Deciding on the Destinies of Others
Malba Tahan tells the story of a man who met an angel in the desert and gave him water.
“I am the angel of death and I came to get you,” said the angel. “But as you were kind, I will lend you the Book of Destiny for five minutes; you may change what you want.”
The angel gave the man the book. As he was leafing through its pages, the man began reading about the lives of his neighbors. And he got discontented,
“These people don’t deserve such nice things,” he said. With the pen in hand, he began worsening the lives of each one.
Finally, he reached the page of his destiny. He saw his tragic end, but as he prepared to change it, the book disappeared. Five minutes had already passed.
And right there, the angel took the man’s soul.
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Decidindo o destino alheio
Malba Tahan conta a história de um homem que encontrou um anjo no deserto, e lhe deu água.
“Sou o anjo da morte e vim buscá-lo”, disse o anjo. “Mas como você foi bom, vou lhe emprestar o Livro do Destino por cinco minutos; você pode alterar o que quiser”.
O anjo entregou o livro. Ao folhear suas páginas, o homem foi lendo a vida dos seus vizinhos. Ficou descontente: “estas pessoas não merecem coisas tão boas”, pensou. De caneta em punho, começou piorar a vida de cada um.
Finalmente, chegou na página de seu destino. Viu seu final trágico, mas quando preparava-se para mudá-lo, o livro sumiu. Já se tinham passado cinco minutos.
E o anjo, ali mesmo, levou a alma do homem.
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Decidiendo el destino ajeno
Malba Tahan cuenta la historia de un hombre que encontró un ángel en el desierto, y le dio agua.
-Soy el ángel de la muerte y he venido a buscarte- dijo el ángel -. Pero como has sido bondadoso, voy a dejarte prestado el Libro del Destino durante cinco minutos. Puedes alterar lo que quieras en él.
El ángel le entregó el libro. Al hojear sus páginas, el hombre fue leyendo la vida de sus vecinos. No le gustó lo que vio: “Estas personas no se merecen cosas tan buenas”, pensó. Pluma en mano, se dedicó a empeorar la vida de cada uno de ellos.
Por último, llegó a la página de su destino. Leyó su trágico final y, cuando se disponía a cambiarlo, el libro desapareció. Los cinco minutos ya habían concluido.
En ese mismo instante, el ángel se llevó el alma de aquel hombre.
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a cada momrnto solo debe ser ser como dice coelho saber aceptar lo malo que nos paso en algun momento y construir sobre lo destruido !!!!!!!sin perder el tiempo en lo que pasa a nuestro alrededor!!!
Siempre pasamos el tiempo pensando en que las personas que nos rodean tienen que cambiar su forma de ser. Y nos molestan mucho las actitudes que tienen los demas. Y nunca nos fijamos en nuestros errores y en que los que devemos de cambiar somos nosotros!!! Cuando somos pocitivos nos rodeamos de gente pocitiva. Y tu eres Grande!!! te admiro!!!
Pasamos mucho tiempo de nuestras vidas modificando, criticando o envidiando a nuestros vecinos, gastando tiempo valioso que podemos utilizar para nuestro crecimiento.
DE VERDAD, PAULO COELHO…ERES UN GRANDE DE LOS MAS GRANDES….HE LEIDO TUS LIBROS Y LA VERDAD MIENTRAS MAS LEO, MAS Y MAS GANAS ME DAN DE SEGUIRTE…GRACIAS POR ENTREGAR TU ARTE….
ooup~ it’s me almost same as my inner life style. Each morning each moment to remind not tocritic, the greater~ize, but nearly same as yesterday. oh
Your life is about YOU
Love
HolA Sr. Paul Cohelo, muy interesante esta reflexion, me gustaría leer la historia completa, me agradan muchisimo sus libros e historias publicadas en ellos. Gracias por dedicar su tiempo a las letras x k cada una de ellas nos engrandece nuestro espíritu para ser mejor humanos cada dia.
Everyone has a chance to make things better
I wish perhaps if God asked me so..I could make a wish to the Lord to grant everyone the mind of a baby full of innocence, to feel and understand things as God wishes us to..a brain of an adult to think and execute things as capable as Lord wishes us to perform..a heart of a mother to feel everyone’s pain as our own just as a mother can see every other child as her own..a heart as that of a lover that never satiates in loving his beloved, such that all of us be blessed with the divine gift of pure love..and only smiles and happiness be spread everywhere..all around us..it is high time that we need all this for our beautiful world..May God bless us with such beautiful, good things..
es veradad; cada alma es duena de su unico camino.todos los otros son ajenos…a veces un minuto es suficiente…gracias!:)
hola:
Que bonito cuento, y que verdad es esa. la de ocuparnos de los demas mientras mi tiempo, nuestro tiempo se me escapa de las manos, momentos vividos enfadado o angustiado , son momentos de mi vida que me pierdo en noser feliz ¿merece la pena ? pero que rapidamente se me olvida que solo yo puedo vivir mi vida como deseo.
Gracias por el cuento,espero acordarme de el cuando mi tiempo se me vaya en momentos de enfado.
Dear Paulo C.
How amazing. As I was reading this piece, I remembered a joke I heared it ca 15 years ago. It was about envious and selfish people. Once upon a time God came to visit those humans populating the earth. God asked the first ordinary person he met what he wishes to posses in his life and promised him to give him just that. Before the person uttered his wishes God warned him by saying:Bear in mind I will give to your neighbour double of that you wished for your self. That ordinary person asked why? God answered you do not need to know. The person agreed and asked God to grant him an oilwell with a very good reserve. God granted him that and double of that kind to the man’s neighbour. Then he met another ordinary person whom he asked the same question, and gave the same warning. This one insisted that God must change his mind. He argued that God met him first and it is logical that God must give him double of his wishes, not to his neighbour. God said no and the person asked for ample time to think about it. The next day the person came to God and asked him to blind one of his eyes.
Thank you Paulo.
Thats true Sir,
Why dont we concentrate on our lives rather than peeping into others. If we really want to do good in our life it depends on us and just that our situation is not good we dont want good for the rest of the world which gives place for anger and jealousy.
Well said Dear Sir
Thanks again for the beautifull thought of yours
Don’t get tempted or get jealous with what others have. Just enjoy what u have.
great thought… y good things r so difficult to practice lolz. v true… better to channelize our energy towards doing constructive things…
FUNDAMENTAL EL AHORA. EL ACTUAR EN SU PROPRIO CAMINO. LUZ y SOL. :) CRIS
Esto es muy bello… ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oy3lzugBMk&feature=related
Its truly an inspirational story. It reminded me of Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy ‘Dr. Faustus’. As power corrupted Faustus, similarly power corrupted this man. life is surely too short so shouldn’t be wasted in distributing difficulties, hatred and hardships for others.
I love the history of Nice, and the picture is beautiful..Thanks Paulo.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.learn people learn.we read enjoy and forget.we need to implement what we learn.
Buenos dias Sr. Paulo, el destino que tenemos desde el dia en que nacimos nadie puede cambiarlo pero si yo tuviera la oprtunidad de ese angel que no supo aprovechar la oprtunidad de escribir cualidades positivas de otras personas y no lo hizo por egoismo y por eso el fin de el angel iba a ser peor que el de todos ellos. Si yo tuviera la oportunidad de tener el libro en mis manos trataria de buscar mi felicidad la que nunca he tenido por diversas situaciones de la vida sabe le confieso algo le tengo miedo a la soledad me encantaria despertar con alguien a mi lado y tener un hombro donde llorar ounas manos que me conduzcan a mi felicidad sin hacerle daño a nadie. Hermosa su reflexion D.L.B. que pase un feliz Dia.
miedo
It is so true! we spend our time judging other people, when what we should do is make peace with ourselves and with others. If we take total control of our life and destiny then we dont need to control others. we can still influence them positively and help them but we dont have to go through all these conflicts. Reiki helped me a lot to own my aura and energy and take control of my life.
If only he just stayed true to himself, he would not have lost his soul….. Temptation proved itself as a self destruct button!.. I have taken heed.. thanks x
I love life others people. I recommend disturb about life others people with love to them, with think how may I serve to them. Then our life will have great ending.
per vendetta molto spesso si rinuncia ad essere felici…
Beautiful story! Thank you so much for this important lesson.
Always a fan of how u put the message… I wish I met an angel… I would like to tell the angel to remove all the pain away from this earth (hatred, anger and jealousy) coz it brings no good it only saddens the heart
Credo che noi essere humani volendo riusciamo a cambiare il nostro destino,a vita e nelle tue mani bisogna avere coraggio di proseguire e di cambiare perche? perche e molto dificile fare de cambiamenti nella vita.
Why waste time, energy and emotion making someone else’s life worse! Instead of concentrating on making the most of our life. I’d like to think in that position I would look for the pages of my loved ones and make their destinies better. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for sharing it. Really you teach us in a very nice way that we got your points easily. And i really don’t know why we love to be interfering other’s life, why we use to criticize them all the time.. By this story we came to know that we should always focus on our self… not the others..
Thankyou sir..
what makes us unhappy is not what we don’t have but what our neighbors have.it has always been the same thought trend every where in the world since the times unknown. Nothing shocking – it’s human psychology.
breath love in..breathe love out xoxo
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