Paulo Coelho
At the age of twelve, Milton Ericksson was a victim of polio. Ten months after he contracted the disease, he heard a doctor tell his parents: “your son won’t live through the night.”
Ericksson heard his mother crying. “Maybe she won’t suffer so much if I get through tonight,” he thought to himself. And he decided not to sleep till dawn.
In the morning he shouted out: “Hey mother! I’m still alive!”
There was so much joy in the house that from then on he resolved to resist always one more night in order to postpone his parents’ suffering.
He died in 1990 at the age of 75, leaving behind a series of important books on the enormous capacity that man has to overcome his own limitations.
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I know resist day by day.. I understood what you tried to said…because yesterday – I stayed at home lying down because I felt that I could not get up, not even praying and asking God to help me overcome that tiredness. However, I realized that was a real tired of working long days, nights of study, poor diet, little excitement, boredom and much preferred to stay lying down and resting at home.
It is curious, as one works out to 6:00 am, then working for nine hours, until 5:00 pm doing this … attached to a computer, without being able to change or modify any sales .. then to college to be from 6:00 pm 10:00 p.m. Will all this any reward?
While your family stays at home resting, breakfast, lunch quiet, resting and then resting again …. what .. one works for a new car, a university, then I am a Master … tired
Sir Paulo,
you’ve inspired me.
a lot.
(:
eu acredito tanto nisso obrigado Paulo;)
Dear friend Sefer JAN, I will get in touch with you.
It is wonderful that you always think of others..
LOVE,
Thelma.
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 7:22 p.m. ET April 22, 2009
LONDON – Cambridge University says physicist Stephen Hawking is still hospitalized but recovering from a chest infection.
The university said Wednesday that Hawking is “on the road to recovery” from the illness that has kept him at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge since earlier this week.
The 67-year-old scientist is well-known for his work on black holes and his best-selling 1988 book “A Brief History of Time.” Hawking has remained active even though he was diagnosed at age 21 with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), an incurable degenerative disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
He has been almost completely paralyzed for years and communicates through an electronic voice synthesizer activated by twitches of his cheek muscles.
Hawking has been involved in the search for the great goal of physics — a so-called “unified theory” or “theory of everything” that would resolve contradictions between Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which describes the laws of gravity that govern the motion of large objects like planets, and quantum theory, which deals with the world of subatomic particles.
“A complete, consistent unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence,” he wrote in his best-selling book, “A Brief History of Time,” published in 1988.
In the sequel “The Universe in a Nutshell,” published in 2001, Hawking ventured into concepts like supergravity, naked singularities and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
One of Hawking’s best-known scientific contributions is the theoretical claim that black holes would gradually dissipate due to an effect now known as “Hawking radiation.” The theory surrounding the existence of Hawking radiation has played a part in the discussion over whether mini-black holes created by Europe’s Large Hadron Collider might destroy the world. (Scientists say they wouldn’t.)
Hawking announced last year that he would step down from his post as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a title once held by the great 18th-century physicist Isaac Newton. However, the university has said that Hawking intended to continue working as Emeritus Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
Hawking has also accepted a research position at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. He is collaborating with his daughter, Lucy Hawking, on a series of children’s books. And next year, the Discovery Channel is set to air a TV series on his life and work titled “Stephen Hawking’s Universe.”
Hawking has been fighting his chest infection for several weeks, and illness caused him to cancel an appearance at Arizona State University on April 6. At the time, Hawking joked that his doctors advised him not to travel, “so I thought about getting some new doctors.”
Merci, Paulo. I truly believe that if one willed to live and has an ultimate desire to live one’s life to the fullest, one can live till a 100. No matter what they say. :)
Thank you so much for sharing this, your blog, your stories are truly inspiring—they hit me right through the core of my being!
and here come the question- is it tru that everything is in our head?
is it tru that we can control our strong will with our mind?
is all in here in our special brain?
i believe it is!!!!
we really can do ssssso much with our strong will power!!!!
u can see in the story- what an ispairing story!!!
have a nice weekend!!
orly
Very good example, to stay alive for … the sake of love you feel to others.
PS: Dear THELMA, I have a friend in Greece, new friend. She is 16 years old, she was used by a boy and now she says that she does not believe in love anymore. You are experienced woman, believing and living in love, may you help her with your advices? I ask this from you beacuse you speak the same language, and you have sth more … love ;-)
PPS: Here is my e-mail seferjan(at)gmail.com
Querido Mestre,
Adorei esta historia!
A primeira associação que eu fiz foi com as minhas aulas de psicologia clinica na faculdade, onde a gente aprendeu a importância de constatar de maneira precisa um diagnostico antes de conclui-lo e ainda reconfirma-lo depois de um tempo, para se ter a certeza do mesmo.
Seja o diagnostico do profissional em questão fora erroneo, seja a pessoa tirou forças de si mesma para superar a doença e não se deixou levar pela opinião do profissional. me fez lembrar de uma tia que teve cancer e viveu seis anos com a doença embora o médico no primeiro instante do diagnostico tenha dito que ele não poderia dar mais que um ano de vida.
Embora caiba ao profissional dar o diagnostico mais negativo possivel, para que se ocorrer ele tenha previsto e não tenha que arcar com as consequências, acredito que até um certo ponto é positivo nossa duvida sobre o diagnostico que recebemos. E isso eu acho não so valido para com os profissionais, como para o julgamento das pessoas ao nosso redor e até para com nos mesmos.
Depois de ter descido ao nivel mais baixo que cheguei na minha vida, fiquei muito transtornada por problemas pessoais que passei ha algum tempo. Embora tenha sido muito doloroso, eu aprendi muito neste periodo e hoje agradeço a Deus por tudo que passei. Pois embora eu saiba que ainda tenho um longo caminho pela frente, eu sei que consegui recriar uma “base” bem importante pra minha vida que me faz querer seguir em frente e dar meu melhor.
Acho que oque é mais importante é a NOSSA verdade com nos mesmos. Hoje eu reconquistei esta verdade comigo mesma apos tê-la perdido por um tempo. No momento da mais alta tempestade, eu fiquei muito transtornada, “a coté de la plaque” como dizem os franceses, e comecei a viver coisas fora da realidade. Assustada com as ameaças de uma pessoa, eu pude me dar conta que mesmo depois desta pessoa ter parado as ameaças, eu estava as criando na minha vida. Eu quase fiquei paranoica. Ou então criava ilusões que uma pessoa que eu sentia enorme atração sentia o mesmo por mim. Hoje, retomando meu self e meu equilibrio eu preciso ter muita consciência de que tudo é como realmente é. Eu preciso vivenciar a verdade todo tempo e isso me faz bem. Me sinto cada vez mais segura pra poder continuar em paz e dar meu melhor. Por isso hoje eu não so questiono a opinião dos profissionais, como das pessoas em minha volta, e como, sobretudo de mim mesma. Pois preciso ter a certeza do que oque eu estou vivendo é realmente como estou vendo e que estou sendo muito clara na minha vida, comigo mesma e com meu proximo. Quando perdemos o equilibrio é que nos damos conta como ele é importante.
As pessoas julgam com muita facilidade. Os profissionais da area médica diagnosticam com facilidade tb. Oque eu acho é que so nos mesmos sabemos oque nos passamos e como agimos, e dentro disso oque é mais importante é termos a verdade bem estabelecida com nos mesmos, tomando muito cuidado pra não sermos negligentes. Aquilo em que acreditarmos com certeza fara a realidade em torno de nos mesmos. Admiro esta pessoa que acreditou na sua propria fonte interior e acho que devemos seguir este exemplo em nossas vidas!
MARG,
Ca
P.S:hoje passei na Mango do Hotel de Ville e tinha o cartaz na entrada e um stande com as camisetas! Mais uma vez parabéns!! Amei as frases!! é maravilhoso o tabalho que faz com o Instituto e eu admiro muito!!
This theme is actually very important for me right now
because I am aware this force inside me & I know using it right
will make a big difference –
This young boy used it to survive & live – creating a lot of enthusiasm & joy
I guess it`s also about being aware & taking up the fight with the demons inside – who definetly don`t want you to survive, be enthusiastic, joyful & loving
It`s a wonderful feeling to overcome limitations
I guess I`ll go for that*
this is so touching. just a while ago, i shouted my mother for being “inconsiderate” of my situation (i work at night and sleep at daytime). i came home at around 7am and my mother just started a simple project of restructuring our house. i wouldn’t be able to sleep well. yet my attitude of shouting at her makes me feel so immature. i wish i could also think of what would make my mother happy everyday.
Milton Ericksson is one of my hero’s. I have read at length many of his books and although many people find it hard to grasp the ideas involved in his work, one must analyse these important and special stories to gain a better understanding of how improvement works and what is involved. One could say that he is the first modern man who understood the importance of telling stories to improve life, of course among other very important aspects of the human mind and body.
I am happy to read that story. My mother had that disease too, and she has a shorter leg than the other.Need to wear only high heeled shoes. She was telling about her sufferings while she tried to learn to walk again, after months of wearing special boots .She had to sustain on walls or fences,but she was lucky she survived,so many other children died. When she was at high school, she was very ashamed by her leg, even is not very big difference of shape .She said that due to my father assurance she forget all the insecurities,and went to take sun without shame.
What a show of will!
I know resist day by day.. I understood what you tried to said…because yesterday – I stayed at home lying down because I felt that I could not get up, not even praying and asking God to help me overcome that tiredness. However, I realized that was a real tired of working long days, nights of study, poor diet, little excitement, boredom and much preferred to stay lying down and resting at home.
It is curious, as one works out to 6:00 am, then working for nine hours, until 5:00 pm doing this … attached to a computer, without being able to change or modify any sales .. then to college to be from 6:00 pm 10:00 p.m. Will all this any reward?
While your family stays at home resting, breakfast, lunch quiet, resting and then resting again …. what .. one works for a new car, a university, then I am a Master … tired
Milton Ericksson. Thank you, Paulo Coelho, about this story. I found his biography.. A big lesson for everyone of us ..
The self-hypnotism..
When I was a child I remember I saw a film that made a big impact to me and my imagination.. ‘Svengali’. The power of hypnotism and the power others may have on somebody for .. evil.
So it is important, I think, to be always on guard and not to trust easily other people that may want to take advantage of us.
LOVE,
Thelma.
Dear all,
-”Life is for one day, love is for every day.”
-”Humans should believe in the power of living for just one day, those who want to live for tomorrow are not living.”
-”I always say to people, ‘I am born today and I will die today’, which does not mean I will do harm to myself but which means I am living in every moment with utmost enthusiasm, love and I know the final destination.”
-”Life is not short or long, life is in that precious moment where you separate from you.”
-”There are no tomorrow’s and there was no yesterday, what you have now is what you will have.”
God bless you all !
it appears that to be able to get the best out of us, we need to face situations where our life / lifestyle seems to be at stake !
love
aditya