a certain passage in the Bible.

He heard no answer.

“What a waste of time,” said the monk to himself. “I made all that sacrifice and God does not even answer me! Better get out of here and look for some other monk who knows the meaning of this text.”

At that moment an angel appeared before him.

“The twelve months of fasting only served for you to believe you were better than the others, and God has no ears for the vain. But when you were humble, you thought of asking your neighbor for help, and God sent me.”

And the angel told the monk what he wanted to know.

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Paulo Coelho

The Warrior of Light gives before he is asked.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)

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