Quote of the Week

by Paulo Coelho on August 24, 2009

The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.

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ivana catic August 30, 2009 at 10:42 pm

along the way we learn that we HAVE to make mistakes, but few of us accept this fact and learn to live with it…
i’m only human, so i’m not perfect…. :)) i’m made by God’s image, but i’m not a god…
ivana

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Paola Ardiles August 30, 2009 at 7:55 pm

The wisdom that comes from trying, living, and making mistakes along the way, is the most liberating form of knowledge. It allows us to accept the responsibility that comes with our freedom to seek happiness.

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Gonzalo August 30, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Paulo,
Gracias por ” Once minutos”, historia que permite reflexionar sobre las fuerzas del universo y su verdadera existencia. Gracias de nuevo ! Gonzalo

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THELMA August 30, 2009 at 9:06 am

It seems that my ‘lesson’ in this life is to learn how to … allow myself to make mistakes!! I have spent my life holding the … Scales, up and down… Not for finding the best solution for myself, but not to cause unhappiness to others..
So I do not really have found out what the .. less trodden path was going to offer me!!!
Over- ‘cautious’, an uncle of mine has ‘seen’ in my palm and then I have read somewhere that ‘non-action’ is a.. devilish advice!! ;-]
I am, for sure, neither a .. Winner, nor a …Looser!!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx

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Pandora August 30, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Dear Thelma

I have a very good friend who was born on the cusp of Libra, but was told she was a Libran, because of this fact, she felt that she had to be fair and equal to everyone, and lived life in an unhappy marriage for many years, trying to be fair to everyone, but not actually being fair to herself.

I did her chart and it revealed that she was in fact a Scorpio, she was completely shocked and delighted, a little while later she left her husband (who immediately started a relationshp with a younger woman), had a beautiful love affair, moved to the country and has become interested in all things metaphysical.

XXX

THELMA September 1, 2009 at 7:17 am

As you know, dear Paul, we are … ‘prisoners’ or … travellers of time and space! To fly we must have our … wings intact!!! ;]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx

Theresa Goubran-Keshta August 30, 2009 at 12:05 am

It takes ‘wisdom’ to minimise the number of mistakes we make. It all depends on the decision-making process. We must be careful and vigilant because some mistakes could be costly e.g. emigration to another country (leaving all behind in search of a better life and then being disappointed) or in life-threatening surgical procedures ( do the benefits really outweigh the risks?)

It is only when we are satisfied that we have weighed all the pros and cons of our decision that we can go forward with our eyes open and risk making a mistake. It would be naive to do the contrary.

If we make a mistake, no big deal, for as others have said, we learn from our mistakes and become ‘wiser’ and so the cycle continues > > >

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Rose August 29, 2009 at 5:51 pm

” The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes!”

How true is that I feel much wiser with every year of my life….which means I have made mistakes every year of my life!!!

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Stefanie August 30, 2009 at 6:33 pm

oh so true.. that the path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.. BUT what does wisdom in today’s cruel and fast-going world is worth? what does it give us? ok so we are smarter – more wise and so? nobody is gonna bless us for that, nobody is gonna pay us for that, we wont get an award or something.. unfortunately wisdom has lost a lot from its value today… and i say unfortunately cause i really believe in wisdom, and we have all made mistakes in our lives and we will continue to make them.. but not all of us have learnt from them? so does that makes our wiser as well? no offence its just a thought i have…

Heart August 29, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Dearest Annie,

Reading your post to Thelma has touched my heart, as previously when you have talked about your relationship with your parents. Not to be accepted for the way one is, often make us think we are making mistakes, when in fact it is your parents making the mistake for not being able to appreciate the very lovely Annie, we here in the blog get to ENJOY each day. A philosopher, Sartre said this; The enemy is the other, and what he means is nobody can understand our self better than our self. I can blame your parents for being so ignorant, they don’t even see the treasure in their own daughter, but then I do the same mistake myself, judge some person, only later to find out I was wrong.

Myself, I have had the scary opportunity to live alone, and in my daily life have time to myself, without constant opinions from the others, where I in peace and quiet can discover myself if you like. The image of people on a spiritual journey going to the desert, to be completely alone with the Divine and Evil, is a true way to find what YOU WANT, with no influence from anybody else. So, if possible dear Annie, is there any way you could get away from your family for awhile? Just get a break from those negative forces holding you, lovely butterfly soul captured? If not, remember you can always build your ‘Inner Castle’ (St Teresa of Avila), the mental place you can always retreat to, where nobody else can disturb you, your own treasure, where you are hundred percent confident you are doing just what you want to do, and what you believe is the right thing.

Fly sis, fly…..

Love and adore you every word you say,
Heart

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Savita Vega August 29, 2009 at 5:05 pm

You are so right, Heart. We are blessed here every day by Annie’s presence. It is hard to imagine how the exquisite beauty of such a one as this could be missed by those closest to her.

Just remember, Annie, that you are not alone in this experience, as Jesus himself relates a similar experience in the Bible. He says: “A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.” (Mark 6:4) It is their great loss if they do not recognize the light which shines in their presence. Dullards are bound to rail against the brilliance of that which they do not understand, but do not let their dullness dim that light which shines so clearly from within you. Shine on!!!

Much Love,
Savita

marie-christine August 29, 2009 at 1:10 pm

“Trois grandes choses sont a apprendre dans le cours de notre vie,
le savoir, le savoir-faire et aussi le savoir-etre”
Professeur Henri Pujol, President du Pole Universitaire Europeen
President de la Ligue contre le Cancer ,Humaniste

“During the course of our life, we need to learn three things:
- knowledge,
- inter-personal skills
- know how”

Professor Henri Pujol, Humanist, President du Pole Universitaire Europeen , President of the Cancer League

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María August 29, 2009 at 2:03 pm

El camino hacia la sabiduría no implicaría necesariamente adquirir conocimientos, ni habilidades interpersonales,ni know how to do it.
La sabiduría sería alcanzada a través de experimentar el dicho conocimiento. Sin acción, no hay conciencia ni conocimiento verdadero. Sin acción no hay posibles errores a que temer. El pensamiento no modifica las cosas, solo las acciones tienen un resultado real sobre las cosas de este mundo. Durante nuestra vida, pues, creo que tenemos que arriesgar a experimentar y no ceder ante los fracasos. Besos!

Theresa Goubran-Keshta August 30, 2009 at 3:54 am

This is interesting, Marie-Christine, I would like to read more..Is there a link to this quotation? Thanks..

Loviin August 29, 2009 at 8:46 am

Mistakes, leads to a new journey in life. With every mistakes that we made, we learn and live through it. We gain more and more. Hence, in that order, we live up into our life, more and more.

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Alejandra Flores August 29, 2009 at 3:45 am

Aprendemos más de la vida aunque paresca paradógico, cuando nos equivocamos, cuando de cada caída que nos damos logramos sacar lo mejor de nosotros mismos, olvidamos el dolor y seguimos caminando.

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Clare Bear August 28, 2009 at 10:34 pm

…and we have to realise that first, because before we do then anguish is the result. Think how many people don’t turn that energy around, instead they keep it inside and it becomes negative. Breathe out slowly and trust in the Universe, she will provide.

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