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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what yourself feel you can not do. Don’t wait for others to say ‘you can’t’
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this quote made me smile…I agree 100% on this one…people thought I can’t achieve what I wanted but I did and it feels good…not because I proved them wrong but because I proved myself I can :)
I bet that a lot of people around say what you shouldn’t do either, Mr. Coelho, but… it will be a pleasure to hear you as an international voice… lifting your voice not only in philosofical aspects of life but also in real politics, in causes like human rights… talking as a lider you already are in favor of human rights.. freedom of speach and communications.. in places like Cuba… China… Iran.. and having that way the pleasure of doing some politics too, despite some one tells you not to pronounce your self about specific country or dictatorship… you could do it! in the right sense of it, …defending human rights!. Cuba does not have human rights!! and maybe… could say something, specially because you have cuban readers too.
also a quote from me:(you may use it/publish it)
Life is a bunch of cookies, when you finally figured out how to bake them, each one is gonna taste dilicious.
thnx for the great quotes! This one has allways been my life motto..
Lao could say it because he knew himslef ! most of us have become so far removed from what we are, we let our lives get dictated by either ‘love’ or ‘hate’ or mostly both, we hardly know ourselves, we hardly know what we want and why we want it. the whole of zen is centred around only one thing to find one’s original face. all meditation is but a preparation for that encounter with oneself. we have become so far removed from ourselves that this quote applies in a diffrent context. first we will have to beleive him and try to be ourselves ( without hurting others ) then this quote may become true for us, when we have enountered that within us which is in us we know and which is diffrent from us our wants, our prejudices, our desires, our mind. ttill we find that centre within which is without too, this quote is not applicable for us, i think !
love
aditya
This kind of people are playing the game safely,sometimes we have
to take risks without involving other people
Dear Paulo,
Yes it is…
-Do what others think is not possible, think what others do is stupid.
-Life is not in forecasting who you will be, life is in casting who you are now.
-God is not THIS or THAT, God is you.
-Those who are fucked up in life, depressed and sad. Let them wake up even though in dark nights because they last very last.
-Divided we are,
Separated we belong,
Love is unexpected,
Might have to live along,
Greatest sins is nothing,
Love and only love,
Will Spring, in Spring
Maybe we will never see,
Maybe we will never touch,
Maybe we will never kiss,
But I will remember what we did
I will remember what we talked,
To find love, My love
God bless you all !
L’ amore puo’ vincere ogni cosa, questo è certo.Ma come si fa’ a mantenerlo sempre vivo?
ON POSSO CREDER CHE POSSA RIMARE SEMPRE FORTE SOLO L’ AMORE CHE SI NUTRE PER I FIGLI.
amore amore AMORE AMORE AMORE amore amore
Life is too short. Let’s leave “what if,” and get moving. Take the challenge and whatever happens, it’s always worth the effort. You are already a winner when you took the challenge and that’s undescribable pleasure.
yes you are right…
i think it meant concentrating not on the long term concerns, nor short term anxieties.. but somewhere in between… lol
Hell one someone of your kids or of your close family or friends is sick.Heaven when the sun rises in winter or when you wake up full of enthousiasm and passion for someone or something…
yesterday
my father
approached
my step-father
and
talked
to
him.
Hell is now more heaven…
and my father
is
most definitely
the one
surprising.
A ‘miracle’ of sorts
just happened.
Today, they come for coffee….
the miracle continues…
[and God did answer my prayers for this weekend after all... only not the prayer i thought i wanted most for this weekend!!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrADb7CHDsc
[for the tune ;o)] x
I’m tuning in.
hahaha– i think this was the first fortune from a fortune cookie that i ever saved!
Unless it is Housework…
;-?
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST QUOTES I’VE EVER HEARD…I LIKE IT A LOT…I FEEL INSPIRE BY IT…JD
And not doing what they want you to do ;-D
I want to know this pleasure.
Hello Savita. Glad to see you back. Was wondering where you were, if you were ok. With affection, Jojo.
Absolutely! People always think that they know you better and will tell you hundred reasons why you should not do things you want to do. They are maybe scared that you would reach what they never could because of a fear or lack of courage. In order to cope with this, we should never forget that where there is a will, there is a way. Then it really makes a pleasure to show that everything is possible…..
…do what people say you cannot do. How could Kahlil Gibran write and paint as he did with no education? One quote in this video goes;
‘we are born in caves
and laid in rest in castles’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvjN2NK0NvA
so true…impossible is potential…
I started my journey into the academic world 6.5 years ago. I got an undergraduate degree followed by a graduate degree. As proud as I am of these achievements, I am constantly attacked by people’s mean and hurtful words and comments because I have not been able to get into the work force yet. And still, I am being stubborn and want yet another degree in Education because I have finally found my passion. So, all of you who get to read my post. Please do pray for me. I want to succeed in life. And tell all those people criticizing me that I have taken a decision and will stand by it till the end. :)
Count me in. I’m on your side.
Dear Z.A.,
I don’t think it is necessary for someone to pray for you, for two reasons.
Firstly, the words you wrote above are the best prayer, you could ever plead the Divine Powers.
Secondly, I don’t need to pray for your future success in your life, because you have already succeeded!! Everyday, you succeed, even when you fail or “disobey” others.
I don’t have a problem to pray for you, but I feel my contribution shall be just a drop, compared to the ocean of your real success.
Take care…
Sometimes is necessary to do what people say you cannot do, as it’s the only way to grow and test yourself.
I recall the time when my father used to tell me that travelling was too dangerous for a young and naive little girl like me (i was 16). For me it was not a prohibition but only an invitation to travel as much as possible.
Then … there are other times when you regret your actions… every time you go to sleep you say: “Never again! It’s too hard to cope with!” But when everything is so thrilling and exciting, that sentence seems so useless. And you continue, continue and continue, maybe till something more thrilling occurs.
Like it Sara how you put it at the beginning. How I see it is sometimes it is to report a little time the satisfaction, and in the meantime to just prepare more the action, to take time to see or vision all the possibilities of an action. And also I like to see that for you that meant yes, you can travel but not just now. Me, when I was young and heard that kind of quote it was again a “no man”s land” to dream, for I interpreted all in a negative way. I think the interpretation differs pertaining to the person’s life history. For you, it would have been you can but not now due to age but for me it would have been you cannot (and in my head because you are a girl and a girl do not dream of that, because you are a girl and missing the force of the male, or capabilities of the male, because you are a girl and will be vulnerable). Thanks for sharing Sara. Cordially, Jojo.
Thank You So Much!
the right quote at the really right time
=)
with love, Amy
I like the quote from this week,
Defenelly we must do what we want even others think we can’t or wouldnt because usually ppl think you cant do something just because of the fact that they cant or wont, so if we are capable of doing something we want its defenelly a pleasure.
HOLA COMO ESTAN ES MI PRIMERA VES AQUI, Y ESTOY MUY ENCANTADA CON LOS BLOG Y LAS OPININONES DE LOS DE MAS RESPECTO A MUCHAS COSAS.
QUIERO COMPARTIR ESTA FRACE CON USTEDES.
“NO HAY CAMINO SOLO UN DESTINO, QUE PRETENDE SER ESCRITO CON CORRUPCION Y VICIO, QUE EL MUNDO DE HOY A DECIDIDO´´
A story of mine about the pleasure of doing one that says you “cannot dot” …
I married a Portuguese born in Québec … but not his parents and others
Let me tell you that me, the wowan “Québécer” and her mother and aunts … well, I many times express different opinions …
At my wedding, her mother was … no words … because I wanted a wedding cake chocolate, inside and outside
I do not like white cake, and I told her “that is my wedding, I like chocolate and I want to eat my cake at my wedding and if I received at my house I would put a chocolate cake on my table”
I received one after the other the “aunts” … so funny, so much referring to this and that, and “that is not a thing to do at a wedding”
Well … I did it
My cake was hum …. So beautiful and so good!
And I would say that everybody liked the originality and the taste!
Even if I could not change the minds of that mother of his and his aunts that that was not to be done at a wedding
Jojo
Hi JoJo!
I had chocolate cake for my wedding too. The problem with it in the USA is; there is this tradition for the married couple, to cut a piece of cake, feed each other with it,and then smash the creamed cake in each others faces! So, for practical reasons, the white cream cake makes less mess.
I had no idea about this tradition, and thanks be to god, my husband resisted doing the smashing part of the chocolate cake. However, we have some photos where after he had cut the piece of cake, and he is thinking about crashing it into my face, and he is just rolling on the floor laughing. I sat there innocent with no fears, and was lucky my husband showed some decency, when the rest of the wedding party wanted him to carry out his American Tradition!
Love and Admiration,
Heart
Johanne, vous m’avez fait beaucoup rire ! J’essayais d’imaginer cette conversation “surréaliste” entre vous et votre future belle-mère au sujet…d’un gâteau !
Vous avez raison, c’était votre mariage et il était important que vous vous sentiez impliqué et si cela passait par un gâteau au chocolat et bien… c’est comme ça aussi la vie !!
Merci beaucoup de votre histoire. Elle met de la bonne humeur !
Amitiés.
Jojo,
I am very glad you did what you wanted, provided that your mate agreed of course. Besides, it was what you said. IT WAS YOUR MARRIAGE. Why does a marriage has to be like this or that?
If you both decide together and reach a decision, then keep your ears plugged and thus your wedding safe.
I am wishing you the best in your lives…
DEAR JOHANNE
bon appetite.rare are the people who know how to taste life with all its chocolate cake.
paulo quando vieni in italia?vorrei tanto dirti grazie di persona
tutto quello che succede deve sucedere,e il disegno,no.allora dobbimo avere paradiso e inferno insieme.nn esisterebero uno senza l altro
e da tanto che credo che inferno e paradiso si trovano qui,dentro di noi.e questa lotta continua che si svolge dentro,e la felicita per la vittoria o il terrore della sconfita,e il silenzio prima de la tempesta,e la pace de l riposo o la comfusione della bataglia. sono una ragaza romena emigrata in italia 7 ani fa.voglio solo dire grazie paulo di avermi aiutata a condure un buon combatimento con l aiuto dei 11 dei tuoi libri.un grande imenso grazie
The slow pace of a tiger is a calculated accuracy at every point in time so please do not underestimate what it can do.
..to deliver the [so-hailed] undeliverable.
Yes, manna from heaven ;o)
Knowing how to have read the signs and ‘use the force’ ;o))
No wonder, Paulo, you have become an UN Messenger of Peace!!
Why not this one?
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what your heart/soul tells you to…
El cielo y el infierno para mi es el estilo de vida que desde mi interior decido seguir .Mi vida y las luchas en el dia a dia son la que me puede llevar a ser o no la mejor persona o la peor ,y como en el juego de ajedrez una equivocacion puede cambiar el rumbo de lo planeado asi que prefiero vivir en este infierno para ganarme el cielo.La desicion la tiene cada cual posiblemente a su conveniencia lo mas importante lograr salir airoso.
I guess, because it’s not really the same thing…
And maybe, because not always our heart/soul tells us the right thing for us to do – if we are on a wrong path, or if we read our soul/heart in a wrong way (it may happen) perhaps this could do even more damage?
But the other sentence ‘…. doing what people say you cannot do.’
But another thing is, if we know how to read ourselves – then I would by all means love to hear this sentence.
Love,
L.
I mean, that if we would be able to listen to our heart/soul, then I would prefer the sentence You proposed here.
Love,
L.
yes yannis
that is the greatest pleasure in life —-
but it is so for ‘evolved’ souls. for the normal people what paulo has quoted is closer to truth. the people who work in line with their heart and soul, life is no more evaluated in terms of pleasure or pain, they both drop away.
love
aditya
Liina,
what does it take to be able to listen to heart and soul.
love
aditya
Marie.
I think I did not understand what You tried to say. Would You be willing to try and explain once more?
Love,
L.
Para mi entendimiento el cielo y el infierno no existen. Son creaciones que fueron hechas por la religión. Ver el mundo en polaridad es una alternativa poco funcional. El cielo te premia, el infierno te atormenta.
Las cosas buenas, las cosas malas, etc….
El mundo donde vivimos es más que eso… Lo que nos acontece emana de nuetro interior…. En un sentido de introspección el cielo y el infierno estarían dentro de mi ser…. Y mi pregunta es si estos conceptos los entiendo como creaciones entonces si creo en ellos son lo que experimentaré… Una alternativa más es ver la luz que emana dentro de nosotros, la ausencia de esa luz sería la obscuridad, pero por que decidir ausencia si se puede tener la luz?….
Yo trabajaría con la calidad de mis pensamientos y decidir en todo momento actuar bajo la luz…. Verme completa a imagen y semajanza de nuestro ser Divino según como lo coneptualicemos…. y no en ausencia, para que?….
mywebsite is in development….
Heaven is a portal that Paulo provides for me…evidenced by the post he has just sent. Please understand that that old “red lizard” …(C.S. Lewis’ lizard)was chewing at my soul again. Making me sob with grief and heartache. Paulo’s correspondence hit me on my saddest day of this year which happened to be my birthday. My friends all taunted me about being poor yet so happy. Lost my job and my savings in the financial morass that we are in, It’s been a painful year. I never cared for material things, bu wanted to retire one day and live my dream, of giving back. Though unemployed, I am NOT giving up on that dream. My “friends are horrifued.” Working with disadvantaged children and abandoned seniors is not a wealth building avocational choice…materially. They made me feel awful becuase they are wealthy and selfish. I am poor and will give away my heart if somoneone needs it. Hell for me is that they cannot and will not understand. Today I am thanking Paulo for opening that portal and smacking the lizard away. The sun just came out…
Dear Tsia, Your heart is beautiful and thank you for giving back, in sharing this story with all of us.
Yes, the sun just came out.
Thank You!
Much Love to All, Jane : ) xo
alléluia
Listen to his heart is still a sun , for oneself and for the other . Then thank be you
Love
Sido
Dear Tsia,
Just finished saying a special prayer, and came back to encourage you.
Because suffering is real. This world really, truly needs your dream. I know sometimes other people do not understand. We can pray for them.
I love children and seniors too and agree that giving back to those who need most, is having a great life!! Love makes this world go around.
Thank you again Tsia. It was a huge relief to read that you won’t give up either.
More Love, Jane : )
My problem is that i don´t use to do what people say i have to do. Ja ja… Regards
well it seems I put my reply on the incorrect thread, oh well, like Veronika realized at the end of Veronika Decides to Die, who cares what happens as long as it’s well intended.
My hell
-Good Chocolate (if I eat one I have to eat them all, this only happens with Godiva ones though, luckily I no longer crave the commercial brands because I don’t like the )
-Dessert (White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, Tiramisu for example, same as above)
-Having to keep my house immaculate and thus get very angry when someone makes a mess a little after.
-Working in an environment where the loudest, who interrupts the most, gets listened to first.
-The lack of ethics in the professional world, where the one who whines the most and uses cheap flattery correctly gets rewarded because of the insecurities and ineptitudes of a boss who has climbed the corporate ladder by stepping and back stabbing other people before him.
-The lack of respect for the environment such as people wasting water, the excessive generation of waste, no recycling mentality.
-The lack of love for each other.
-My children getting sick (I’ve been able to control this by changing the wording, now I tell my self “my children are healthy” the mind is a very powerful tool)
My Heaven
-Good Chocolate (let’s face it chocolate is food for the brain)
-Dessert (although it has to be good)
-A Great Book I cannot put down for hours, imagining the characters and the landscapes as described in the book.
-The thought of an All Mighty Creator, who has led all my paths and although in the past I did not always make the right decisions, always brings me back to the light.
-Homeopathy, this is a great one since my children are indeed healthy thanks to homeopathy.
-The ocean with its fascinating greatness and life.
-My mother, who set an example of hard work and righteousness.
-The rain, South Texas has experience a couple of years of drought and it finally started raining again.
-The few friends I have for they are great people to have around
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