How many times did you reinvent yourself in your lifetime?
I’m asking this because I saw this week the new movie by Clint Eastwood the Gran Torino and I’ve been following Clint Eastwood since his beginnings as an actor in class-B spaghetti westerns.
In my book The Alchemist, Santiago, the shepherd boy, has to reinvent himself in order to get to his goal. I have also been in this situation and had to reinvent myself many times.
So now I would like to know about you: How many times have you re-invented yourself and in which situations?
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While I am only forty years old, I have
been a grocery clerk, soldier,
student, cook, school director,
security guard, accountant, cowboy,
teacher, father, husband, and all
around computer guy.
All of these things were required at their
specific times of occurance in my life.
Some I wanted to do more than others,
but ALL were nessecary to obtain my
goals.
Minha mãe foi criada pelos seus tios, pois ela ficou orfã muito pequena e teve vários problemas pscológicos por isso. Foi humilhada pela filha da minha tia(supostamente por ciúmes), sua prima. Toda a revolta da minha mãe refletia em mim, e cresci muito revoltada também, mesmo que eu não quisesse. Sempre tive sede de justiça desde muito pequena. Com muitas brigas em casa, começou a afetar minha saúde, também a minha auto-confiança, auto-estima era muito baixa, já que meu pai nos abandonara, enfim, vivia um conflito comigo mesma – era difícil aceitar todos terem uma família normal, e eu não. Quando eu saí de Petrópolis para meu primeiro trabalho no rio de Janeiro, deixei aquele ‘fardo’ pesado, e tive que me reinventar outra vez(já que as pessoas não conhecia o meu triste passado, e me tratavam como eu realmente era, e eu já não me sentia uma pessoa fracassada, como eu me sentia antes. Eu reinventei uma vida normal, longe ‘daquelas’ dicussões, que era ‘o verdadeiro inferno’, e hoje vivo na Europa, e eu consigo lidar com o passado como uma grande experiência de vida.
I will soon be the reflection of God.
There are always people around you trying to weaken your self-confidence. Well, then maybe each one of us should be “mean” enough not to let it happen. Yeah, “though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil, because we´re the meanest son of bitches in the whole damned valley”, should be the motto of every good person! Evil exists only because we allow it to. Reinvent yourself by being strong enough not to let people stop you from chasing your dreams…
I think the journey of life asks that we continuously reinvent ourselves and that it is a wise soul that can easily adapt in changing circumstances. I think the only time people have difficulty with the process of re-creation is when they reinvent themselves for the wrong purpose; which is usually a matter of changing for others! The soul knows itself! It is when we ignore this true self that we reinvent for all the wrong reasons and fail to make ou mark! The soul resists the illusions we wrap ourselves in!
I am re-inventing myself now.
Sometimes de-learning is necessary for learning to begin.
I have re-invented myself many times, today I am a Commodities broker, but my heart is not in it, I have lost my dreams, my spark, it is just me and I am so lonely that I wonder at times why I am still here, I want to go to Israel, then to So.Africa, I love helping people, I believe in Angels and Omens, God has worked in my life in tremendous ways and has shown me the errors in the way I use to live. Sometimes we have to lose everything to gain, Everything, I wished someone was behind the camera in my life. Love drives all, Love turns ordinary into a Picasso. “The greatest of these is Love.”….Jesus Christ.
A tarot card reader told me that this would be the year I would come into my own. So I allowed the cards to unfold, and sure enough two months later I found myself at a busstop, supposed to be going to work, but instead I took the next bus to my apartment. There was a lesson to be learned, one that I had yet to learn, and the Universe was bound and determined to make sure I learn it and learn it well. There is actually a patchwork of lessons the Universe needs me to learn that make up the quilt of the major lesson that is supposed to cloak my soul. This is all apart of my evolution and coming into my own.
Right now I’m trying to re-invent myself. I’m an alcoholic so I’m trying to live an alcohol-free and more productive life.
Hello David, I feel proud of you -even though I do not know you- because it takes courage and will power to take the first step and acknowledge that you are trapped in an addiction. Hope you achieve success and you can maintain it and sustain it. Good luck!!!!
i don’t even know myself. how can i reinvent it.
For one to reinvent themselves they need to rethink who they are. It can be physical or within ones self. I feel as if I have lived three lives already physically and mentally. The path that i have chose is one of spiritual and health. I moved to Miami Beach Florida to be close to the beach and and balance my energy. It has enlightened me in so many ways that i feel that I have come to peace with myself from the bad experience in my previous life. This is what i call my third life. Reinvented physically and mentally.
C-
Life is a continuous learning process. Which is why everyday should be a reinvention of oneself. Although this is a lot easier than done, I believe that it all starts with the mind. If you know what it is that you truly want, and that you know deep in your heart that it entails a lot of courage to be better, you are bound to be truly be right and be happy at the end.
A specific experience of mine which involves a lot of reinvention of oneself was when I got in my first job. I knew that I still had a lot to learn from my colleagues and superiors, which is why an open heart and mind is a must for me to improve and truly be happy. :)
Re-invention in my life has been always a needed step to open the door to a bigger source of life and understanding.Sometimes adapting in outside and completly new circumstances and not a conscious decision I have to reinvent me, sometimes for survive in strange countries , in a new working place and struggling with the limits of my communication.My personal conscious step is, to work with myself, related to habbits and blind points and to respect my personal traditions and values.
Is it invent or remember? We are a part of life and its nice to say ” Wow, thats me too?”
Oh it is this ability of humans to press the reset button every now and then – with hope and enthusiasm, this ability to renew oneself – give a new start everyday anvery moment you choose to – that makes us so different. If you are ready to listen – it is never too late. I hadmy life passing by – with a lot of adventures – but still not seeing what I really wanted todo. I took the plunge once – and I am so happy i did that – Igave up everything I had and went to a strange country 0- onlything I knew was the language – - It hasbeen 5 years – and still I am searching – but searching and finding. I see the signs and and Ihave started grpbbing them – I let it go sometimes – when I see the universe telling me to. Yes itis a journey – and we need to enjoy every step wetake – clean every tea glass as if it is the last one on earth. and keep lookingout for the signs –
This is a newreligion – it is thereligion of hope and Paulo you are our prophet. Only difference this is a religion that preaches you to forget that there is a relegion.
Hola Paulo,
Gracias por la oportunidad. Creo que muchas veces me he reinventado a mi misma y ni qiquiera me he dado cuenta. Me explico, a veces vivimos en una inconciencia tan conciente, que creemos que somos perfectos. Que no hay razon de reinventar lo que tan bien ha sido inventado. Insenzates tal, tuvieron que pasar muchos inviernos para realizar todo lo contrario; desde entonces me reinvento en conciencia y con amor. Me despierto en la manana dandole gracias a mi Creador por ese dia y pido su favor para ser un ser nuevo al servicio de los que lo necesiten. Asi soy reinventada por el dia a dia.
I have attempted to reinvent myself many times but have never succeeded in the broader sense, but only in steps that have still left me short of who I could be proud to be.
Raised in a violent and abusive household, I took after my father and upon being instigated would hit or push my sister. Once I pushed her and she fell, hitting her head on the table. I was 10 or 11 and resolved to never hit or push her again. I only did one time after when about 13 so I feel good about that. But despite much thought on the matter, I hadn’t resolved the problems with anger, I had only refrained from violence.
Later, I decided I was sick of being poor so I attempted to transform myself into a successful salesman. I decided I’d have a car sales job in 10 days. I visualized getting the job every day twice for 15 minutes a day. By the fourth day I had it at a shockingly successful dealership considering I had no sales experience and not even a driver’s license. It was a disaster. I didn’t have the social skills, stress exhausted me, I crashed a car when parking it, and upon looking in the mirror the next morning, I couldn’t go on. I had hoped that either it wouldn’t have to be a dishonest job, or it wouldn’t be ‘too’ dishonest for me. But I could see no way to succeed at that job through honesty given the abilities I had at the time. I would never use those visualization methods again because I didn’t trust myself with their power.
Later, being unable to keep work due to very high stress that would wash over me, exhaust me, and leave me unable to listen, remember, or be properly aware of my surroundings, I had to let go of my pride and go on welfare. It was unfair to keep borrowing from a friend because I had no reasonable way of repaying him, despite my desire and efforts to get and keep work. My pride was costing him. And I would die shortly if I went homeless. So after 13 jobs I couldn’t keep, and several accidents, I had to accept my failure to become an independent adult.
Struggling to get well and getting ill instead, I turned to meditation, but it changed me despite me, in unpredictable and disconcerting ways. So I stopped.
Finally, I started investing savings in the stock market. (I did repay my friend everything I owed him first which is one of the few things I’m proud of, not because there was any danger I wouldn’t but because I know from experience that few people would have in my circumstances) The research during this first year has forced me to learn about the real business world, people, and myself. I think what people do with their money says far more about them than what they say or think of themselves. It finally culminated in my deciding that based on my choices with my savings, and the way I see the world work, I couldn’t continue pretending to believe in morality. I couldn’t be outraged by the criminals running the world. Morality is a vestigal set of abstractions based on emotional reasoning that evolved through tribal living. It kept people from killing or harming eachother, helped them cooperate, and created a heirarchy that haphazardly promoted the genes that worked best. In a globalized plutocratic/facist world, morals are maladaptive. I still have the feelings of “this is morally right” and “that is morally wrong” but I no longer believe they are valid. What works is right.
Finally, I very recently asked myself what the difference between stress and fear are, and if stress serves any useful purpose. Perhaps I will not be lost in the coming few years to the death that chronic high stress will bring. I might reinvent myself yet. Or I might end up dead behind a dumpster. Either way. Things just are. Existence doesn’t denote meaning. Action doesn’t denote purpose. We just do because we were designed by default to do. Those who didn’t, didn’t pass on their code.
I’m a health professional, helping people on a 1:1 basis to achieve their goals in order to improve their health and wellbeing. I have to reinvent myself- apply a theraputic use of self in order to adapt and change my approach to suit the persons needs. In my personal life, I have to reinvent myself each time I stumble accross an obsticle. Actually, now I think about it, I reinvent myself daily- daily life experience requires us to use, learn and turn new experiences and knowledge into the people we are that day. It’s what makes us individuals I think. The person I am today, is something different from who I will be tomorrow. I like that thought and now that thought is a reality. And it has changed me from someone I was 5 minutes ago.
I don’t think of it as reinventing myself, but rather as evolving into who I am happy being. As we know, evolution as a process tends to happen very slowly. There has really only been one point in my life thusfar that is almost a fork in my path. And even then, at the time I never saw it as such.
LA Vanidad es algo ke mejor dejar a los vanidosos, la hipocresía no se la engaña con el ego, y el ego es el arma para seguir luchando. será mi eskizofrenia, pero yo me cagúen la vanidad.
Since a month or so I have read the following passage from the “Manual of the Warrior of Light” over and over…
“A warrior of light knows that certain moments repeat themselves.
He often finds himself faced by the same problems and situations, and seeing these difficult situations return, he grows depressed, thinking that he is incapable of making any progress in life.
‘I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart. ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it.’
Then the warrior realises that these repeated experiences have but one aim: to teach him what he does not want to learn.”
Having understood that I have not learned my lesson(s) yet, I have come to realise that it is time to start the process of re-inventing myself… I see some progress in small details, in subtleties of consciousness and know that they will continue appearing because I allow and want them to…
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Hola Paulo. Tengo mala memoria.. no se cuantas veces me he reinventado en mi vida, o no si lo he hecho alguna vez, o sencillamente no se que es reinventarse… ¿cambiar de vida?, ¿modificar algun habito o costumbre?, ¿tomar una decision radical en la vida?, etc. En este momento creo que reinventarse es llenar un vacio, un algo dentro de nosotros que exige ser llenado, ocupado, ser completado… puede que no sea un cambio… sino solo la busqueda y obtencion de algo – material o inmaterial- que te llene.. y te haga feliz. De seguro que reinvertarse carga una dosis recargada de valor, coraje, valentia, etc…par buscar y conseguir “aquello”. El “proceso” de reinventarse deberia ser igual de gratificante que el logro final, ¿verdad?
re-invent yourself, in my opinon is a essential part of human nature, since the begining of time, humans have re-inveted themselves in order to adat to an era, and social life from where they come from. what is important is not that we do re-invent ourselves , (some people re-invent and don’t even know it) but the importance is that u can look back and see what and how you re-invited your life , philosophy, and morals. and the key part of re-inventing is so you can share with the world. if that were be able to be a true human action as well (sharing our re-inventions), the world would be on a better, place, because is a big part of cultivating the energy of love. ……… i actually got to think about this and a lot more (that i don’t want to bore you with now) while i was reading THE ZAHIR> by U
Hi
Changing, I have been. Every minute of life; from the day I was born. But a large part of this change is natural and unplanned. Also not controlled by me. I just go with the flow of life and life keeps changing me.
Reinventing is more conscious. Planned. Thought through. The end objective, the path or the means and the pros and cons. It is more deliberate. Sometimes reinventing is for the better some times not for much better.
Personally, the most serious reinventing I did ( and am still doing) is post my marriage. No other event has called for so much of re-invention as marriage. I had to change my self (into a new Avtar of myself) to increase compatibility with my life partner.
Right from my outlook to life; the way I dress and what I read (he introduced me to your work); everything has been re-engineered to bring more harmony in our lives (mine and my life partner’s).
Thanks for asking this thought provoking question. Never thought about this change in myself as re-engineering.
Must confess; re-engineering does not sound as if we are talking about life! Sounds more scientific and process oriented and less about life!Very dull and flat.
regards
Rajshree Ghosh
Sometimes too much invention – as required in this ‘modern’ life
can take it’s toll..
..Psalm 137 ;O)
Querido Paulo,
Como sempre os assuntos que vc propõe são mto construtivos…e este em especial ja que neste momento de minha vida estou sentindo uma enorme necessidade de me re-inventar, visto que depois de passar um periodo dificil, eu estou viva(!!!)e quero poder recomeçar esta vida maravilhosa independente do que eu tenha passado. Acho que oque me estimula a me re-inventar é a distancia do que eu sou hj, do que quero ser na vida.. sinto que ainda tenho muita lapdação pra chegar aonde quero, e isto me motiva. Num certo momento, ha não muito tempo atras, senti esta necessidade de re-inventar a mim mesma, ja que estava vivendo mais pros outros do que pra mim… mesmo se a gente se re-inventa a cada dia, acho que tem uma “base” que não modifica, que são nossos valores, nosso carater, e nossa personalidade. Na minha humilde opinião, acho que ter aceitado meus fracassos e olhar a realidade tal como ela é me ajudou a começar esta nova mudança no meu ser. é preciso ser muito forte pra continuar sendo você mesmo, mesmo em periodos que muitas pessoas estao contra vc, te criticam, insultam e mostram não gostar de sua pessoa. De uma certa forma busco sempre enxergar a critica alheia como uma construção pra que eu me amelhore, mas ha um certo cuidado a ser tomado, ja que não se pode confundir tomar uma critica como construtiva do que ter o impulso de mudar com base do que os outros esperam de vc. O impulso de mudar tem de partir de nos mesmos, e pra melhorar nossa propria vida, dentro daquilo que acreditamos que é melhor pra gente, e consequentemente sera melhor também pra todos em torno de nos. Eu sempre tive muita necessidade de agradar ao proximo, sem mtas vezes prestar atenção se estava sendo agradavel pra mim. Aceitar que eu não posso agradar gregos e troianos me fez me sentir bem comigo mesma, ja que vi que o que é mais importante é a auto-aceitação antes da aceitação de quem quer que seja. Hoje me sinto mais preparada pra renascer e me re-inventar a partir daquilo que sei que é melhor pra mim e consequentemente pra todos.
Tenha uma otima semana Mestre!
Estou na contagem regressiva… faltam dez dias, estou mto feliz, agradeço todos os dias a Deus por ter a oportunidade de encontra-lo pessoalmente!!!!
MARG (meu amor, respeito e minha gratidão, sempre…)
Ca
P.S: Adoro os comentarios que seus outros admiradores deixam aqui, e queria muito poder interagir tb com eles, porém eu so sei me comunicar bem em francês e português. Meu inglês é muito fraco…
The cycle of life, death, and rebirth is a constant pattern I observe in life. It’s present in nature, with the constant change of the seasons. Let us not forget that we are an essential part of this nature, and that we can also observe this cycle of life within ourselves.
Sometimes it can be difficult to let go. Most people seem to have a fear of death, which is fear of the unknown. They don’t realize that in order for themselves to grow, they need to die and be reborn many times. Examples of this are letting go of old ideologies, relationships that have turned harmful, or recognizing your life’s calling, or as Mr. Coelho would say, your Personal Legend.
I have lived and died countless times in this life. This is what makes life beautiful to me, moving through this rhythym of creation and destruction. This is how all of Creation evolves.
I think people are wrong when they say “we reinvent ourselves” especially everytime something bad or sad or annoying or frustrating,happens in our life.
The truth is the minute our innocence fades and you feel hurt the first time,or anything that happened to you when you still believed in fairytales or you could not see there is any bad in the world,that is the minute we think we are reinventing ourselves,but in fact we are just putting a new layer, a new face if you want to call it like that,that gives us the belief that we are reinventing ourself but in fact we have the same broken heart,or the same pain,or the same mourning but only we new clothes,the clothes of hope.
Reinvention often requires destruction, unless your are dissembled there is no way to rebuild. The curious thing about the word “reinvention” is that it is different than “renaissance”. One is a deliberate act the other a twist of fate.
Many times in my life I have dealt with failure. I have been in foreign countries penniless, hungry, thirsty. I had to make a deliberate decision to change myself to suit the circumstances. Sometimes in those situations I would find a way to make myself valuable and find work. Othertimes I would would have to make myself humble and find help.
Unfortunately, there have been times I have taken without giving. It was not theft in a material sense. It was taking the love of someone and being so caught up in my own situation I failed to give love in return. Those are the times I am most totally destroyed. And those are the times reinventing myself has given me the greatest satisfaction.
I believe we re-invent ourselves every time we have the need to adapt ourselves to a new environment, unexplored situation or foreign emotion. We are forced to re-invent ourselves to avoid or cope with pain. We re-invent ourselves in the presence of love.
I am currently in the process of re-inventing myself as the time gets closer to recite my wedding vows and explore a life where the “I” turns into “We”. I also know I will re-invent myself the instant I become a mother.
Re-inventing oneself does not mean forgetting about our true essence, the core of our humanity. I see it as changing your clothes/outfits. It doesn’t matter how many layers you wear, you’re still you under that outfit.
=D Hugs!!!
Mestre,
Acredito é natural do ser humano ser mutante… Adaptação, desenvolvimento, lapdação… independente de qual processo estamos todos mudando com o passar do tempo, seja por situações, aprendizados, vivências. Estarmos abertos a tais mutações nos faz seguir cada vez melhor.
MARG,
Ca
Yes, it’s true. We do change, but in the precess we hurt people close to us.
When I focused on a facet of who I was. Filling up my time with the development of this singular point, the illumination I was hoping for never came close to my expectation.
I would have to retreat into myself and find something new to focus on. You might say this was a reinvention. My dreams would crash and my persona would fade.
When I realized that the combination of all the facets were who I really was,I got out of the way of my life and found I did not need to reinvent it.
Thanks, Paulo, for this question! This question has acted as a trigger for me. I had tried to transform my life before, and I realize that the transformation has not been complete. Thanks for bringing this question within myself to light. I need to bring about a complete transformation within myself, and I have to figure that out starting today. I needed courage for that, and your question suddenly pointed out to me that everything I need to live a new life is within myself.
Premiere.Re-invention – it’s the carnival.The world stops.The world changes.The renewed,re-established and re-invented world comes to a new existence.A new performance starts!
Dear Paulo,
I am truly blessed to be the person I am, and certainly many re-inventions led me to my present existence, and many mentors sparked a life in me in the past. However, in recent years I grew to be more aware of my own enemies – fear, doubt, and many contradictions that surround me. And until I can be a fearless guardian of all that I treasure once again, I humbly live day by day and train my heart to hold more courage.
I will note, Paulo, that true re-invention starts when I become aware of my own enemy who keeps me away from my passion.
Paulo, tudo bem? Bom, tive o impulso de dividir com vc uma descoberta incrivel que tive hoje pela vida e o verdadeiro sentido de estarmos aqui. Queria muuuito conversar isso com voce se possivel. Vivo em miami , escreva-me , por favor.Busco a anos o sentido da vida e encontreeeei, queria dividir com voce.
Obrigada. felicidades!(esta mensagem e somente para vc, nao precisa publica-la)
I wish to tell Thank you dear Paolo Coelho, your books is all for me!!!
With best wishes Natalie.
hello from the middle of the u.s.a. rather than re-inventing oneself, i believe in re-discovery. our minds and spirits contain all the knowledge and wisdom of the universe. like playing a guitar or cooking, we already know how. we just have to connect with our unconscious thoughts and let the light shine through us.
Bom dia, Mago!
Dia Internacional da Mulher: meus cumprimentos à Christina Oiticica, sua esposa e brilhante Artista Plástica com obras admiráveis.
Paulo, não sou pessimista, mas a nossa realidade brasileira nos empurra atualmente para a resolução dos problemas de sobrevivência e o lugar Sagrado do Espírito e do Sonho, cada vez mais se encolhe.Já caminho para a terceira idade e pouca coisa vem mudando, só espero que meu filho e futuros netos possam viver com Dignidade, coisa que a minha geração não conseguiu, pois muitos se perderam no meio do caminho.
Desculpe-me, mas hoje, estou desolada!
Há um filme seu para ser lançado daqui a poucos meses, eu li e nessa oportunidade lhe desejo sucesso no sentido de que as pessoas que o assistirem possam captar suas mensagens de Amor!!!
Lindo final de semana!
Dear Marie-Christine & Genine,
Thank you very much. Appreciated :)
God bless you all !
Ho reinventato me stessa ogni volta che sono stata ferita in amore…ma il punto chiave qui si sposta nell’ambito del lavoro…è chiaro che non tutti siamo in grado di fare troppe cose…chi è attore è attore perciò calarsi in un altro tipo di personaggio va bene comunque! Gli artisti sono in grado di reinventarsi…in generali…basta essere artisti nell’animo! E’ la fantasia la salvezza o la colpevole che dir si voglia…
Tu Paulo potresti anche essere un regista, hai fatto l’attore, il mago…sei un artista nell’animo…puoi reinventarti anche adesso se solo tu lo volessi.
Baci dal Sud
I’m On The Line now.
I leave everything to reach my personal legend. I didn’t access to my very point.
but in that way the impotant things, that i have not fulfil theme in my life, get in my way to complete one by one…
I try to complete theme and i succeed.
But Now… My Pesonal Legend Will Not Full Me.
I want to drown in advanture sea.
Now i’m on the line. the others wants to take me back cause i lived anything since 3 years ago. in that days that i fall in love i see the biggest thing that i could ever see. i have to share it with you.
If love want this. you will com to me.
I Re-invented my life in that days.
Full cup.When I’ve got “enough” of something-I’m looking for changes to “upgrade” myself.It should be done on a regular basis.And what will happen,if gradually changes wouldn’t have been done?I will be “overfilled” with “staff”-and the next step will be a revolutionary one:to re-invent myself-”the pendulum” will swing to the other extreme.And I’ve done that twice so far,by circumstances mentioned above.
Ola Fabricio
Muito bom , eu gosto quando os povos falam em linguas diferentes, mim estou aprendendo, esta alargando minha probabilidade e meus neuronios
sentem vivos – Matenha a – acima
Obrigado para sua mensagem Fabricio.
Tenha um dia agradavel.
I had to re-invent myself several times. Especially if I want to be a good leader.
BTW, I had to ask this: I want some help regarding decisions. Decisions about college, about courses. I’m in a state of dilemma, for a couple of weeks.
Dear Santosh,
Thank you for you beautiful quote regarding every ounce of breath etc.
I am now thinking to myself that with every breath I inhale I am inventing myself and with every breath I exhale I am reinventing myself. I am finding it quite relaxing and calming.
I suffer depression and have had to make and deal with some major decisions in my life (none of which I regret) and am finding that I reinvent myself everytime I talk to someone, depending on who that person is. I reinvent myself to be what I believe that person wants me to be, not who I truly am.
Here is to everyone bein who they want and need to be.
I have felt many times it was necessary to reinvent myself – although never really knew how to go about it. Recently after many years of reading Paulo’s wonderfull books, which led me to many other authors and other opinions i am as i type reinventing myself… For the first time I am able to appreciate the positive side of all aspects of my enviroment, and the people in it. I find myself being able to laugh in the face of negativity, (which many people are finding difficult)
I’ve always known that there’s something I know – but i’ve no known what it is…. but now i’m starting to learn what it is i was trying to remember… The journey is so incredible… I see the magic every day recently, and the simplicity of it makes me laugh.. Thankyou Paulo for making me look for the magic in our surroundings… I would never have found it if it wasn’t for you. God bless you (added by Mobile using Mippin)
Invent means to find out, discover, especially by search or endeavour according to the Oxford English dictionary. “RE-” in this sense is a prefix to the verb “invent”. It denotes repetition, with the added sense of return to an earlier state. I dont believe we re-invent ourselves so much as we are a work in progress- a continual invention!. Of course we change during our lifetime- the only thing constant in the world is change. I am vastly different today than many years ago. I feel if i am still in this same state of “understanding” of my existance in many years to come i have robbed myself of the gift of learning and realisation basically only time can give. How is it therefore possible to “re-invent ” myself? Is not my life a time wonderment and discovery… of “inventing” myself? therefore my belief and understanding is we do not return to our beginnings and re-invent ourselves, we continually “invent” or evolve maybe. My thoughts anyway!!. tchau, Tsarus
Olá Paulo, and Hello Marie-Christine.
Primeiramente Paulo, me desculpe usar o espaço do seu blog para ficar conversando, não sei se convém, porém vou responder a Marie.
My Dear Marie, first of all, no, I do not work in Hairdressing Business. Well, I do not see any problem on Writing on Portugues, because I am making my Question to a Brazilian, Paulo, and he Understands it, and also Writes all His original Texts in Portuguese, so I think that Portuguese is Very apropriated to the Situation and that I can go Internation With it. But I also think that you Should not Cut Friedships, While trying to cut Hairs, Because beyond International, is to Be Universal, and the Universal Language of the Planet, Humans, God and All Creatures, is Love. We can communicate with each others, Without having to Speak the Same Language, becausa the most importante Communication is Born on the Heart, not on the lips. You will have to fell to Understand that, not to think. I hope you have understood well my English, and pray that you Understand what is Beyond the Written Sentences, because that would be the real Shame.
“Plus nous critiquons petit aimons.” – Balzac.
have a nice Day.
Paulo, estou ansioso pelo lançamento dos filmes!
Vou assistir o filme do Clint Semana que vem…
Abraços grandes!
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