Would you do a list of 5, 6 or 7 things that you should do to improve your quality of life?
If I think about myself, I think that shouldl stay less time in front of this monitor. Besides that I really care about my quality of life, walking in the fields, enjoying every single moment. I would love to hear your opinion because this can be very useful to other people.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Paulo
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1. Fazer realmente oque ama. De alguma forma, com todo amor e toda força capaz;
2. Não seguir conselhos inúteis, a não ser os que vem com oque se sente que é amor e vontade de ajudar.
3. Intitular-se todos os dias assim que acordar o único responsável pela própria vida, digno de todas as graças e de todas as desgraças que somos capazes de atrair.
4. Buscar constantemente por respostas. Isso nos mantém vivos. Isso mantém acesa a chama da própria existência, apesar de que um dia isso tbm traga o fim dela, como a conhecemos.
5. Pedir perdão aqueles que julgamos com defeitos ou problemas, é a melhor maneira de resolver as nossas obscuridades que projetamos no alheio.
6. Preservar a insanidade natural, da alegria, dos pés descalsos, do divino, que nunca nos questionou sobre coerência ou sensatez, apenas se fez presente.
7. Amar cada homem ou mulher sem pensar em ser seu amigo, ou defini-lo como não amigo. Naturalmente ele já é seu amigo. Para isto basta não termos medo do contato, do calor, do hálito, do suor, da cara anterior a nossa chegada. Essa pessoa está no presente carregando consigo um passado, é natural que se assuste em ver que vc quer compartilhar o seu futuro, mesmo que por instantes com ela.
I believe it is different for everyone. For me, I do the following…
*Stop overanalyzing life…just breathe…let happiness and positivity seep into your body and soul.
Life is only as difficult as we make it. When you really take a step back, nothing is ever as bad as it may seem when you are in the moment.
*Stopped drinking alcohol and learned that I am still fun to be around!
*Practice yoga about 4 – 5 x’s a week
*Moved from NYC to Venice, CA…live a block from the beach which I walk down to every day at some point to stare at the ocean.
*Work for myself
*Wake up next to the man that I love and my lil’ dog every morning I am in town
*Explore other cultures, travel if you can…keep your eyes and mind open to having new experiences
*Shed those that are negative and hold you back.
and the list can go on and on as I feel like I have lived a very solid and deep life and I am only 37 years of age. I am truly blessed that I have learned that when life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade out of it.
1. Study more, somehow, I chose this line and somehow the pressure is killing me :D
2. Find some good music to listen to inspire myself
3. travel somewhere–I haven’t had a good travel since god knows when. just go someplace alone, roam about, chat with strangers in unknown language–I’m craving that sort of a holiday but haven’t had one since a very very long time
4. Improve my meditation quality
5. Trying to heal my neuroses completely which I’ve come to know quite recently. The challenge to try to heal the neuroses without quitting daily life, completely breaking down, or being obsessed about them, I’m trying to find out how to do it. Any suggestions?
6. Time management. I never can get it quite right :(
7. Find a good temple to pray and meditate in my city–I don’t know a good one and really need one. anyone know any buddhist temple in kolkata, india?
8. Learn to travel in crowded public transport for one hour without losing mindfulness
1. I hope I’m alive this sunday
2. I hoje I’m alive this monday
3. I hope I’m alive this tuesday
4. I hope I’m alive this wednesday
5. I hope I’m alive this thursday
6. I hope I’m alive this friday
7. I hope I’m alive this saturday
1. I hope I’m alive thes sunday…
I hope so also.
You are alive Den ZZZZZZZZZZ
1. To speak less and act more of a christian.
2. To love more the people i love; my family, relatives, and friends.
3. As God puts it, i should use the talent He has given me.
4. Be less boring. Take chances with life. If it hurts then maybe its worth it.
5. Walk around and embrace my culture. I should be proud of my heritage. God placed me here, not somewhere else.
6. Start exploring all by myself again. The farthest realizations of man come when he is left to himself.
7. Man complicates himself. Go back to basics and enjoy the simplest things in life.
Hello Paulo & gang! :)
A few things I can do to improve the quality of my life.
No. 1 is Time management. I need to better manage my time. Time management is tricky because, well, I can always follow a schedule, but that gets boring after a while. I mean, I don’t so much like to follow a strict schedule, but, I guess I can time manage by doing item
No. 2 To take a few minutes each day to meditate.
Just a few minutes, preferably when I wake up, to clear my head. I usually wake up with lots of thoughts in my head. So if I did this, then I would be able to take another few minutes to do No. 1, write a list of things I need to accomplish for the day. Hence would be able to manage my time better. I think.
No.3 keep my physical activity on a daily basis. I have started working out again, which is great, but my muscles are as sore as ever, which takes me to
No.4 Get a full body massage at least once a month!
No.5 Get out to nature more often.
No.6 Manage my time better
No.7 Take life and myself a little less seriously!
Thank you!
Hope everyone has a beautiful day!
Hugs and kisses
here’s my list:
- live in the present and daydream less
- pray daily
- listen more to my mind than my heart when making decisions
- give my very best in everything i do
- treat each new day like the last one that i have
- grow and learn new things everyday
- have more discipline
- make everyone around me happy
- be contented
i hope everyone here succeeds in improving their quality of life =)
Are you red any of Paulo books?
Well,
1. I would paint more often.
2. Long walks near the sea or in the small mountain in my village.
3. A house full of plants and love.
4. Avoid phones, tv and computers (only to communicate with you all).
5. Life simple without stress.
6. Living in my favorite Greek island for the rest of my life.
7. Swim everyday.
8. Find someone to love and be loved.
9. Enjoy and appreciate the little things in life.
Hi Paulo,
This is the first time I’ve read your website and I’m only starting to read all the “Warrior of Light” blogs, honestly they are all very enlightening. I’ve been interested in your work since I first came by your book “The Alchemist” but Laziness and work took my mind off it…. I can’t say I’m a person with a deep understanding of life like so many of your readers here but at 33 I can say that somewhere along the way I picked up bits and pieces of good advice which helped me to start improving the quality of my life, such as 1. putting a smile on a strangers face by simply giving them your sweetest smile. 2. Always look for the positive or the good in people and you’ll be surprised how that will affect not only your perception about life but the way people around you think about each other… 3. Trust and appreciate our spiritual guides or Guardian Angles… There are still a whole lot I need to do… 4. Remember to tell my loved ones everyday how much they mean to me 5. Read a book every week to broaden my mind and feed my imagination. 6. Find my Soul Mate. 7. Have the courage to find and explore my Gift.. I’ve been told that I have a strong connection to the invisible world but I’m hindered by fear. I grew up in a Catholic environment where they view the likes of Tarot cards as the instrument of the devil and all these horror movies doesn’t help either. I don’t know if these will help improve my quality of life but I know it will help me understand life.
I hope this helped. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, I hope someday I can do the same.
Thank you.
Angela
To make my quality of life even better, I could do a number of things;
Be more present in the moment, so I really can enjoy the good things that happens in one day
Being more hones, both to myself, and to my sourroundings – Letting myself
And one thing that I do every day before I go to bed; think about one moment I had during the day, that made my day worth living. It can be little things, like reading a beautyful poem, seeing beauty around me in nature or in the people I met that day. Maybe someone smiled at me and made me feel like they saw me. (doesnt even have to be someone I know. Maybe just a short conversation – or just a smile- in the grocerystore) I think a smile is the shortest way between two people…
And also, If I am having negative thoughts, I try to think at least 2 positive thoughts around that one negative. It always makes it better.
Thank you Paulo, for making me think about these things that I should do every day – but that I sometimes forget when its busy.
Because when you think about it – Life aint that bad.
1 analyse and understand the meaning of my dreams, so that i know what i need and want
2 be conscious of my inconsciousness
3 listen, see, feel the heart and soul of my beloved ones
4 behave and act in accordance to the 3 items Here above
5 laugh when i’m happy, cry when i’m sad, express myself when i’m angry, protect myself when i’m afraid
6 enjoying every little moment of pleasure
thank you Paulo to enable us to share our lives and thoughts with you
love
. keep in touch with the Divine in me
. increase the space of Silence where i want stay
. not judge: other and myself
. being in the action that i’m making
. frequent contact with wild nature
. be thankful and honour the gift already received
I’m replying to this because I can see there is another Barbara here :) Hi other Barbara :)
And now my actual comment on this weeks topic:
Quality of life. It’s a very current issue for me right now because I live in Scandinavia where the days have begun to become shorter and shorter now that winter is coming. That means there is not that much light, plus it’s getting cold.
For me light belongs to quality of life, I feel tired and depressed if I don’t get enough light, that’s why I’m trying to go outside as often as I can although it’s very difficult if you work from morning to late afternoon. Last year I bought a daylight lamp which I can switch on after work when it’s dark, it can’t replace the sun of course but it helps me to get through the winter. Other things I do in support of quality of life are:
- Jogging (it’s a great medicine in the dark wintertimes)
- Drinking tea or coffee
- Buying nice new warm blankets
- Lighting candles
- Taking time to take notice of the small things around me that can make me smile, like watching birds in the sky as they manage to fight against every storm.
how beautiful xx
:o)
Dear Paolo
My views to improve life;
1. Do Nothing on some days. Relax at your own pace during those chosen days . Throw all gadgets ( Mobile /TV/Laptops out ).
2. Be Silent for a day or two.( Complete silence).
Let the power of silence grip you and see the difference.
3. Listen to the nature ( sound of wind , water , fire , soil , trees , insects )without any distractions and observe the supreme magic .
4. Do what u like best just like that – at least few hours a week . e.g paint , sing , dance , pray , read ,make love , listen or just dream.
5. Most difficult -List your ego and think of your image without these .Think of Holy Mother giving you unconditional love when you were a kid . Can we provide that unconditional love without ego for anyone without asking anything in return ?
And many such points which spreads happiness
Beloveds, here are my favorites:
1. Openeing for beauty and gratefulness wherever I am
2. Thanking God for my Life and remembering the Beloved
3. Breathing: renewing every cell, body and soul with Life, consciously
4. Moving: leaving everything, what has become a fruitless habit
and letting go of all, I don’t really need to be alive each moment
5. Meeting beings REALly, perceiving and feeling them
6. Enjoyinh Life: singing, dancing, sharing myself
7. Giving birth: each moment to myself
Love, Ara
Beloveds, here are my favorites:
1. Opening for beauty and gratefulness wherever I am
2. Thanking God for my Life and remembering the Beloved
3. Breathing: renewing every cell, body and soul with Life, consciously
4. Moving: leaving everything what has become a fruitless habit
And letting go of all, I don’t really need to be alive each moment
5. Meeting beings REALly, perceiving and feeling them
6. Enjoying Life singing, dancing, sharing myself
7. Giving birth: each moment to myself
Love, Ara
1. Taking a walk in nature at least three times a week.
2. Ordering a dance/exercise video, as I need the exercise in the winter months, and love dancing.
3. Do painting everyday, even a little, to discipline myself and to reconnect with my creativity.
4. Buy myself a camera, as photography is my biggest passion.
5. Every day write a paragraph in the ongoing story of my life.
To release all the thoughts in my head and to make room for something more.
6. Limit the time I spend on the computer and Tv.
7. Claim myself back. I belong to me, not to everyone who decides I can do something for them. When I feel I am seeing to my own needs once again, and am feeling centered, only then will I make myself available to others needs.
8. And finally say what I feel at the time that I feel it….
Thank you for giving me a chance to see how I can help myself!!
2) Take care of practical matters around the home. These are too mundane to list, but they really do, in my opinion, have a great bearing on the quality of life. Things around the home which do not function properly or efficiently can really be a bother.
Let us say, for example, that your chair isn’t the right height for your desk, such that every time you sit down to work, you bump your knee on the bottom side of the desk. This seems a small thing – the annoyance is so minor, in fact, that one can continue to ignore it indefinitely – and yet, you have this small bruise on your knee all the time, from the silly desk. Or maybe the shower-head doesn’t function properly and the water which it lets out is just a trickle. Or maybe there is a rickety step leading up to the porch which creaks so that you avoid stepping on it. A burner on the stove that does not work….
All these seemingly “little things” add up to a life filled with minor annoyances, so minor that we take them for granted. Yet they do have their effect upon one’s psyche. They are a burden, almost imperceptible, yet a drudgery to endure. These sorts of things I do not want in my life. I want everything fixed, functional, in smooth and efficient working order. This gives me a peace of mind that is actually very great.
1- a day free just for me (weekly)
2- be as long as I can with my husband
3- be as long as I can with my family and friends
4- smile smile and smile
5- at least once an Year on Holidays (to Brasil)
6- red a good book ( Paulo Coelho)
7- speak with my angel
8- ver a sua alegria ao ouvir o nome do Rio de Janeiro ser anunciado para receber os jogos olimpicos, fiquei muito feliz e estou feliz ate agora, escrevi muito? ;)
Hi Paulo!
I want to begin to tell you thank you very much for your books, they helped me think about the meaning of my life. I especially liked the book Veronika Decides to Die … I just reread it again .. and at the expense of things that make my life better, it 1.to get education (I will in the future educator) 2.to find good job and 3.to obtain love and understanding with your beloved. that I want most. I hope you see my answer:)
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What a beautiful…Like a photo model. Yes, a great book.
Take care
Alexandra
1. Follow my heart
2. Time with my family
3. Use holidays to “re-connect” with family and friends – not “dis-connect” – as many people think. (My wife is Spanish and there is a common phrase used during the summer – that of “desconectar” – to switch off – to become more isolated. I prefer the opposite, which I stole from Francesc Miralles (a Spanish psychologist) – that of using our free time to “reconectar” – to re-establish those links with our loved ones.)
4. Enjoy the moment – it’s unique.
5. Using each new day to try and know when to keep striving for a goal – or when to step to the side and reflect on the “signs” that are indicating that a change of direction is now needed. i.e. when to follow your heardt and when to follow your mind. This is a difficult one! This idea reminds me of a lyric from the Canadian rock band “Rush” from a track entitled “Trees” on their “Hemispheres” albumn (a long time ago!): “With the heart and mind united in a single, perfect, sphere”.
Completamente de acuerdo en pasar menos tiempo delante del monitor
1-Estudiar
2-Leer
3-Oir musica
4-Dejar paso solo a los pensamientos positivos
5-Sobretodo pasar menos tiempo en el pc
Gracias por leerme
Three people whose writings inspired to improve quality of life, for me, in the last ten years.
http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran
http://www.paulocoelho.com/engl/index.html
http://www.poetseers.org/spiritual_and_devotional_poets/christian/the_works_of_st__john_of_the_cross/
Blessings to all!
* accepting every voice from my heart
* being happy without any reasons
* helping others without analysis
* laughing more
* enjoying the nature (that’s already there for so long lol..)
* playing with my kids a lot
* giving a true kiss for my hubby (without rush)
* listening others carefully
* thank you more…love more..apologize more..
1) Realize that you yourself are a mistery, a magical being.
2) Realize that all that lives is magical.
3) Realize that the whole universe is magical.
4) Realize that all magical things, including yourself, speaks the same magical language and can therefore communictate and interact.
5) Accept and celebrate that you are connected to the whole universe and all magical things and beings in it.
6) Allow the dialogue, which will naturally occur if you let it, between the universe and all magical things in it, including yourself.
7) Be open and stay open once fascinating and hidden wisdom starts pouring into your life, amazing things which, from a rational or technical point of view, you couldn’t ever have known but were given to you as a gift, because you accepted and embraced your place in the magical universe.
This life is a wounderous place to dwell in.
Silence is a mighty gift, given to everyone.
Blessed are those who silently witness to gather wisdom and pass it on.
Samir,this is beautiful and this IS IT!This is what it is,you know the secrets hiding in the silence and the void.The secrets of beauty of the universe and infinite that your soul has been carrying since the “beginning” and will keep carrying on till the “end of time” and beyond like an echo of the eternal bound between worlds.You wears the sacred mark.Continue to sing cause your song is beautiful,sincere,divine and timeless written in the book of life.
Love to you
The quality of life is when your time with you… When you do same things spending less time… When you have less troubles… The life is like a game and sometimes it’s not serious, but sometimes every moment is important for whole Universe. Every our decision affects every human… You cannot see this all, but when you discover that this world reacts with your actions and thoughts you see that your quality of life has improved.
Many of us would say they need more money to improve his quality of life. But the man who is rich thinks about other things… The money is only one of the many steps to justify its life, its place on Earth… After this appears more other question “what else?”…
The quality of life is to be… just to be… and feel it!
quality of life grows with every moment of being aware. breathing consciously. observing your thoughts. enjoy every experience. not taking oneself too serious : )
looking at life and everything around you in another way from time to time. leaving space for new things. dare to just try some of them, even when you might be afraid before. celebrating the moments you feel good, when you are happy. to be honest to oneself.
love and thanx : )
katharina
Katharina,
I love your ideas!!
At the moment, I’m celebrating this moment: connecting with great people around the world :)
GBU and you beloved ones.
well..making a list..difficult..the sad thing is that sometimes is even more difficult to make some of the listed things happen..however, it is good to have some goals for which you know that are destined to make you more self-content.
so,
1. protecting myself and my heart’s feelings
2. trusting people
3. making optimistic thoughts..
4. not being afraid
5. loosening up and feeling the joy “my thing” gives me without overthinking.
6. spending more time with my sister..i know she needs me as much i need her..and we can always make each other laugh…A. let’s :DDDDDD
7. swimming more often
8. eating less junk or comfort food
9. organizing my room…
10. relaxing in a bathtub (i have never done it..but i dream of it..)
11…lighting candles and reading a nice book in the bathtub…(the dream continuing)
12. walking in the sandy beach with my ankles in the water..rejuvenating…
Love to all,
Emi
i am sorry..i wrote more than 7 points :-(
dear Emi
some how ur list looks a real way of life,, and i believe u can really achieve ur list.
few of those steps r really good for the soul.
beeing with ur sister,,, what a wondefull idea…
walking by the wter…
bath with all the great water feeling y not??? if u have one at home take 20 minutes of ur daily activity,, its amazing,
i do it sometimes b4 going to sleep– and i feel like a baby!!
try,,,, one by one—- no rush,,,
good luck to u
Orly
last night i thought of a perfect example of how i improved my quality of life some time ago…
I dumped the bullying boyfriend; refusing to be bound by a ring to him.. and made him an ‘EX’ ..
and i then donated money to support International Animal Rescue in Russia that helped bears that have been bullied since birth and made to dance in a ring…
thus help making them ‘EX’ dancing bears.
;o)
Oh, that’s wonderful, Catherine! I just love the symbolism of it – the metaphor. This IS the stuff of magic and ritual, also of Jung and Joseph Campbell. Working with metaphor in this way in our lives can be very powerful stuff – potent magic that truly has a deep and lasting effect on the psyche. These metaphorical acts may feel “silly” or at least look “silly” to the outside observer, but there is nothing “silly” about them. These deeply personal rituals which we create and perform ourselves are like lightening bolts charged with supernatural powers – they CAN change our lives…FOREVER. You could have left the bullying boyfriend only to slip right back into a similar relationship again, but, having helped to free the dancing bears insures that you won’t repeat the pattern again.
Much love to you, Catherine! Thanks for your very inspiring story.
Sincerely,
Savita
I will do small things today, for I don’t know yet what today will bring, so I will try to -
be grateful for the life I have today
be aware of the beauty around me and within me
look for the light in others and keep my own light shining
see the miracles
remember that courage is fear, with prayers added
I came to this site looking for a continuance of the feelings that reading Brida woke in me and I am finding that, so thank you.
Different things to do, either alone, with a few people, or even in a group/mass of people:
1. Sing (also listening to music), because this provides me getting in touch with my soul, the energy in the lyrics or melody and something I’d like to call elation.
2. A walk in nature/being in the nature, because nature offers much to us. There we can find many things: peace of mind, new knowledge, understanding, joy, appreaciation, or just a healthy walk instead of just sitting at home. If I am at the sea, it gives me serenity, peace, understanding, acceptance. If I’m walking through a pile of leaves, it gives me joy, lets me be childlike, enjoy the moment. Nature therapy.
3. Doing something nice to someone/doing voulenteer work, because it reminds what really is important in life.
4. The opportunity to express myself, the possibility of it.
5. Doing sports, because if You push Your body to it’s physical limits, You get a sense of extasy, from working out. Also, because our body actually needs to exercise (individual times/limits/durations). Giving Your best and getting the joy from moving. For me it’s tennis, cycling, walks.
~*~*~*~
In a moment:
1. Picking up and holding chestnuts in my hands, because it reminds me what my mother used to tell me, and also think about doing little things that are nice, to others, on an impulse, not to please people, but to give them joy.
2. Pet my dog, play with my dog, because she’s a clown and it reminds me to be lively, be open, be myself and not in the frames of people or their expectations.
3. Sing in elation, which reminds me sometimes of past, present or future happenings/situations and I let them flow through me. Which makes me sometimes cry, to laugh, to regret or to be proud, basically feel different emotions, but on a different level.
4. Watch the nature(sky, trees moving, leaves falling…), people, situations and wonder about the beautiful life we live in, and be appreaciative and live with that appreaciation.
5. Read something from a book/watch a movie and realise something new, find the hidden thoughts.
Or while reading/watching it, be reminded of a certain memory, so that it makes me reckon that I’m thankful for everything that was or is.
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1. Connecting with something: animals, nature, people, myself, certain aspects.
2. Being able to be myself: express myself how I feel is right, or truthful.
3. Being able to detect things (knowledge/memories/truths) in the things I connect with, like in books, movies, in communication.
4. Being able to look further than myself: do something out of the joy for others, or on an impulse (although some “NORMAL” people find it stupid/silly).
5. Being able to be in touch with myself: eat, sleep, (etc.) when I need to, enjoy it, and listen to my body/mind/soul.
6. Being able to be grateful and appreaciative of things we encounter with or have encountered with, being able to see (or at least on some level) why it might of been that way, reason.
7. Be childlike – adventorous without blind prejudeces, grudges, frights. Be in inner peace and accept the things that are. (Or if You prefer, accept what is.)
~*~*~*~
I am repeating myself. But it’s the law.
I love You all,
Liina
Dear Paulo and friends,
Not so long ago, I had a good chat with a friend, and popped a question, “Would you prefer to live in such a long time, until age of 80s in a very ordinary but dull life, or just to have a short one, but full of happiness and good laughs?”
We never know our time, but to me, Life is a party we need to celebrate each day. When celebrating, people laugh, enjoy the food and the good wine, have good chat with dearest friends and dancing to the wonderful music. Then we go home and sleep with a smile in our face.
To celebrate our life, we need to do good things for ourselves and for others who are in need.
As for ourselves, we need to live to the fullest, have dreams and go for it. Love is essential.Good laugh is a must day by day. Delicious but healthy food need to consumed. Go around the world to witness God’s spectacular creations is a luxury enjoyment. Last but not least, trust our instinc and dare to take a risk. Being impulsive and forget the rules sometimes is not a sin.
And as for other people, we need to do good things to them. Find a way to contribute something to the society and environment. Become productive once in our life that made people thankful for our good effort.
Once we fulfill them, we will achieve the best qualities of our life. The golden cup is there, waiting at the end of the line. Once we reach it, we then can have a long deep sleep with a smile in our face.
So true, Natalina! Strange thing – the way we humans live. Death is the one certainty in life, absolutely inevitable. Whether 30 years, 50 years, or 90, our time here on this earth is but a blink of an eye. We know this, and yet somehow we manage to ignore it. We tend to live life as though our time here is infinite – saving things to be used tomorrow, waiting for the right moment, waiting for retirement, planning for someday ( a day that may never come), holding off on all that is truly dear and meaningful to us, thinking that one day we’ll get around to it. In the mean time, day after day, hour after hour slips away from us, unrecognized, unfulfilled in its potential.
Dear Natalina,
You might find it interesting to hear that when sports athletes were asked if they would take steroids to improve their chance of winning a competition, even if it would cause them to die younger, most of them answered yes they would take the deadly steroids.
Love and Admiration,
Heart
dear Natalina,
Thank you for your post. It inspire me a lot! GBU :)
Hey, my quality life list
Do my MBA
Travel more and see the world
Laugh a lot
Enjoy every minute
To practice love
To fall in love
To learn piano
To have more time to read more books
To spend more time with my loved ones
Be more positive
To find my dream job
More effort in exercising
Dear Paulo Coelho and Paul, I am not giving false promises to .. myself that I am going to spend less time in front of the .. monitor!! Aren’t you not going to miss us??? ;-]
Why????? Because, out there and in here, I am connected with you and my .. daughter [whenever she turns on her computer, the Windowslive messenger tells me : "A. has just signed in!! " And I feel happy that she is O.K.] This is a …. welcomed sign!! The same applies to all of you! If you have written a comment in the Blog, in Myspace or Facebook, I KNOW your are there!! Because yes, we do not lose those we love because we carry them in our heart, but our … material senses still need … proof!! Until our … super-senses become more trained!!! and expand.
I usually live my life as I .. please, being a … retired .. housewife and mother!! No more getting up early in the morning to prepare breakfast and drive them to school and private lessons.. No pressure from .. anyone to do anything.. The Sunday afternoon, dear Paulo Coelho, but for me not, at all, boring, because there is always someone to meet, to talk, to love; books to read, music to listen, to see the … sea, the clouds, the flowers, to listen to life’s sounds and enjoy the … journey until I reach Ithaca.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
I never thought about it in terms of quality.
The more time passes the more I see quality in the heart. The more we polish our hearts, the more quality we find in everything we do.
Hola mi querido Paulo Coelho,
agradable es regresar por su blog a saludarlo y a comentar un poco sobre lo que yo haria como persona para mejorar mi calidad de vida.
La verdad, mi querido Paulo Coelho, es que tendria que decir mucho, puesto a que sinceramente no se como comenzar mejorando, en la vida uno como persona tiene que enfrentarse a tantos problemas que a veces te dejan sin confianza en los demas, y no sabemos lo que queremos por mas que lo intentamos…
Bueno yo como persona para mejorar mi calidad de vida haria lo siguiente:
1. Tratar de ganar confianza en mi misma, cediendo y no cediendo, dependiendo de las circunstancias
2. Tratar de confiar en las demas personas, puesto a que esto lo perdi hace mucho tiempo
3. Ayudar al necesitado, soy muy honesta, yo solia ser generosa pero me he vuelto tan dura como persona, los comentarios, la falta de tino de los demas, me ha vuelto fria, y admito es un grave error conmigo misma
4. Haria deportes extremos todo el tiempo con tal de quitarme el estres diario y rutinario.
5. Viajaria muy lejos y muy cerca con tal de conocer millon gente, expansiva
6. Tener un trabajo estable, para poder ayudar a sostener la economia de mi hogar, tengo un matrimonio estable, pero a veces siento que la envidia y los malos deseos de terceras personas lo quieren echar a perder todo
7. AMAR COMO NUNCA ANTES LO HE HECHO, ENTREGAR MI CORAZON SIEMPRE Y CUANDO SEPA QUE NO LO VAN A LASTIMAR, mi querido Paulo yo se que uno aprende de las alegrias y las tristezas, pero las tristezas ya me enseñaron mucho de esta vida, aprendi a sentirme sola, a sentirme libre, a sentirme caida, a sentirme fuerte pero esta vez quiero probar el sabor dulce de las cosas, de los momentos, y saber que aquellos momentos ingratos de desamor, de pena aunque no desaparecen del todo de la vida del ser humano, o de mi vida en este caso, por lo menos ya se han alivianado y he podido retomar y he sabido convivir con lo que creia imposible de sobrellevar….
Bueno mi estimado escritor, Paulo Coelho, deseo para usted muchas bendiciones y que Dios le de mas vida para poder seguir inspirandose para escribir verdades tan ciertas que aveces en las mentiras se quieren resguardar…
un abrazo intenso y un beso muy sincero a la distancia.
Atte,
Rosaura
Hello!
Here is my list that will
improve my life even more:
1 Invite people
2 Share my story
3 Praise God
4 Hug anyone
5 Laugh a lot
6 Love all
Tuesday morning – here is snow!
Wish you all a wonderful day!
w-w-l
B*Sofie
Snow! How wonderful! Here is summer still – 92 today (33 C). Go play in the snow for me, will you?
to read the alchemist, the pilgrimage, brida, eleven minuets, the fifth mountain.
to make love,
to make art,
to throw kisses to everything that i feel love such as the moon, the flowers, the cats and dogs, the babies, and stuffed animals. this is my way of making relationship. i try to expand my world and also bring good luck for myself. basically i need love in order to improve my life.
also i am trying to improve my intuition. i think i lost it…sad…i used to feel shiver whenever i got intuition or inspiration. but it strangely disappeared. i feel like i am spiritually blind. but despite that, i believe i am still on the right track thanks to god. but i sometimes got frustrated so i really want intuition back.
last not least, to improve my life, i often imagine myself with wings. it really feels good. i rarely give myself a halo but i often put it on my boyfriend’s head. he looks so cute and funny that i giggle sometimes:) i do not know weather wings and halo improve your life but i think they make your life more humorous. so i really recommend them.
love
Respetar mi entorn, lo que incluye a las personas la sociedad, las leyes, el medio ambiente, procurar no ser una persona incómoda ni indiseable para los demàs y sobra decir que disfrutar a la familia.
Hi Paulo,
I was trying to think of something terribly deep to say but really I think that quality of life seems to be more about simplification. I recently read your ‘Like the Flowing River’ which was a reminder to me to effectively ‘stick to the path’.
A while ago, I read ‘The Valkries’. I did the angel exercise and asked if I could know what I am meant to be doing because my work seemed to falling into a heap and despite having three university degrees I still couldn’t find a full time job. (I think I thought I should be immune to the economic crisis). I asked ‘what is my path?’ and the reply was ‘you’re already on it’.
I have never repeated the exercise and was unconvinced of the affirmation (although I am pretty sure that it’s not something I would tell myself) until I was being bombarded with media inquiries about my research about a year later. I still don’t have a full time job and it does cause me some stress but I find it more productive to just put one foot in front of the other than to be so caught up fretting over something that I cannot immediately change.
Thank you for the reminders about one’s personal legend
R
Primero darte las gracias por compartir tus pensamientos en este blog, es todo un regalo leerte. Las cosas que mejoran mi calidad de vida son:
- Compartir el cariño con mi familia: esposa, hija, padres… Ellos me dan vida y me hacen sentirme bien. Además, por poco cariño que des a los tuyos, éste se refleja multiplicado por más de lo que has dado casi siempre.
-Ver reflejada mi felicidad: Soy positivo por naturaleza, esa actitud me hace enfrentarme a las cosas con cierta facilidad o al menos así lo percibo. Esta positividad me gusta verla reflejada, bien en proyectos realizados con éxito, en la amabilidad con la que las personas te tratan al ser tu amable, rodearme de personas alegres, etc.
- Disfrutar de tu enterno: Creo que junto a ser Cariñoso y Positivo, el entorno ha de ayudarte para tener calidad de vida. Vivo en las Islas Canarias y para mi es uno de los lugares más maravillosos que existen. Buen clima, gente amable, buena comida, seguridad, paisajes hermosos, sol, playa, montaña, naturaleza… Es una buena combinación para sentirse bien.
Espero que sea del agrado de muchos… Un saludo!
Muy bonita imagen la de la felicidad que se ve reflajada.
Ahora mismito puedo sentir tu alegria, si que se trasmite:)
1) Promote my writing and artwork more effectively.
2) Exercise more vigorously. (I exercise, but I should do more.)
3) Find a new job, that helps me to either aide the community or enhances my creativity.
4) Read more Carlos Canstaneda. (Everyone interested in mysticism should pick up one of his books.)
5) Learn how to better read the signposts life gives me.
6) Find a significant other that isn’t either crazy or ‘all about herself.’ A difficult task indeed. :)
7) Be more positive with my daily outlook, without being naive.
Good question. I think these lists people come up with might help another to improve their life, even in just a small way.
-C
Yes christian, i like no.5 …learn how to better read the signposts life gives me!
Indeed, you are bringing up a couple of ideas that might be usefull to me.
Thanks, and best to you
Create, create, create! I’ve tried this, every time I feel down, when I do something creative, I am transformed. So, when I wake up I think about what creative thing I can fit into my day and then I do it.
Thanks,
Sherry
to improve my quality of life- i have done so much in the last few years.
first i learnt to love my self- and then i learnt that by loving my self most things that i have been doing r good for my soul… and i put aside many activities which r not fulfeeling me any more,,,
thats was my 1st step..
i have been volunteereing at the hospital in the recovery room- and i feel amazing doing it.
I have been inviting woman for talks- i have been bringing spekers who talk all kind of interesting issues (usually related to health, prevantion by improving way of life).
beeing breast cancer survivor– has changed all my way to look -LIFe.
so if any one wants to ask me any questions,, ill be more then happy to respond.
Orly canada
you are such an admirable soul, dear orly..
xxx
I realized it answering the topic and you are giving me a confirmation:
Loving one self makes things much easier to you and people around you, eases life, makes it more beautiful every day.
I’m glad you beat your disease, I’m glad there are people like you.
Love and best
CALIDAD DE VIDA: Cuando oigo esto recuerdo a un amigo que tiene presente esto y procura viajar todo lo mas y trabajar menos horas, pasear con algún amigo y lo más reciente que ha hecho es comprarse una autocarabana para viajar y viajar.
Esto si es calidad de vida pero tienes que tener un trabajo que te lo permita monetariamente y con tiempo libre.
*Tener salud para disfrutar de todo lo que te rodea
*Que los tuyos estén bien a tu alrededor.
*Tener el dinero suficiente que te permita tener calidad de vida
*Disfrutar de un paseo contemplando la Naturaleza
*Reunirse con los amigos y participar con ellos de una comida y unas risas.
*Tener un trabajo del cual puedas disfrutar y que no sea una obligación.
*Viajar y aprender a través de experiencias positivas.
*Tener todo lo que haga falta para tener tiempo disponible y agradar a Dios dándole nuestro Don.
*Ver que la Sociedad en la que te desenvuelves progresa y va evolucionando.
*Ver cambios en el Mundo positivos que te hacen sentir feliz
*Poder aprender siempre cosas nuevas y aprender de los demas
*Que el Amor crezca y crezca cada dia
Hello Sir,its such an honor to have feelings of sharing Our ideas with You,directly.Wonders of this technological era.I have a question which arose during reading the book of Mr Juan Aria ‘Confessions of a Pilgrim’…..in a break during the interview he mentions dish of ‘ham’ being served to You.I just want to know ‘does Christianity allow it(pork) as a pure food for body,mind and soul?I think when We talk about Quality of life,Our food or Fuel of machine matters for its performance.Can We consider it(pork) as pure food for mind and soul,regardless of medically neutral effects of it on body.I would love to hear from You on the subject.Regards.
1. To have more fun.
2. To be more sociable.
3. To overcome my shyness.
4. To take more risks in relationships.
5. To go on more adventures.
6. To help others.
7. To continue reading and learning about my faith. It’s the only thing that can make me feel happy when I’m down.
My ideas to “quality of life”:
- live every day in a very present sense, because ist could
be your last
- celebrate your life (don´t work to much)
- remember: you are completly free (you have to decide, no
one has to say to you, what´s to do, you have to take the
responsibility)
Two month before I was told to have a very bad disease and I thought all is over now. And I thought my life was completly wrong and there are so many things I havn`t done.
In this time I saw three rainbows over me. And now I was told that I am completly in health. Thank god.
But it was a shock to get aware that this life is not endless, though I believe there is another life after dead.
Now I have time to think about the things I will realy do.
What I’ve already done lately that improved my quality of life:
- Change for a flat that I feel very good in, sunny, quiet, high enough so that I can see the stars at night, near a big park and a swimming pool, in a popular area, full of families and with loving communities and shopkeepers, people you can feel have been living here for a long time – and which doesn’t cost me more than the cave I have been living in for 2 years.
- Threw my TV
- Take over the same job I left 4 years ago, and which I had been doing for 7,5 years, but asking (and obtaining!) 1 week free per month to keep up with a personal training.
- Spend more time with people I like being with and avoiding cvonstant energy taking people.
- offered me a great hairdresser and felt fantastic
What I should do now to improve my quality of life:
- Actually go to the swimming pool and walk in the park, not because I have to but because I love it
- Take better care of myself, offer myself a manucure and a massage for instance, resume yoga
- Respect myself better, love me as I am though I can still keep trying to improve as a person and in my knowledge.
- Respect my feelings and don’t hide them like I do many times, when afraid that they wouldn’t be shared or be too invasive. Accept to fully love without maybe being loved in return. Acknowledge that I can be loved in return.
- Trust more in my creative skills and exercise them, just for the beauty of it, maybe print some of my photos and hang them from time to time, keeping the ones I love most
- quit smoking, not because I don’t like it or because it’s not healthy, but because I don’t like being addicted, because it’s expensive and because I loved being a non smoker
- Purchase nice wine to my gourmet boss who always have good plans in that regard, and enjoy it with friends
Something that would soothe my life but does not depend on me alone: that my beloved grand mother could enjoy this end of her life and not be so worried about everything and making herself more sick than she already is.
Dear Caroline,
Reading your post was something that imporved my life already;-)
I can agree with every single point of yours, because it seems that you were able to read my mind: these are exactly the things that improve my life (apart from quitting smoking – I am a constant non smoker, and buying wine for the boss – because I don’t have any).
I think those things are so femenine!
With love and gratitude,
Oksana
Yes, the smoking thing – me too! It would be fine if I could be in control of it, as some few people seem to be. Paulo, for example, with his eight smokes a day, or the uncle of a friend, who smokes two cigarettes, one after lunch, one after dinner. But this is not me, and addiction – to anything, in any form – is truly insufferable. I wonder how people manage to smoke and not be addicted – how can they smoke two, or even eight, a day and that’s it?
Find more time to meditate, be more compassionate to others, remind myself to not settle for less, read more, follow my intuition, try harder to enjoy the ride! (despite the outcome)
Paulo, thanks for the recap! always enjoy your posts! lots of light!
xo
Paulo is a real magician… you mean it. :)
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
When I am not thinking about Health-it means that I am healthy.When I am not thinking about food-it means that I am not hungry.When I’ve get the reason to go to bed -I do so.When I can turn 24 hours into 24 seconds and vice versa- it means I am not bored.When I can give Love without being “insured”-it means I am not in the tradebusiness.When I am happy without reasoning.And when I have the Faith in the Happy End-it means that “Quantity”,which I was working hard at,has had been turned into “Quality”.
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