Problems and belly beer…

by Paulo Coelho on April 25, 2010


(photo sent by Ninni Rebecka)

Some of my friends with problems are like men with beer bellies: always proud of the fact

Alguns de meus amigos com problemas lembram cervejeiros com barriga: contentes com o fato

Algunos de mis amigos con problemas son como hombres con panza de cervecero: siempre orgullosos del hecho ( ( trad @CHELY_ESCALONA )

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kealan April 30, 2010 at 9:23 am

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. lol

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on the transcending path.. April 30, 2010 at 11:05 am

…running around in a circle aren’t we?:) well there are some very beautiful women that are bald when they have cancer and undergo chemotherapy. As for the other … you just have to use your visualisation’ methods.I am sure you can work this out… XX

Alexandra April 30, 2010 at 3:54 pm

ha ha ha

the scientist April 28, 2010 at 9:32 am

I’m not looking at the face -its a circular sphere -.

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Patrícia Coelho April 28, 2010 at 12:56 am

O que me assusta não é o tamanho da barriga, mas tudo que ele ingeriu até que chegasse a esse ponto.
Mas, como já dizia minha avó, “o que é de gosto, regalo da vida” :)

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Jose Reys April 28, 2010 at 12:21 am

O estar da felicidade

Na ilusão de só se ter felicidade com as conquistas.
Vivemos de maneira egocentrista.
Esquecemos do ontem, de seus feitos, das pessoas.
Não lembramos dos sacrifícios dos pais,
dos amigos, ou da humanidade.
Não preservamos as suas sabedorias, nem suas árvores plantadas.
Não nos importamos com o próximo realmente,
Apenas como desencargo de consciência.
Vivemos sem equidade, em nossa própria efusividade.
Na ilusão do novo, perdemos a emoção.
Quando na verdade, a verdadeira felicidade,
está na gratidão!

Boa noite – ótima Quarta para você!
ZéReys – poeta Procopense.

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carlos altuve April 27, 2010 at 4:36 am

rompe los recors

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carlos altuve April 27, 2010 at 4:31 am

a veces pensamos tener una barriga asì para poder comer de todo.

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Antony April 26, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Tener ese abdomen da verguenza. Pienso que la vida es bella y teniendo un estomago tan voluminoso nos limita ha realizar un sin fin de actividades.
Hacer ejercicio nos ayuda a mantener un equilibrio psicosocial.
Espero que no sea photoshop.

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Jojo April 26, 2010 at 2:13 pm

It makes me think of how people, may included in the past or even in some aspects of my life, can repeat and repeat the problems they encountered or encounter but do not seek and search why and how to transform, letting it as a fact of life, and even gaining sympathy, attention, etc … by it, which is being like proud of it in a certain way. It’s like being blind … like this man with this belly … on the exterior, he seems proud, jokes about it, but in the interior … is he totally happy, satisfied about himself, complete? He may not even stop to wonder about it, as for many we do not see and go on in repeating the fact … or he may wonder about it but lets the power to the Tyran or the Victim, not believing that he has the power to change the fact, because he misses an important ingredient … love for himself or herself … because the fact is that this will endanger his health! That is the fact! How powerful the mind who does not see the truth and makes of the illusion and the lie a beauty, an anti love law …

Love, Jojo.

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Pandora April 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Who am I to judge, that is his story, maybe I don’t understand it, but then there are probably things that he wouldn’t understand about me, and there are certainly things that I don’t understand about me.

The mystery of life, thank God we are all different and we all have the opportunity to metamorphasise, as long as their is breath in our body.

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Adriana April 27, 2010 at 5:45 am

You’re so right…

Rita May 3, 2010 at 2:34 am

How true it is “Pandora”. Deep democracy, that accepts everyone on their journey.

Alexandra April 26, 2010 at 7:15 am

Oh, my god…Not really nice view. And now I feel thin, respect that man. I have to lose weight, in few months I managed to take 10 kilos! Horrible!

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katie April 26, 2010 at 6:54 am

if I drop everything that makes me furious in this quote …

then the wisdom comes through:
problems …. [being] always proud of the fact.

Oh, Paulo, you hit the dark side of the soul …

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Bia Beyhan April 26, 2010 at 6:09 am

Olá todos, em especial, querido Paulo !

A imagem gerou controvérsias demais na minha opinião,
a frase que a acompanha me interessa muito mais…

Diante da vida, muitos sentem prazer ,gastam muitas horas de seu dia falando ou escutando alguém falar de seus problemas , suas mazelas, suas impossibilidades.

Mas poucos ainda descobriram que é ainda mais divertido falar de soluções , novos caminhos, possibilidades variadas para pôr em prática mudanças.

Observo isso bem de perto ,como você citou Paulo.

Apreciam, alimentam, usam e se orgulham do que há de negativo em suas vidas… Como uma desculpa para viverem mal e serem um foco de insatisfação para o mundo.

Eu não tenho problemas em minha vida, pois substituí essa palavra por outra…

DESAFIO.

Pois , o desafio para mim é um visitante sempre bem vindo, que traz consigo o frescor do novo, da superação, da humildade, do estímulo , da busca , do aperfeiçoamento, da dignidade , do gosto de viver. Nunca há perda ou ganho, há sempre a tentativa honesta de melhorar. E não é isso que importa ?

O que estamos esperando para tomar posse do que é nosso por direito, sempre foi e sempre será ?

Existe espaço suficiente para todos seguirem seus sonhos.

SEJAMOS FELIZES !

Bia Beyhan

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Nagualero April 26, 2010 at 12:59 am

Uau that’s a lot of gas… Looks like he’s about to pop lol ;)

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wegdane April 25, 2010 at 11:41 pm

it is not funny at all,i do not think this is just from beer.i beleive he has serious health problem that might be a consequeb=nce to a havy drinking problem.

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celebrating April 25, 2010 at 11:35 pm

first man on the moon!

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Dances With Crayons April 25, 2010 at 10:25 pm

An amazing flower garden, birds singing.
Unique!
Every one has a story. Appreciates different things.
Has wounds.
Laughter.
Patience.
Faith.
Compassion, understanding.
Enjoying life.

I really try to be patient because everyone has a story, and don’t know what others wounds, scabs or scars are – on the inside. In this picture, although probably meant as humor, is also man with a story.

LOVE is incredibly healing.

And with love, I have the potential to improve, grow and become better.
Work on ‘me’!

LOVE to ALL, enjoyed all of your comments! HUGE HUGS, Jane : )

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mari raphael April 25, 2010 at 9:52 pm

ele tem que parar de beber cerveja e beber algo mais light, tipo um vinhozinho e também fazer natação. …

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Vibina Narayan April 25, 2010 at 9:44 pm

either he has portal hypertension leading to retention of fluid in abdomen, or he is a Pregnant male (Christ!) … the Five F’s of abdominal distention: Fluid, Fat, Faeces, Fetus, Flatus ;) Any of the five in his abdomen ain’t a clicking a good pic haha

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Colleen April 25, 2010 at 9:42 pm

So I guess it’s ok to make fun of fat people? NOT! Did you ever stop to think that perhaps this man has a problem, not just with his weight but with alcohol. So how do we address it? By making jokes? And we wonder why there are school bullies–not too hard to figure it out–they learn it from their parents! SAD!

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Jean Rhodes April 25, 2010 at 9:20 pm

“THIS IS NOT FUNNY”!!! MATTER OF FACT, ITS HORRENDOUS!!

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solange campos April 25, 2010 at 9:19 pm

ele deve ser triste.

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Dances With Crayons April 25, 2010 at 9:10 pm

This picture is funny, but also makes me think of Medals : )

And to be proud of them!

Love to All, thank you for the laugh!! Jane xo

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Davis Bear April 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm

Much of muchness, I should say! :D

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Tahoe Blue April 25, 2010 at 8:28 pm

Photoshop !! No belly is perfectly spherical.

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katie April 25, 2010 at 10:19 pm

looks like…
see how the belly connects to the side of the body
:o)

marie-christine April 25, 2010 at 8:27 pm

“quelques uns de mes amis avec des problemes sont comme des hommes avec des bedaines – toujours fiers du fait”

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Adheeb_Neo April 25, 2010 at 8:21 pm

Wat in the name of god..?????

Well atleast he could bounce off, if he has a chance to fall face forward…

Gud Luck buddy………

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Luisana April 25, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Este tipo va a explotar! y parece estar muy orgulloso de ello.No se ha dado cuenta del problema que acarrea eso.

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THELMA April 25, 2010 at 8:10 pm

Next time I will have a … desire for beer I will think of him!!! ;-]
The biggest problem of us, human beings, is the.. “Know thyself”; it is to be able to look at ourselves and in ourselves objectively and without magnifying glasses. To know our mistakes, weaknesses but our BEAUTY TOO and love ourselves exactly for what we are: just ordinary human beings.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx

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elaine April 25, 2010 at 7:49 pm

We can judge, yes…but what I see is fear. Fear being covered up by a substance with pride included — a deadly combination.

When I see someone like this, yes, my first response is “Sick, why are you doing this to yourself?” Then I have to look back at my life and start to feel the suffering this man is going through inside. There are so many like him walking among us. Their outside appearance may or may not be disgusting, however; their prideful attitude usually comes through. Instead of allowing our judgmental side to blast loudly, let’s try with all of our being to love the them. “Forgive them for they know not what they do.”

It’s not easy moving forward while continually looking backward.

A mega wattage of love and warm light,
Lainee :-)

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Sônia Vianna April 25, 2010 at 7:39 pm

Eu devo viver em outro planeta, mesmo que dentro da minha mente, mas com certeza é outro.

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Julio Hochstatter April 25, 2010 at 7:34 pm

E assim caminha a humanidade, anos se evoluindo para se tornar um ser movido e alimentado pela cerveja, note a forma de barril.

And so goes humanity years have evolved to become one being driven and fueled by beer, note the barrel-shaped.

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Ghadeer April 25, 2010 at 7:27 pm

Gross

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Rute April 25, 2010 at 7:21 pm

Que medo 0_0

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Adriana April 25, 2010 at 7:13 pm

He reminds me a little bit of my former husband. Always proud of everything that was moving me away from him.
Thank God , divorce shook his universe and I hope he’ll find his real soulmate someday.
—————————————————-
I just wanted to share with you a custom from my hometown.

Today in my hometown , San Marcos, back in Nicaragua, they’re celebrating Saint Mark’s Day. There’s a walk with the saint on the road to the neighbor towns whose Patron Saints are Santiago and San Sebastián. At the same time Santiago and San Sebastián are walking to meet San Marcos and when they meet half the road to the other town, people who are carrying the images make them dance with joy for the encounter. This is a moment of pure emotion and everyone is happy dancing with them. It is said that the custom originated because people from these towns were having issues and decided in this way to patch up their differences. Happy Saint Mark’s day to you all.

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Monica April 25, 2010 at 6:52 pm

This picture looks very uncomfortable for this person and must be very painful for his back. I remember when I was carrying my children in my womb. I imagine this guy must feel the samething I did when I was 9 months pregnant. The thought sends shivers down my spine…brrrrr

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Márcia April 25, 2010 at 6:43 pm

E todo mundo um dia foi somente um garotinho que brincava com carrinhos.Que será que aconteceu, no meio do caminho?Será que havia uma pedra, no meio do caminho?

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Zara Caroline April 25, 2010 at 6:32 pm

n sei se tenho pena, se dou risada, se quero ajudar…
minha nossa mãe q issoo? oO

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Olta Ana April 25, 2010 at 6:29 pm

His belly seems that it is going to explode and that can horrify, but I’ve seen bigger belly. Believe me or not, but I’ve seen some belly twice bigger than this one but they didn’t seem like they were exploding, they looked like they where divided in two parts. I had those persons next to me in the beach. One part of their belly was hidden in their trousers. OMG!

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Supplier April 25, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Is this where I get my gas from?

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Cynthia Kremer April 25, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Credo…parece que vai explodir!

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3 in one April 25, 2010 at 6:07 pm

you can go outdoors without needing a table or chair! kinda of practical in a way – even if it gets in the way -

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Leyge April 25, 2010 at 5:59 pm

Suicídio inconscinte?

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kealan April 25, 2010 at 5:57 pm

that picture is horrible …. he looks like his body is about to explode lol… I’m sure his heart looks x 2 times worse.

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marie-christine April 25, 2010 at 5:53 pm

That’s what I call a belly full!

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kealan April 30, 2010 at 9:02 pm

i was not talking about women with cancer i was talking about fat bald men; its a joke… no i’m not running in a circle

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