Nobody loses by daring. But may lose while waiting for the “right moment”
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dear paulo
thats right.but what about the interference of time,destiny and chances?its like fighting windmills!
” The greatest limitation is our mind telling us what our limits are.” Anlex
Dear Theresa,
You’re well right !…We all have borders and we have tendency to restrict them more than we believe! As said William James: ” The biggest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life by changing attitude “…So true !
Light & Love,
nobody loses by daring, but may lose whilst waiting for the right moment…
enjoy the butterflies!!
Always
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/04/20/solidarity-t-shirts/
“The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes” P>C.
i’m still searching online for the t-shirts but i guess it’s early days for media news ;o)
http://apps.facebook.com/closetbymango
if you are a facebook user, you can follow mango and there seem to be some other offers…
I’ve made this mistake way too many times.
HI folks !
this quote seems to induce all wols to act, act now, not just talk about it, it should be seen in the right perspetive than it can be useful.
Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised as i read the daily solumn on spirituality in my favorite newspaper heading was “Only way out is In….” this was the exact heading i had used to write something on this very blog sometime ago. Rest of teh article too had some similarities wit what i had written then. It was written by ( the TOI article ) Sadguru Jaggi vasudev, one of the big names in commercial spirituality.
can we all list down what all we want to act on ‘now’
love
aditya
So, when we see you darling? Your smart face, would you come on cam for us?
Love
Alexandra
Hi Alexandra
yes soon enough ! although from teh gateway i am using, many things are prohibited including streaming videos, i will be setting up an alternate route within next fortnight, presently we are approaching a plant shut down which means 24 hours woek with emphesis on restart ASAP, feverish activity for next 10 days.
And yes i must dress floral for the occassion :-))).
love
aditya
Fear is the problem to dare.
Angst is het probleem om te durven.
but what happens with the fear
when it is told: “Nobody loses by daring”?
The right moment is now.
And:
Nobody looses by daring.
This implies: The moment to dare is NOW.
A question to Paulo
By an “accident” yesterday I saw you were coming to Copehhagen. Are you going to sign some books, so that I can see you, because I live very near Copenhagen??
Love Tina
” First, I was dying to finish my high school and start college,
And then I was dying to finish college to start working
Then I was dying to marry and have children
And then I was dying for my children
to grow old enough
so I could go back to work
But then I was dying to retire
And now I am dying…
And suddenly realised
I forgot to live.”
Author – Unknown
Our lives will always be filled with challenges and decisions to take – We must treasure every moment that we have and not spend our time ‘waiting’ to take action, for time waits for no one!
Smiling @ you…may I call you sister Theresa….Well I AM dying to see you all…and I just cannot help it…I want to meet you in flesh and blood so bad it hurts.
Love and Admiration,
Heart
I think those who are waiting for moment have also a reason to wait for it! May be it’s difficult for them,.. may be there’s something inside and it doesn’t give an opportunity to be expressed… Everyone has the reason! Remember it!
” Nobody loses by daring. But may lose while waiting for the right moment.”
” QUESTION: There are 3 frogs on a leaf. If one of them decided to jump off the leaf into the water, how many frogs are there left on the leaf?
ANSWER: 3
WHY? The frog only DECIDED to jump! It didn’t! ”
In our lives, we are making decisions and acting upon them from day to day, from week to week and from year to year. Many decisions are trivial such as “What shall I cook for dinner today?” or “Which suit shall I wear to the office?” However, some decisions we make are more important than this and may affect the course of our lives, so we should reflect on them in order to arrive at the correct decision.
In my life I have made some very bad mistakes as a result of not fully thinking through the result of my actions in advance. I refused to see the writing on the wall, or the danger signals which were clearly apparent. That is all in the past now, but if I am faced with making a decision, I make a list of all the pros and cons of the situation. If there are more cons than pros, I have to re-think my decision. Also I like to talk about any future plans with someone I trust. This helps me to see my position more clearly and objectively.
However, we must always make our own decisions and once we have weighed all the consequences it is better to act without hesitation or fear. We should rely on our instincts to choose the correct moment to act, but not to wait too long, for the opportunity may pass us by, and we may live with regret for the rest of our lives.
Your riddle nice.
i also like writing the pros and cons with my sis!!! it helps a lot before making a decision..the only problem is when in a two-scale balance, there is “what reason and logic tells you” in the one scale and “what your heart tells you” in the other. I like picking the “what your heart tells you”, and that is why i wait for the right moment.
There is no right moment. I was invited to come here months ago, but i thought i had nothing to say. Now i realise i was wrong and i have finally come here. This is my moment but it is no better or “righter” than it would have been a month ago, or two months later. Sometimes we just are too silly to see.
Welcome dear Carra!! Better late than … never!!
Everyone has a … fairy tale to say.. and a song to sing..
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
You are so right. Usually I am very sure I am very very ugly. And is useless that everybody say is not like that. Than I understand that the important is what I feel, I change reality with my view… If I do that with my appearence, I guess I do with other things too. But in that blog I met so nice people that I feel so happy and forget my silly thoughts. Thanks to Paulo, of course.
Love
Alexandra
Dear Paulo and friends.
There are sometimes where we have to ‘wait’ for the ‘right’ moment. But the waiting period should be a time where we prepare for the daring action and gather/practice the skills/knowledge required to perform the action successfully and to reflect on the consequences.
For example, if you dare to take a MBA entrance exam thinking i’m not going to lose by daring (without preparing for it) then it’s foolishness.
If we think through the exam requirements and study for success then the right moment is created and one shouldn’t wait any longer and dare to test her/his skills without fear of failure.
So yes, we have to use this quote showing the proper discrimination on when to use it.
Often, we have the skills /knowledge/love to do soemthing but do not ‘dare ‘ to use it for various reasons: fear,shame, insecurity etc. I think this quote applies best in those situations.
Love,
Laxmi
Very well said.
I think there are right moments that will come at the right time because they are meant to come.
And then there are right moments we say will come, which we are using as an excuse for not following the path that leads to our dreams. The latter happens either due to lazyness or fear.
I have experienced the first example a few years ago when a yearlong dream came true which I had always been believing in while others doubted it would ever happen. The moment that I found out that my dream had arrived I heard the line of a song in my walkman that went “Everything comes at the right time”. This was such a beautiful “sign” to me that everything was just right and that the right moment indeed had come.
Right now I’m actually following far too much the second example, namely being lazy and relying too much on that the right moment will come. I have a dream which won’t fulfil itself but I have to work towards it and shouldn’t be resting on the assurance that the right moment will come. I have got more signs than I could have imagined which tell me that it would be the right thing to follow this dream. But I’m resting far too much on these signs! I need to act because I’m already feeling that I should feel ashamed about not acting while I have got the most beautiful and assuring signs.
If I don’t act soon I might really “lose while waiting for the ‘right moment’”.
The right moment …
I think that it this the “moment” refers to something that is not the time frame as I see it, as my rational mind sees it. To dare is to act upon the intuitive voice, the divine inspiration, that tells to capture the present moment, a moment that for a second covers all, makes sense in the mind, the body and the soul, and which the rational mind recognizes a fraction of a second to be just and true. Past that second, the mind starts to think and evaluate and analyze and then the moment has passed.
I think that citation of daring refers to something that is coming from deep within me in relation to a person, a situation, an activity, on the spot and that to capture, to ear that part of me, I need to be constantly in relation with all parts of me (body, mind and soul), to develop the relation to myself and the divine in me.
The right moment is a moment that is defined by the mind. In the spirit world, the moment is all, eternity, no end, no beginning … is it now.
Cordially, Jojo.
Very well said! Lovely speech, really.
Thanks you
Love
Alexandra
Hi freinds
if one can pin point the right moment then i feel it is worth waiting for but if one cannot, then we should reexamine – is it waiting ( when one is alert ) or is it lethargy ( when one is sleeping ).
but first are we clear what we want.
i have heard
the great devotee ramkrishna used to sometimes do ‘pooja’ for hours togather on occassions he would skip days. great painters are said to wait for the right moment to start something ( i mean they don’t work as per some schedule dicatated by market ), even paulo waits for some sign to appear before he starts giving birth to the novels brewing in him. so what to say ?
love
aditya
Welcome back wise man…hope you shared a lot of prem during your festival…and got to be held or massaged by all those arms of your goddess..
Yes, often we see a goal in the beginning and have to wander a long, long road before the right moment to dare to go and get what we want. We have been discussing our fear of making mistakes, which often prevents us from pursuing our path.
I like this quote by C. G. Jung;
‘Error is just as important a condition of life’s progress as truth’.
Love and Admiration,
Heart
Yes, great to see you, Aditya. Welcome home!
Dear Aditya, I think there is not an absolute truth in that matter. You are right, Paulo is right, depends on each single case.
But I agree is mostly much better to not wait too much time. Still, the people who are sensitive, with good intuition are the lucky one in that respect.
Love
Alexandra
Thank you Pandora and Liina!
Yes I was away,I’m back now.I’m good,thank you.Haven’t been to your blog in a while sorry.I will.
Everything is written.
Love to you all!
Time is there and it is always an important factor to look at when we plane our actions..
Woman can get pregnant only at certain age not before nor after..
Our life on this earth is limited and many many examples..
So, the right time as a factor is always there..
Animals react to time instinctively. Most of the time they unconsciously know the right moment and grab it.
Human on the other hand, became conscious of time but by doing so they wrongly thought that they mastered it too (our conscious always do this mistake) but as every one knows that is wrong.
So, often we wake up to fact that we waited too long for the “right moment” believing that by waiting we stopped the time too till it is too late…
“Grasp five things before five others: your youth before your decrepitude, your health before your illness, your riches before your poverty, your leisure before your work, and your life before your death.”
Love it Tarek. Adore the last line, so true. Thanks for sharing. Jojo.
Tarek you had me thinking … well, that is the purpose of all that exchange! I realized that I was applying daring with overcoming a fear, a difficult, an action that demanded efforts, ect … and never saw that daring was also pertaining to positive things. Like I am a fighter, and always think and act upon my dream, what I need to attain, etc, and forget many times to dare and just be light, forget the battle, forget the “what I have to do, to work on, to discipline for” and just jump in the water! Dare to take time off to just smile, walk, touch, kiss, receive friends, go out … Thank you Tarek … I realized that while reading Savita and her horse daring, I lost that while daring she was taking time to have pleasure, which for me is a domain where I do not dare go since my childhood. It is time I dare take time for me, just for me, since I do all for others in my work, be it professional, humanitarian or family. Yes, I must dare risk to let joy, pleasure be part of me. And when I get an invitation, or when I get inspiration to go out, walk, I will have to dare to make the step and not put it aside for later on. Cordially, Jojo.
Ha ha, great mistake .Woman can get pregnant nowadays almost in any age!!! Check it out.
Well, Tarek.
Humans also wonder if we are mentally/physically (and other factors) ready to have children. Animals act on instincts, as You said.
Love,
Liina
por esperar el momento correcto ,se nos va la vida
Great topic and enjoy reading everyone’s words, Thank you (It is so peaceful, coming here to listen and share!!)
Yes, the courage to act, even on impulse if required and without permission.
I have nothing to lose, but there is the risk of failure. Living with a failure hurts less than seeing myself as a coward, for not trying.
Much Love to All, Jane : ) xo
I just turned 36 on the 28th of September! And it is high time I start daring more and more and more.
dances with crayons,lovely.cowardice, its even worse than guilt…
Hello!!
For a while, my work was providing emergency medical assistance to the sick and injured. Many times going out on calls, had no idea I what was about to face. There were times this included ‘implied consent’ for those who were rendered unconscious (unable to give informed consent for assistance). We worked on the premise that people would choose to live, and saved lives.
I do not feel guilty when there is a loving purpose (I just say a little prayer first).
Much Love, Jane : ) xo
We don’t know when the right moment is. And time is short so we mustn’t wait for the “right moment”. Time does not wait on us…. but, the “right moment” was already there waiting for us to stumble upon it…so we dare ;)…
I was on Youtube trying to find Garth Brooks videos & I only found one which I posted already. Especially funny because this week we are speaking about free content.. But fear not if you go here http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/garth+brooks
The dance in better quality! http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/garth+brooks+/video/x25uor_garth-brooks-the-dance_music
My fav songs by GB;
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/garth+brooks+friends+in+low+places/video/x10v7c_friends-in-low-places_dating
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/garth+brooks+river/video/x1c2hf_garth-brooks-the-river
You can watch Garth to your hearts content! (free content!)
I really like Garth Brooks songs too. He seems to be an amazing human being. The song “The River” is one of my favourites with “The Change”. I dedicate “The Change” to Paulo Coelho and all Warriors of Light. Thank you all.
Reading everyone’s comments just brought this song to mind… The Dance by Garth Brooks…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBod6aK4wt8
Every Moment is the Right Moment. Universe never stops Creating. We we Dare we choose to surpass whatever has limited us in our Creativity and become more Open to Life. Life is a Present Moment.
Peace.
That’s the idea. But our weaker side often wants comfort and ‘control’. Also we often want to believe that there will be a BETTER moment, that there will be the IDEAL time… but the (OLD) news is – there is no such thing often.
The concept of the “right moment” indeed is when we become more open to life, and trust the present and care to venture it.
Thanks for inspiring,
Liina
Mmmm…no, I think it is very relevant.
Sometimes you dare and you lose everything and other times you dare and you take 3 steps ahead your normal pace.
Other times you wait and indeed the “train” leaves the station, but sometimes you wait and you avoid hazardous experiences.
In my opinion, there is no rule for the above. I can add only two things:
• Just listen to your heart and your instincts. They are your guides. When in doubt, just feel the moment and let your senses and your environment give you the reply.
• Some days your are going to be the (great) winner and other days the (great) loser.
It happens to anyone…
Where had You been, Yannis?
Yes, sometimes we ‘lose’ and sometimes we ‘win’, but overall, wether it is the loss or win (as we see it), it brings us certain knowledge and understanding (if we care to ponder/wonder). I think this is the idea that’s proposed with the sentence – nobody loses by daring.
Humane is to doubt if the experience of loss is neccecary or if it means that we are ‘losers’. Sure, in that certain moment we may be the losers (for failing something), but we also gain something bigger – that knowledge/understanding. Growth.
Moments…
Sometimes the “moment passes” because we didn’t act. Sometimes because we were not ready to act.
We may lose if we keep waiting… and waiting… and not acting. In the end forgetting what we were waiting for and stepping in the “normality” of the society. Sometimes stepping up and daring to do something that we wouldn’t do, and sometimes even go against our beliefs can break that “normality” and get us back on track.
I must say – it’s much easier to type than to generate video messages..
But overall, I agree, everything is relative.
Love,
Liina
And also…
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Dear Liina, I like your long blond hair and your .. thoughtful smile. I am sorry I cannot hear you.. Is is the video or, as my daughters tell me, I am getting deaf?? ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Hi Liina
Wow, Good to see you, I could hear you perfectly, you are so articulate, brilliant… beautiful smile!
XXX
Dear Liina, you were preparing to bed? You whisper.
I like the way to turn things all sides, what if, what if. Still was funny… We have a saying, that maybe sound not ok transleted” Maybe and If where going in a boat, If was living, Maybe was not dying”. See.
I understand your point, and I agree we grew with experiences, and if we overpass obstacles we become stronger. Nothing is in vain.
But I think you already know that.
Take care bye bye
Love
Alexandra
Pandora.
I’ve been wondering for a while, if I’d be able to see/hear You aswell. Will You be able to make a video message at some point? I’m sure many will want to get to know You “that way”. You didn’t reply to me earlier, so I thought I’d ask again. :)
Thanks for the kind words from You and also Your friend.
Be well, and have a great weekend.
Love,
Liina
Who dares wins.
Hi Shane !
yep that is the title of a very famous novel by ….. someone, or am i wrong. sometimes i wonder we see things as they are or as we would like them to be. if it is true that who dares wins, it is equally true that for every winner there are many loosers, i mean people who loose they too dared did not they. or maybe even in loss we win something as liina has said, provided we are willing to ‘see’ that which we gained ! e.g. for every paulo coelho ( a successful writer ) there must be many who wrote novels after novels but did not get published, they too can take conslolation that they became better writers, or even writers, because they wrote, what if no one read it ? something like that ???
love
aditya
Aditya – I have to disagree. The nature also waits for the right moment. Take in mind, the seasons – spring, summer, autumn, winter. And take a flower. When flower is seeded in the soil, it (GENERALLY) has a time to grow, time to blossom, and time to grow mature (possibly with mature fruits). The flower does not blossom when it’s cold and possibly snow on the ground. Then the flower is “sleeping”. Gaining its strenghts to blossom when it is the RIGHT TIME.
Love,
Liina
Um,
so can we start daring to protect the environment and protect wildlife… soon?
pretty please?
;o)
http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/23307
http://www.savebiogems.org/
Seeing that it is Confucius’ day…
yes? no?!
Here is a Confucius quote ;)
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Yea!!! Good idea!
Куй железо пока горячо.Лишь в процессе узнаешь где найдёшь и когда потеряешь.
Irina
I tried to translate it but the translator doesn’t translate
it correct.Next time better
Greetings to everybody in Russia
Joël
Not only once have I waited for the “right moment”. But most of the times it happened when it happened. In other words – when I said to myself, that I will wait until the right moment, the moment came and I (mostly) acted. Because my “right moment” is when I open my eyes, heart and hands and let the moment to be solved or let the moment come to me. And then I cannot whine or be disappointed that the moment passed, when I felt it, and knew I should act or do/say something. Of course there have been moments like this, when it’s passed without me doing anything.
Of course it’s nice when “the moment” is about our spiritual life, or has to do with our soul. But what if our dream or goal at this moment is studying, and we have to get ready before the deadline. I am talking about cases when we want to make the deadline. Then it’s not waiting for the right moment and acting full-time. :P
Yet if we take the concept in the human relations or more philosophical or inner problems, it becomes different. And the difficulty is: when is it “the right moment” and when is PASSING the right moment a LESSON that we are here to learn. Sometimes passing “the right moment” can be a blessing.
About a year ago I talked to an online friend who asked me if I was seeing someone. At that time I had odd relations with a male friend of mine. By odd I mean he sent me mixed messages and never made the first move. (I am very oldfashioned and I wait for the man to make the first move – in ideal. But I am capable of taking the lead myself also.) My friend asked – what will You do about it, if he’s not making the first move? He said – Do it Yourself.
I told him – I can’t, because I will wait for the right moment.
He didn’t think it would be the right thing to do, claiming that I may aswell pass that moment by. That I would possibly never even notice “the right moment” and then the chance of it will be kept in the hope of “maybe then one day it will happen”, or “maybe sometime later then”, or such.
I see, what he meant. Yet – we seek for affirmations, like signs, or waiting until that someone will say or do something, or wait that a problem will start to solve on itself etc. On certain things we can depend on, or wait for signs or certain things to lead us, but on other times, we should be DOING instead of WONDERING. :P
Love,
Liina
PS! Yes, Thelma, I am once again talking about Eros love. :P (Doesn’t mean I don’t feel/have the other types…)
Dear Liina, in this world of .. separation, the material world, we all feel …. half and the desire to become ONE is EROS!! We cannot live without it.. We need Eros’s wings! But we must keep our dignity and self-respect while … being in love! I think that we must not ‘lose’ ourselves in the search of our other half! Because maybe our destiny has other …. ‘experiences’ to offer us. ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Sometimes I’m a bit of a dare-devil! The thing is to learn from the myth of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, which de-waxed his wings and took him tho his death. It is a balance of reaching far enough and expecting enough, not too much…just right.
Well said, Heart…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY45DkaP9Ls
I just call to say I LOVE YOU.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Thelma! absolutely..
a great song… one of my favourites ;o) x
:D
“Nobody loses by daring. But may lose while waiting for the “right moment”.
There is the ‘right moment’ for everything. The time that … Karma has set up for things to .. happen. There are no coincidences! But since we do not know the outcome of our decisions, unless we are .. fortune tellers, we have to use our faith and …DARE. If it is the Right moment, then we will ‘KNOW’ the … next moment.
The only action that is always the RIGHT MOMENT to do is: JUST TO SAY ‘I LOVE YOU’! This is always … RIGHT. ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Nobody loses by daring. But may lose while waiting for the “right moment”
However one may lose by daring not in the right moment :)))) I definitely would if I had :)))))
Hi Mr. Coelho,
I have been reading your blog for quite a long time already, and this is the first time I tried replying on it..
Its really true that we need to act in order for us to touch other’s lives. Like what you have done, you have extended your donations to the families here in the Philippines, who were among those that were devastated due to heavy floods caused by the typhoon.
And in behalf of all the Filipinos and everyone else in the world whose lives were touched, I would like to thank you. And expect the many of us will follow with what you have done, even in simplier ways.
Thanks again,
Erreth
I just posted a little story under the “Warriors of Light Community,” then I turned and saw this quote of the week. The story I posted, about a horseback riding adventure, is very much in line with this idea. In the situation described, I could have said (and, in fact, was very tempted to say): “No, this isn’t the right time. I don’t have the right equipment. I’m not prepared for this. Maybe next time. Maybe next week, or maybe next year….” But, despite my reservations, I didn’t say this, and that decision to “dare” made all the difference.
I could have “waited for the right moment,” but that would have probably meant missing the opportunity altogether – and what an opportunity it was! So much I would have lost in waiting; what a treasure I gained in daring. It was “the right moment” after all. Sometimes we only THINK it isn’t the right moment – we over-analyze, we assume we have to be 100% prepared – but when we do take the risk, we realize that we were mistaken. Opportunities have a way of presenting themselves when we ARE ready for them, whether we realize that we are ready or not.
Love,
Savita
Hi Savita,
How do you know that if you had waited, you would have missed the oppotunity? That you wouldn’t have found a treasure?
As you said, your choice of acting, led you “somewhere”=experience or treasure.
Your (supposed) choice of NOT acting would have led you to one other experience and/or treasure.
How can you tell which one is best, since you don’t know the other alternative?
What I think is very true, about the quote of this week is your last sentence:
“Opportunities have a way of presenting themselves”
I would add here,…just keep your eyes, your heart and your mind open. And if you lose an opportunity, so what? No, big deal! There will be another chance…soon!
Got the point. If I can get hold of some money for a plane ticket, I will be on a plane soon.
So you see the problem, money.
rgds,
Shane.
Yeah, there’s nothing to lose in daring. It’s a complete win-win situation. For, at least you lean a lesson if you fail…
Not exactly,…You may lose. As you said, you may fail…
The lesson derived from the experience is another part. Actually, it is your next step. But it doesn’t mean that we are always in the right frame of mind to comprehend that lesson.
Regarding this quote… it reminds me of something my mum ALWAYS says …
you can lead a horse to water, but can’t make them drink.
;o)
Seize the day!
.. Savita
you made Scarlet drink from the waters ;o) xxx
Associated quotes by Paulo Coelho:)
The Warrior of light knows the old Arabic proverb that says “God judges a tree by its fruits and not by its roots”
Unhappy people hate to be reminded that happiness exists. Save your energies!
Life is always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
…………..
you know, Paulo, regarding that last quote that appears to be similar on the surface.. i’m going to have to take some time to consider it in relation to the quote of this week ;O))
yes paulo is contradictory !!
love
aditya
Mr. Coelho.
It is nice to see that you have been wasting no time and launching your new book in so many countries… do you get to visit them all???! ;o)
http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/agenda.htm
The situation can get only better,we don’t lose nothing
Sometimes we may lose …. everything! ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Yeap, Thelma is right.
But if we stay alive, eventually it shall get better. But you don’t know when…
Thelma
You mean perhaps material losses? ,for the rest you can
restore the mistakes you maded,in my life i made a lot
mistakes by hurting people, not on purpose.What i know ,a lot of problems are based on misunderstandigs of us. But when i see when i am wrong and i feel it when i am wrong, then go to the person to give my excusses on a honnest way to make it good.
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”-Tagore.
Don’t underestimate the power of a soul,one day,it’ll be possible.
…or even a creek, for that matter.
Yes, you can!
A ship may come by and see the smoke you have on the beach. And, perhaps, the journey with that ship could be proven safer, than swimming by yourself.
One can never know…
Have you seen the movie “NETX”? Nicholas Cage was able to see just 2 minutes ahead in the future.
Although I don’t believe in “time” that much.
Hey , thats same as an Chinese saying. It says ” You cant travel on sea if you dont leave the shore”.
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
yep
provided we forget what is said by eccle….. and rediscover what he said. if we are alter enough, consious enough, free enough ( of our attachements ) to see things as they are, not how we would like them to be.
love
aditya
Ha ha ha, I just remember my nice dresses in my wardrobe, they were kept for the “right moment” that seldom or never arrived. Now they dont fit me anymore, they look as new, but what the use. I must give them in charity. That was a little example. I have good examples too, daring to take kung fu exam, I take it, daring to finish University, I made it, daring to write to Paulo Coelho, well, he replied to me, and now father are not laughing as he did when he saw me trying to send message to Paulo. But I know sometimes is not very clear what would be better to do. Sometimes indeed we have to wait for the right moment, the moment set up by destiny, and patiente is all we need. Intuition often can help us. Good luck to everybody.
Love
Alexandra
i’ve been exactly the same… clothes, CDs, posters, books.. etc…
it’s perhaps my “just in case” scenario ;o))
Yes, that thing about clothes, “saved” for the right moment. When I read Brida, something was mentioned in there about this, and it was then that I vowed to stop “saving” any piece of clothing “for the right moment.” I donated everything that was unwearable, and every thing I kept, I wear.
I don’t know why I ever got into that habit to begin with. I hate the idea of collecting or saving things that are to be reserved only for rare, “special occasions” (occasions that never seem to arrive), or worse yet, saving things deemed too precious to be used at all. Dishes are a wonderful example. I admire fine dinnerware – sure, it’s great to drink tea from a china cup or wine from fine crystal, but I cannot stand the thought of a glass or a dish in my house, sitting on a shelf, reserved solely for display or “special occasions.” Those things really bother me. I look at that fine crystal glass and I can’t help but think: There it sits, collecting dust, and I might die next week, or next month, and never have a chance to drink out of it, when I could have been having that pleasure every day! So, as a general rule, whatever comes into my house, regardless of how “precious” or how “beautiful” it may be, it gets used, used consistently and used well, and if, by chance, it proves too fragile for such use, then it perishes and is replaced by something more functional.
Now I’m the same with clothes – thank heavens! No more looking into my closet to see something staring back at me that has never been worn because “the right occasion” never arrived. It’s such a freeing feeling, not to be faced with that sense of burden that comes of collecting and hoarding…and waiting. Thanks to Paulo for this realization.
Time is an illusion
Each moment is “the right moment”
EXACTLY!!!
yes yes exactly, good to know there are ppl who think that way…
I tend to say “yes” to that citation. And then, what is there is the importance also of “le juste milieu”. Sometimes, yes, need to dare, to stop the rational and mental machine and follow the intuitive part of myself. If not, for sure, if I was to have a movie showing the path of not daring and daring, I would see all that I missed by not daring. And also, in certain circumstances, I experienced that it is right to dare in my mind, and then just wait, listen to that intuitive part that says “yes, but not right away”, so to wait for a time. That waiting is not there because of fears that prevents me from, or to make me put to the next day. It is a conscious waiting and a conscious daring and listening to the intuitive part of me.
I always say “dare and risk”. I try always to take a time (sometimes few seconds, other times a little bit longer) to reflect on the risks of my daring, be it a wonderful issue or what I would consider with my limits of the moment an issue that would make me feel unsatisfied, sad, etc … And when I decide to dare and risk I am prepared and ready to accept and receive the wonderful issue and also, if not, to accept and receive my God’s Will for me, my God’s guidance, the experience, so to dare and risk another time.
On the path of self realization, I can have a way of seeing it and dare and risk in that line. And then, my God in that daring and risking may guide me a little bit more at right or at left … if my daring has a negative impact, I then reflect and try to sense what is the intention of my God for me and not say “no more daring, no more risk” … in all daring and risk there is a knowledge to acquire, not only a material, physical satisfaction to obtain.
I must be aware of what is at the source of my action of “daring and risking”, in the sense of what will that bring me in my self realization as a soul in my relation to my God, others, the world, the Universe, Heaven.
I remember a particular moment … I was confronted 2 days before leaving Acapulco with keeping the staff that was there for 23 years for my family or getting “rid” of them (knowing they abused, did bad things that were confirmed at last to me). I was like I cannot go and leave the house alone … I cannot anymore trust those people and let myself being abused … and I decided to respect myself, respect the importance of trust, of “true love”, for me and decided to let them go. I had 2 days to attend Tribunal in Mexico, find a new keeper, etc … I had that certainty inside me that all would flow, and it did. I went back two days later and all was settled, on my path were put one after the other people to help, even at Tribunal I “won”, and today I am surrounded by good energy now when I go there, my place is respected, my person is respected, etc … I dared and risked for the name of trust and respect and received more than I would have imagined in a time frame that I could not have believed possible.
And I still put my “bemol” in the sense that at other times I dared and risked to find out that I should have waited, asked questions, verified options, before daring and taking the risk. But what is great is the lesson that I keep that helps me to dare again and risk.
So, for me, in that citation, I approve, but would add that it is true in not loosing sight of balance, of that consciousness that goes beyond a simple rational mind or an emotional state of mind. For me, faith goes with conscience, intuition, intelligence, listening to the body, seeing signs, always keeping the relation between me, the other and the Universe, my self realization and my participation for the other and the world’s realization, God’s Will.
Cordially, Jojo.
wow that certainly sounds brave… letting old family employees go after so long… im not sure i could ever do that!! ;o)x
“Ο τολμών νικά” = He, who dares, wins.
I think i agree with the quote you posted, except for one thing. There are times when the “right moment” helps you achieve the thing for which you dare.
Love to all,
Emi
Emi,
It’s so true ! And take the risk of losing for ” right instant ” been part also of daring!
The difficult is to find the equilibrium between these manners of acting!
Light & Love,
PS :I’m going to continue thinking on this quote any time! Yes…but it’s good or not good time ! o) lol !
Good point Annie.
Exaggeration in this part of our life…Losing our “gold cut”!
Unfortunately, some very few times this procastination could save us a lot of trouble. But, who can see the aftertime?
Loosing everything can be a good thing…
Dearest Swannie and Liina, what I say now is coming from the … wisdom that life and ..age has offered me.
St, John the Evangelist has lived up the age of 105 years old. At the end of his life he could not teach any more; he was just repeating with tears in his eyes: ‘LOVE EACH OTHER’.
One of the last teachings of Jesus in the Evangelion of John, Chapter ιγ΄[13], 34 : Εντολήν καινήν δίδωμι υμίν ίνα άγαπάτε αλλήλους, καθώς ήγάπησα ύμάς ίνα καί ύμείς άγαπάτε άλλήλους = A new commandment I give you to love each other, as I have loved you the same you must love each other.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWhbsCdsru4
Charles Aznavour’s Isabelle!!
Yes, dearest Swannie, I could write a … song by just saying ….. ‘I love you’ with different rhythm and expression… ;-] Something like the above song; one of my favorites when I was a teenager, although the only words that I understood were : Isabelle mon amour!! LOVE,
Thelma xxx
It’s never to late to make it good!!!!
Yes, I can say I was drinking cheap beverages from a crystal fine cup that I inherited from fathers aunt. Was really odd, funny too.
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You are right Liina!
I was waiting for “the right moment” to have kids,I would say one day,I’m not in a hurry,my man came with this question or perhaps more like a sentence:”let’s make a baby” and I say “okay”(lol,just remembering my face),it was seizing the moment and I don’t regret it.Now another thing similar has been happening again,and I seize the moment again to get married this time to the man I love and I want to be with.I also was saying “one day I know I will write a book,this is what I want to do and always wanted to do,perhaps when I’m older.”and this too is now,not tomorrow cause soon tomorrow won’t exist anymore and I want to finish all I need to finish before “the end of time”.
Yes people Carpe Diem!
And LOVE always as the “only fuel”
although I still think time is an illusion ;)
Hi CandieB
I love your picture, Congratulations.
It is interesting, to have a dream in our hearts, but when it involves two people and Love, you do have to wait for the right person to come, at the right time, you can’t just say now, until the person is in the picture and you are ready to recognise them and love them too, (and that is destiny).
I like to have things that I want to fulfill in my life, otherwise it would be really boring to say, done that, been there, tried that etc, a dream makes life worth living.
(Einstein thought that reality was a persistant illusion also).
Lots of love
XXX
Candy, where had You been? I just yesterday went to see Your blog and I saw You were going away for 2 weeks.
PS! Sometimes siezing the moment indeed is forgetting who we are and lowering/forgetting about our prejudices and “plans” for life.
As Thelma replied to another post of mine: sometimes there are other plans for us. So we, ourselves, have to, figuratively speaking, tone it down.
Thanks for reminding that,
and glad to “see” You back here.
Or then really to SEE You.
Love,
Liina
Hi Candy,
‘Let’s make a baby’! How sweet :)
Love,
heart
For a right time…perhaps in music with music notes, silences…why not ?
yes we do know, but it matters if really we want to know
maybe…in another dimension…
yeah.
welcome welcome :)
i don’t question the physicality of the situation, i mean, well, at least take the plunge, uh…i don’t mean, i interpret from this quote..
lol…well, you’re cute.
Hi Alexandra!! Was this the … third time?? I can see and hear you clearly now. I am so happy. The glass looks so .. fragile! You can use it as a vase too! A rose would look beautiful in it!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Now I can hear You also, Alexandra!
About the dishes and crystal glasses that sit on our shelves.
I think that for a certain generation back it was a mark of dignity to be able to put out “more nice looking” dinnerware. In fact, every time in our house that there is a special occasion (for example a birthday or another celebration), we would collect the dishes from the cupboards and shelves, and wash them and then dry them out with linnen sheets, because, in fact, they HAD been gathering the dust.
I cannot judge people for feeling as if putting out these special dishes is a sense of pride and well earned symbol, or a status of some kind, or for some it’s a state of the soul (?) but when I lived in a dormatory away from my family, I learnt that what matters is not the “silverware” or diningware, but the people using it, while having a nice dinner.
And then there are the dinnerware that have been inherited, which have that extra special special meaning and for that will NEVER be used. I get the idea, behind it, but what is it that we have to take it out on occasions and say: “So this was Your grand grand grand …… mothers” this or that. And because You try to honor it and keep the memory, You need these things. But because of honoring – never using them. What are we afraid of? That we will break them? Use them until they’re no good? Leave no legacy? Lose our memories?
Yet I say this while I do the same thing – if there is a thing that have a special meaning for me, I want to keep it forever. It may be a first piece of jewelry that I never wear but I keep it. It may be a shirt that I wore when I was a kid – holes in it, but I am reluctant to throw it away. Almost like the wish of staying “young forever”, at least in the mental way, because in the physical, we mature constantly. It is a symbol for us, a visible, present symbol. The same thing is our journals – I happened to dig out some of my old things yesterday and I found my old journals, and while I read some of what was in them, I was thinking – was that really who I was?
The world changes. The objects broke, the physical and mental world changes. But we do not lose the memories (unless – a bad joke, of course – we have a memory problem, or something bad happens to us to make us lose it). But we still want to cling on. Even if it is just a few special symbols/objects.
Maybe we should change the weekly quote from a few weeks back (which was something like: Noone can lose someone, because no one owns anyone.) to Noone can lose anything because noone owns anything.
Love,
Liina
karma?
“and do to others what u want others to do to u.”
but then why was Christ murdered, was he trying to murder others, but of course he was, only the approach was diffrent.
when a CHRIST MURDERES YOU, he can kill your ego with his slefless love, in rturn the common folks who are not so adept at love kill the person himslef. intention was same from both sides, methodologies differed, depending upon capabilities of teh two sides.
love
aditya
Happy Birthday … yesterday, dear Vivi!! Another Libra!! Do you like .. pink too??? ;-]
Do you know what happens, about … daring and deciding? It is not that we do not ‘dare’! I think the most difficult is to decide which is going to .. harm or hurt others less! Because it is the others that we think more than of our .. losing something!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
daring just for the sake of it ?
love
aditya
Yes, Thelma, but sometimes, when a person has suppressed themselves for years, it can, in fact, be essential (for them), that they actually have to ‘lose’ themselves, become vounarable and take the risk of losing ones dignity.
Although, I don’t think that searching in desperation for that right one sounds indeed quite sad to me. I don’t know if You had that in mind. Searching in desperation would make a person blinded by what they WANT to see instead of seeing what there is to be seen.
And I agree – sometimes we need other experiences than what we think we need.
Thanks for reminding that!
Love,
Liina
Thelma,
after having found / decided upon the other half, it is a good idea to let oneself be lost in love of that otehr half.
Liina
so what happned finally, i wish ladies will take lead and change that age old custom of men having to take lead.
love
aditya
I have no idea, Thelma. But I get Your hint, … at least I think so. Here is what I spoke about in my video:
So this week’s quote is: Nobody loses by daring. But may lose waiting for the “right moment”.
Yes, I don’t think that we lose anything with daring because even if the dare, which we act on, is eventually come out as unsuccessful one, then even if we didn’t accomplish what we wanted to accomplish then we gained a new experience. So we really haven’t lost anything.
But sometimes if the subject is really important for us, it’s extremely hard to see that we haven’t lost anything that this dare wasn’t for nothing and I guess that we just have to appreaciate what we’re given and even if sometimes we don’t succeed. I think the main thing is to remember that if this thing that we dared wasn’t the successful one, if it’s our dream, then we should even dare to do it again. Sometimes later. ‘Cause it can be proven otherwise.
Ok bye.
I had some trouble with my webcam recordings, so I used another program for webcam to prerecord the file and then I uploaded it. Came with much better quality.
Pandora – I hope I will be able to see/hear You aswell. Have You concidered making a video message?
Thank You for Your kind words, Thelma and Pandora!
Love,
Liina
Nice to read you Liina,
I was rather busy the previous week.
I think the best for someone to claim here, is “the gold cut”, a phrase which I give as an answer in another post also.
Don’t dare, just to “dare”…
Don’t wait, just to “wait”…
Act as an complete entity. Rely on your gut feelings and, simultaneously, use your brain. Listen to the rhythm of the surroundings, even if you don’t like the “music”.
In the end, what if you lose one, two, three…ten chances in your life? There shall be others…And soon!
Moreover, what I tried to clarify is that one doesn’t always win (or lose) by daring, if he keeps in mind (and in heart) the above. And he doesn’t always win (or lose) by waiting, of course.
How have been doing lately?
I liked your video below… ;-))
Take care and catch you later…
Nice talking to you, as well…!
Thank you!
Thelma, no worries. We love. And I think we say (or “say”) it!
Ps! In Estonia, people do not really SAY that ‘I love You.’ They show it in their actions or in the things they do or say (even if it is not directly saying out loud – I love You.). Language (wether articulated or bodylanguage) says many things. Sometimes we don’t even have to say it out loud. Although there is never a bad time to say it.
I guess that’s the difference of cultures. For that, it’s extremely hard to say it out loud, even to the people that it shouldn’t or isn’t hard to say it to. Even if the circumstances wait for it. It’s like a false shame thing in our culture, I guess. Although it is slowly changing here. People are coming more and more out of old habbits and cultural ways, out of their shells.
So,
I really do love You.
:)
Liina
“Listen to the rhythm of the surroundings, even if you don’t like the “music”.”
That’s a really great symbolism.
I totally agree on trying to rely on ourselves, our perceptions. Even if, at first, it seems that we are not good at it, it will become a great benefit – to know Yourself! The truth is – even when we think that we’re intact with our perceptions or gut feelings, sometimes we need to be the “loser”. To learn something new. Life never stops surprising.
The lessons in life – everything keeps changing. Us too. To not be blinded (by a fear or something else), but to be more aware – of ourselves and the surroundings. And it will give the means to change. Even if sometimes we don’t want to. :P
I’ve been ok. I am hoping to sieze some opportunities that I’m reluctant to be open to. But I hope I will not keep waiting for “the right moment” this time. :)
Great “chatting”, thanks.
Love,
Liina
Dear Ankita, yes …. creating .. future Karma!!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
right…karma is too selfish.
I don’t believe in suntans..rather, the closer to the sun, less time with no clothes, or you’ll get your tush sunburned :)
Annie, Icarus in your song text is fabulous…I probably shouldn’t put it like this…I am DYING to hear more of your music, DYING in a good way..just really, really looking forward to it with every inch of my body :)
Sunscreen, suntan…not much into any of them…I stay in the sun as long as it’s good for my skin, depending on where I am in the world…then when it’s been enough time exposed to the lovely sun rays, I hop in the ocean and swim (provided NO SHARKS AROUND) :)
Thank you Yannis :)
Yes, yes sorry ;-)
I just was thinking about the “old fashioned” biological way..
I heard about pregnant woman at 60 but I am not aware of older case..
is there any?
Love
Tarek
It’s simple, live for love, then you are a born winner.
rgds,
Shane.
Dear Johanne,
Yes we have all to learn to live our life..
most of the time we are our own prison..
Well, I agree the ideal age is indeed twenties. But you can see that world is changing, yes, we have in Romania a very old mum,I guess she was over 60, in the time was a record, some Iliescu named woman. She was a professor, and after her case, in my country is forbiden by law to help such an old woman having a child in artificial way. She carried the baby nine months, and gave birth. Well, she surely love her daughter, just she seems more granny. But I think a child birth is always a miracle and a good thing. Her kis is healthy. I am not the one to judge. Each case is singular. Thank you
Love
Alexandra
I like pink, I am Sagittarius.
Amazing!
Thank you, Catherine…
Wow, I loved that. Thx
Thank you, Catherine. I like this quote very much.
Dear Yannis,
The only reason I say that I would have missed the opportunity is because I know how “cowboys” are. They would never fail to ask someone to join them for a ride, because this is only polite. But any hesitancy to accept immediately would be interpreted as a sign of fear. They wouldn’t think any less of you if you didn’t accept, but out of respect for your fear of horses, they wouldn’t ask again. So, at least in that situation, it was a case of “now or never.”
You are right – sometimes life does present the same opportunity repeatedly. But sometimes the opportunity is unique – you will only hear that knock at the door once, and if you don’t open it…you lose! This may sound a bit harsh, but, in my experience, it is true. There is a time to sit back and analyze and speculate and wait, and then there is a time to take action – immediate, swift and decisive. Sometimes that moment can be measured in a single breath. There is no room for hesitancy.
Hi heart !
much love, it was a nice expereince as always, for the nine days i try to speak less, and spend as much time as i can in meditation, ‘pooja’ etc. all those arms of the goddess, yes, she has held me in her arms for long, or else i would not be here, spekaing of daring and daredevilary. I miised u you and being here, such a lovely place. lethargy which is also called as tamas, which goddess durga vanquishes, is supposed to be at the root of most of these ‘problems’ we humans face, trying to shed my lethargy some more.
love
aditya
Silence heals our wounds, and having time to rest and pay attention to what goes on in our hearts. Lethargy, is a very common feeling for one like you who spend your time caring for others. Another term is being ‘burnt out’. Your culture is very clever to take care of it’s citizens by still providing festivals. I’m so happy you are in the arms of goddess durga. She will hold you and caress your soul and give you everything you need to continue you holy path to eternity.
Love to you Aditya,
Heart
xxx
Thanks Savita !
we wols should set goals and start acting on them, ain’t that what the mesage from paulo says !
love
aditya
Hi annie !
we love to hear words and phrases like ‘who dares wins’ ‘universe conspires to help when one pursues one’s dreams’ etce etc. not because we see things like that, our personal expereince and expereince of our friends – have they been in line with these phrases. certainly not, otherwise these phrases would not have been required, if ‘who dares wins’ is true then everyone will dare and everyone will win, this phrase will not exist. To be successful, more than daring is required.
I can never forget a scene – long ago in 1995, me and freinds were hanging out in mumbai near gateway of India ( a sort of tourist spot in mumbai ). I the garden next to teh spot a shooting was going on for the moview “Oh ! darling yeah hai India ” Sharukh Khan the reigning superstar of today was a promising contender then. We were part of the crowed, extras were rehersing the song ( and the whole process, the repetativeness of it was mind numbing ). We watched the ‘fun’ for sometime and left after sharukh had arrived and he was doing his dance steps. One person,w hose memeory remains itched in my mind is that of a man about 32-35 years, wearing tight white pants, some black shoes, moving around in the shooting area. the technicians and others were sort of making fun of him ‘jhere comes another wannbe’ by that persons looks, mannerism, ….. i doubt if he ever made it. But was he not trying, was he not daring. for every succeful person there are hoardes of unsucceesful ones.
fundamental question we need to ask ourselves is why do we need this assurance of success beforehand, before we start on the journey. why these false promises. people, teh common man and woman, suffocating in their lives, do lap it up and help increase the sale, when theme is who adres wins, universe conspires etc etc.
blessed are those who can work towards their goals e.g. say u working towards becomming a better and better musician, irrespective of whether they fail or succeed; but then again if success and failure mean the same, then why bother, why not just be. birds ( incidently they told me that they don’t sing, they merely speak and are happy that their speech is music to our ears ) don’t srtive for any success, they act in the moment, the whole nature does not concern itself with right moment, what needs to be done, what miust be done will present itself and one needs to respond, that is all.
love
aditya
Annie,
next time anyone gives u this response, tell them that their world views are a reflction of their own beings, who says man does not care about his brother, their are enough men who care even about strangers, surely one will find one or two exaples of every kind of man. let’s not choose the worst and then base our own behaviour on that model of worst.
If we feel world is full of cheats, probably we ourselves are a cheat at heart, if we feel world is full of good people, probably we are good ourselves. we see the world not as it is, but as we are.
but yes ! before u or catherine or all those pretty ( and nude, yummy !! ) PETA PYTs can achive anything worth anything in environemental protection and animal protection, u will need to protect yourself, before that u will have to discover yourself. Discovering yourself is a one step process.
love
aditya
Oh Swannied, your timing and … association are just perfect! Your mind is so … quick and beautiful.
Have a nice day.
LOVE,
Mamma Thelma xxx
Thank you, dear Annie,
Yes, he was dying all the time! Thank you for the poem you sent. It is really beautiful and fits into the theme exactly. Thank you also for all the hard work you go to to bring the quotes, links and information to us on this blog. I think the ‘pooling’ of resources here is so wonderful and enriching. Thanks also for your video comments. You are very brave!
Love, Theresa
Dear Aditya
You have reminded me of a story :
It is about two men, one lived in complete isolation from the rest of the world, knew nothing of the riches of man, he lived in a simple cave, and his only companions were those that came by in passing, and animals.
The other was a wealthy man, who had all the latest riches, a beautiful house, a wonderful family, and he was shocked when he saw how this man lived, when he happened to pass him.
He tried to persuade the poor man to leave his cave, and join him, he felt compelled by God to rescue this man, so as a courtesy the poor man (who was incredibly content with his world) followed him.
But as soon as he reached the rich mans world, the poor man felt compelled by his God to rescue him, and try to persuade the rich man to return to his paradise, the cave.
So whose reality is right, both, one, or neither?
The eyes do not “see” the picture, it is a persons brain that creates the picture, the reality, so isn’t it always going to be subjective?
Love
Pandora
Alexandra, yes. It was far passed midnight, when I recorded it. Everyone else in the house was already sleeping and I had to speak quietly. That night I stayed up til 5am reading the blog and making a couple of videos. Next day I was half zombie.
I believe that we grow in experiences, yes. Wether we want or not. But I also believe, that there are certain “tests” or opportunities us, that appear at a certain time and which give free hands to us wether to sieze it, pass it, or however we would like to handle the situation. In other words, I believe there are times, when we conciously can either change our old ways or make a decision that will leave a permanent mark on us. Grow conciously.
I like to ponder also on different possibilities, because in life, nothing really is exactly the same. It may seem silly or even annoying for some people, but I see it as an opportunity to understand more and grow in spirit.
Thanks for validating!
Love,
Liina
hummmm…you were only saving lives… :)
Excellent Annie, thank you for reminding me of this and Theresa too, another beautiful sad song a reminder of the Tick-Tock.
This Mortal Coil! Song to the Siren, by the Cocteau Twins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUmdR69nbM&feature=PlayList&p=CDCD9FD5DBAFCA53&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15
Long floating on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
‘Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving into your aisle
And you sang, ‘Sail to me, sail to me, let me enfold you.
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you.’
Did I dream, you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was flotsam?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorne on your rocks
For you sing, ‘Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow.’
O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow.
Well, I’m as puzzled as the newborn child
I’m as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, ‘Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you:
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.’
Yes isn’t it though…Annie’s personality quick and beautiful, and you Thelma being resonance for her words and actions.
Ohhh, I did not know … Thanks for sharing, sounds interesting.
fate/ destiny ;o)
Interessant
Also from oser I get “sore”
By the way, dearest Thelma, would you sing some Greek song to us? Please!
Love
Alexandra
Do you like pink?
You are right. Love your way of thinking. You give reason for your ideas. thank you
Love
Alexandra
My friend listened to you the other night Liina, and thought your voice was beautiful and serene, as do I.
You are more than welcome!
Yes the river is an amazing song… I also love unanswered prayers ;D
It sure is a blessing in disguise at times… I’m sure when we look back at a situation from ten years in the future and say to ourselves thank God that happened…we can be sure it was a blessing
Thanks Catherine,
I also believe that to dare is a step closer to success. I know that being always on the neutral side won’t get you anywhere. Sometimes we have to take the risk in order for us to succeed.
Love lots,
Erreth
Hehe, yes I want to see him too, with a flower handed to us :)
exactly, exactly, exactly Aditya. So often what we say, or what others say, it reflects their own beings, instead of who the line is addressed to. A very important discovery, as hurtful words, then becomes pfttts…this is just your opinion..has nothing to do with me.
LOL yummy nudes in PETA :) Their last one has Pamela Anderson in it…I tried to find the new one, but it has been banned from You tube, so you have to do with this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indB9rrxxOw
Hi Emi,
Thank you for your reply. You raise a very important point regarding decision-making: ” what reason and logic tells you ” versus ” what your heart tells you.”
Ideally, we would like the balance of the scales to fall equally on both sides. However, nothing is perfect in this life and sometimes we have to accept some kind of ‘compromise’. Most of us are faced with important decisions in our lives, but as regards those concerning relationships I think it’s better not to marry at all than to be married to the wrong person and your heart is not in it, for this can destroy you and often leaves a trail of destruction behind it. Also, I think it’s dangerous to let the heart control us completely.
I would like to give the example of my eldest son who is now happily married to an Egyptian woman and living in the UK. Before that, he was engaged to another Egyptian. She was beautiful, clever etc. He loved her with all his heart. However, as time went on, she and her mother became money-grabbers and they knew that as a med-student he needed all the resources he could get his hands on to pay for his private lectures etc. This girl would go into a furniture shop and say “We must have this wonderful Italian furniture.” (Very expensive here and there are nice, cheaper alternatives!” But no, it had to be “Italian” and now! Also, her mother started trying to control everything, including me !!! ( Quite common in Egypt)! Finally, he broke off the engagement and his heart was broken,and I nursed him through this for many weeks, but he knew the relationship would never work and he made the right decision…It was a question of ‘mind’ over ‘heart’ in the end and he never looked back.
I pray that the scales will balance in your favour and that your heart and mind will be equally satisfied and I know you will seize the moment before it passes you by.
Love, Theresa
Dearest Swannie and Emi, I like thinking of you two beauties .. discussing the ‘pros and cons’…
I have a sister, 2 1/2 years older than me, born on the 22nd of March, exactly the opposite from me. She was born on the Spring Equinox and me on the Autumn Equinox!! [The days of the Witche's celebrations !!!!] We are quite the … opposite in everything.. but we love each other so much, that we understand eacht other completely and one is always by the side of the other. Since we were small I remember our father saying: The only thing that I want from you, is never to .. fight one with another.
One is the mirror of the other, so that we will be able to see our mistakes!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Dear Emi,
Thank you for the wishes for my son. He has been blessed with two lovely daughters and each one is the ” Apple of his Eye!”
I didn’t realise that Annie is your sister. It’s good that you can both get together in making your list of ‘pros and cons’.
God bless you both,
Love, Theresa
:D lol!
I will give you 5 categories, only for your first one you gave:
The ones that take the train and:
• are robbed inside the train.
• find a bag full of money, forgotten inside the train.
• are killed inside the train.
• meet the partner of their dreams inside the train.
• leave the train at the wrong station.
You can add more.
As I tried to say above, there are no good or bad choices. Just step by step lives…
I am not sure, but I think what Catherine Martines was trying to say with her last sentence is that she doesn’t follow the road already built (like the train follows the railway) but that she likes to build her own.
Different stuff work for different people, indeed.
That’s why I was amused.
Hugs, CM!
Love,
Liina
Hello Heart.
I would be honoured for you to call me ‘sister Theresa’ but I think it should be more like ‘mother Theresa’ but then people might confuse me with the ‘real’ Mother Theresa, then I will have a few problems on my hands! Anyway, joking apart, I think your song “The Rose” was so beautiful and you sang it with all your ‘heart’. I am also dying to meet everyone. As they say in Arabic ” In Sha Allah ” that is ‘ If God Wills ‘. In the meantime, take care of yourself and send us some more video comments when you get time !!!
Love, Theresa
I am sure, dearest Heart BFF, that Mike will not refuse a journey to Europe…..
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Thank you, Alexandra.
I must admit that I am sometimes like the frog who decided to jump, but didn’t actually do it! And many good decisions have fallen by the wayside as a result…I never did get to see how refreshing the water really was!
It is always lovely to see you on the blog..you always have something interesting to say and ideas to offer. Thank you.
Love, Theresa
Dear Alexandra, I am sorry to disappoint you… but I do not sing!! ;-]
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
You are such a kind soul dear Theresa!!
I wish you and your eldest son all the best – i am so glad that his choice led to a trail of happiness..
xxx
Maybe God should grow us hydroponically….!
:D
Dear Liina,
I certainly agree that being psychologically and physically ready are important factors nowadays.
But I am just wondering how it happened that we made from a very natural thing (wonder) like having and taking care of children such a complicated thing as it is now?
I guess it all started when the schism began to increase between our true nature and what we would like to think we are..
Love,
Tarek
Actually, that was what I tried to say before.
All these “knocking on the door”, “unique circumstances”, “lifetime choices”;…
How can we speak of their true value, since we will NEVER be able to tell what would have happened, if you hadn’t acted. If we make a choice, this is it. We shall never know all the other alternatives that existed just before our action.
And, personally speaking, the most valuable experiences that have occured to me, happened from plain, ordinary things. However, to be completely honest, I cannot tell if they are indeed the “most valuable”, since I don’t know the “what if”…
Concerning the “cowboys” example, I think that I don’t care how they would see my negative response.I know that each one of us has a lot of conscious and uncoscious reasons to accept or to decline any offer.
Think this for a moment: this specific day, a cowboy asks you to join him with his ride. You refuse, without knowing why exactly, but you have an indefinite fear. This may mean that your premonition is warning you for a potential horse-accident.
And if you had gone one day earlier, you would probably have accepted, if your premonition wasn’t giving any “warnings”.
In other words, just trust your physical equipment. Your senses, your mind, your instincts. Don’t use quotes to act or not to act. YOU are the right moment, YOU are the right person, YOU are the right now, for yourself; and I don’t believe my last paragraph is selfish at all…
And if times change, circumstances change… nature listens. Like now, with the crazy weather when suddenly it’s getting colder sooner than before and more hot than we’ve been used to. Nature adapts – that’s the keyword. But also finds right moment for it.
But I think I misunderstood You first, when I typed my previous comment. You said, that nature does not concern if it is the right moment, but they act in the moment. I read You wrong… Yes, indeed the nature doesn’t contenplate and discuss and do a plan, but I believe the info comes to either plants or animals/birds through different ways or senses. Also for people who for example raise crops. They always have hunches when it will be a better or worse year, and they get that info from the weather, nature, etc etc. Not just the “weather channel” we watch on TV. They listen to themselves.
I think we should start first to LISTEN/SEE, then to process the info instead of just living and being without reasoning or trying to understand. If one is able to listen to instinctive senses, there will also be more info… and more info to proccess. And then we can adapt. Or maybe to be in line with “the right moment”.
Yeah, that’s humans way – to contemplate and discuss, if now is right or not. I think we have to adapt like nature, and turn back to our instincs more…
for example – we don’t need to have diets, but we have to start to listening to our own bodies, and we will eventually start to lose weight without trying. (If we’re overweight).
But as You have said many times before, Aditya, it would be great, if we found that side of us, but to get there, we have to find those ways. And it’s extremely hard to describe those ways, because people find it differently, in themselves.
Sorry that I misunderstood You at first!
Have a great ending to the week.
Liina
Now you have promised, and you cannot take it back…as Annie does :D
Cant wait.
Take care
Always smart comments you have
Love
Alexandra
Mother Theresa it is :)) I had hoped to meet the Mother Theresa when I visited her convent in Calcutta, but at that time she was in Iraq opening houses for war victims. Perhaps I now can meet my own Mother Theresa…YOU. Hehe.
Thanks for you complement of my singing. Yep song from my heart..but with nerves tightening my chest, a pretty poor performance hehe.
In Sha Allah!!! More video comments when you do one yourself. It’s your turn now.
Love and Admiration,
Heart
Thelma, that is an interesting question. You know he came all the way across the Atlantic to pick me up..and would love to go back to Norway…However when I ask him where he would travel to if he could go anywhere he wanted, his answer is; A round trip in the USA. He is a true American patriot, and most of all loves it at home :)
Love and Admiration,
Heart
xxx
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shane.
I agree, that a lot of people set milestones: if I will get there, then I will do that. If I will get more money, then I will be able to materially care for my children. Etc etc. In having children and also in other things, everyday things. We all do it – and we all can’t say that all that we do are consiquences of right decisions or that because we turned to our instincts and tried to turn to the “simple”. Not always does it work even if we do that.. it’s called life. It’s complicated. But I do agree that we overcomplicate it ourselves.
I do agree that some of us overreact, and forget about what really is important in life or what really is natural and which is, in fact, act from our own BLIND fears or nonunderstandings, or trying to control, and maybe feel like not leaving the decisions up to the “life” but to take it ourselves.
But I do also agree, that there are people who know their state (either physical, psychological, material or which ever), who do a concious decision. And since sometimes there are people that know themselves better than others know them, I trust for them to take that choice. Not all are putting off things or complicating things because they are either blinded or overreacting or making wrong choices. Some really do listen to themselves and stay close to the “natural”.
But human beings are complicated. And if our life is boring, we have to make up new things to do. And one of them can be the try to be “perfect”… which indeed is an illusion and does not exsist.
Thanks for making us think about this subject.
Love,
Liina
Thank you, dear Annie.
Yes, you are right our minds often play tricks on us. I think this happens especially when we find ourselves in vulnerable conditions e.g. sickness or faced with a major problem or challenge. The fear instinct seems to kick-in more at these times. However, when we realise this is happening, then we can, as you say, ” pull a trick to our mind ourselves!” Mind you, I don’t know what a psychiatrist would say about this idea – perhaps one would like to comment?!
Looking out for you on the blog…Take care,
Love Theresa
Dear Marie,
You raise a very good point. We have indeed a tendency to “restrict our borders more than we believe!” Thank you for the quote from William James. I like it and I agree that it’s all a question of “attitude”.
I think we all have different attitudes depending on our age, experience and social environment, but we are all responsible for our own attitudes. We should believe in ourselves and try to avoid negative thinking which will always have an affect on our decision-making and our future actions. For some, the glass will always be ” half-empty ” while for others the glass will always be ” half-full “. Being free we all have the choice of improving our lives and changing our attitudes for the better and we can do it if we want it enough!
Best wishes, Theresa
No, no annie,,,lol I didn’t mean you take it back, I mean you always pull your tongue at us lmao ;DD
Ps! I spelled Your name wrong, it’s Martinez, not Martines. Sorry.
Aditya, if one day it will happen, that we will meet somehow, and there will be ‘right moment’…
All best,
Liina
Beautiful words Annie, thank-you!
With love, Daniel
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