A man was walking along the road to Damascus. He recalled his lost love and his soul grieved.
“Pity on those who know love,” he thought. “They will never be happy, with the fear of losing the one they love.”
At that moment he heard a nightingale sing.
- Why do you act like that? – the man asked the nightingale. – Don’t you see that my beloved, who loved your song so much, is no longer here by my side?
- I sing because I am happy – answered the nightingale.
- Haven’t you ever lost someone? – the man insisted.
- Many times – answered the nightingale. – But my love still remains all the same.
And the man went on his way feeling more hopeful.
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is there anyway i can contact Mr.Paulo .. or even an email plzzzz
Love is the feeling not only felt for one it is universal..
By the time you realize it you would have already lost someone person’s presence..
But for me that person is always there, more than the current people’s existence around me..
Sometimes in life we’ll be confused f knowing whom we really love but when i know i can’t express because its two different people and i stay with one , the other one will always have space in my heart-
IN short – Blessed moments are preserved yet pain in heart .. Makhtubh!!
Lost my father to cancer after 4 months of him wishing to stay with us, only to find out 10 days later that my mother also NASA terminal cancer and only a few months to live. I have been struggling with so many emotions, much fear and sorrow. Read aleph in 24 hours and have the beginning to find my faith and hope and joy again, but man it’s freaking HARD!!!!! Thank you for Turning up when I was in crisis with spectacularly relevant words of comfort and wisdom to nurture me at this most trying time. You have provided guidance and hope many times in my life. Thank god those 8 maidens blessed your destiny on their way to the fire!
Wishing all the happiness to everyone. Never be afraid to think about those you love no matter where they are.
Bless you am a breast cancer surviver and love to read your quotes your books you inspire me to belive more on what we don’t see bless you
UNA LECTURA SANADORA DEL DOLOR DEL ALMA Y DEL ESPIRITU AUNQUE HAYAMOS PERDIDO SERES AMADOS SIEMPRE RECORDEMOS CON AMOR PORQUE ES VERDAD AUNQUE NO ESTEN MAS EN CUERPO SIGUEN JUNTO A NOSOTROS EN ALMA Y LOS RECUERDOS ESOS NO SE BORRAN JAMAS Y EL AMOR SEGUIMOS SINTIENDO
É verdade. Amor não se apaga. Quando a gente tem Amor por alguém é eterno, é livre, é sólido. É o único sentimento que ninguem tira da gente. É a forma mais gostosa de estar ligado a Deus.
beijos,
Mari.
It’s a relief to have your beloved by your side.Joy is company and thus our emotions depend on the presence of our acquaintances.But “the presence” never indicates physical attachment,as I think it rather refers to our memories “recent and previous ones” of the person we love.
My loved one the other day said to me, “I am afraid, I am afraid of you getting tired, and leaving me. I am afraid of losing you”. I said to him, “I am afraid too, but I don’t want to love you with fear, I want to love you with my all, give you everything and do it day by day”.
So ironic, my loved one is 25+ years older than me.
well I did believe when I was inlove and when i got diappointed once again .I don’t believe in it anymore
Guilty. I am often preoccupied with the fear of losing the one I love instead of grabbing the moment and making the most out of it to show him how much I love him.We need to focus on the “present” and make the most out of the time that we have here on earth…since no one can say that we will still be here tomorrow.
Muchas gracias, Paulo!
Cierto, el amor es eterno…
Date cuenta, y yo también, de tus seres queridos y ama más y mejor!
Pascual
Yes, I did many times. And all of them I’ve lost because of myself. Everytime I fall in love for someone I find a way to finish and I don’t know why I keep doing this. It’s like I deserve to be miserable, since I close all the door behind me in a way that can’t be open again. And then when I realize that it makes me suffer a lot and try to take back what I just lost. I know it’s completely my fault and I am the one who regrets and feel myself horrible, but I am trying to change. It’s never too late, at least, I guess so…
Tja ti’s wel zo maar niet perse makelijk
Happiness may end. People can take away your happiness .. but they can not take away your joy.
to me love is light . up to when ever there is a light in my heart i am in love .
And I always have very strong feeling by reading your books,because every line of your books i let to go through my heart.When I take in my hands your book,my eyes fill with tears because I know the portion would I read at that time would make my soul richer
Love is something we felt we’ll never live without
We felt things differently that we’ve experienced it
Sometimes we only need to tackle reality to find love…
I think awhile of Love, and while I think,
Love is to me a world,
Sole meat and sweetest drink,
And close connecting link
Tween heaven and earth.
— Henry David Thoreau
Great Idea……………..
I am greatly impressed by your thinking………..such great
I understand this fearful feeling only too well, I recall feeling like this as a child, the fear of losing my grandmother and parents, now they are gone and I realize that the love remains as strong as it ever was however it is not tainted with fear but pain, a pain and love that is regularly unbearable. Hope and faith……
This is a nice piece of writing. I first had this fearful feeling when I was very young at the thought of losing my grandmother and my parents, now they are all gone and I understand now why I was fearful, the pain of their loss is almost unbearable some days,however, it is true my love for them remains the same but it is now tainted with pain not fear.
yeah awesome. . . i think love is a feeling an emotion. . .it dosent mean physical relation. . . .it is actually relationship between souls of 2 people who love each other. . .so it isnt matter wheather ur beloved is with u or not but that love u have 4 ur beloved stays in ur heart. . .u can feel it. . .n it is te true love free 4m lust. . .!!
It is absolutely erronious to weep over the lost things…
because nothing that is with us is brought by us ….
Good day, Paolo!My name is Anastasia Takki, I’m a writer from Russia.
This is great!
The one who has cognized the LOVE, knows the wisdom of the world, the earthly and the heavenly.
Thank you for all that you do, Paolo!
And I want to tell you something more.
Today for the one night I read your novel “eleven minutes” and my world was filled with new colors. In fact, I understand that the last night Anastasia was born anew three times: as a woman, as a writer and as your friend. Yes-yes as your friend too! Because tonight we talked to you through the magic mirror of your book: you was on one side as a writer, and I was on the other side of the mirror as your reader. And we talked as friends. What you have given me, Paolo, can only give a good friend.
Maybe someday fate will give me a meeting with you. I would like to ask you about many things, a lot to learn from you. Now, when I met with your books I will always follow your light.
Once again thank you from all my heart for your work. I want to hope that someday I as the writer will can give my readers the same feelings that you have given me tonight
With respect,
Anastasia Takki
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (Corinthians 13:13)
I wish you all a wonderful day
If we did not have love, we had nothing! How sad and lonely life would be without love and how easily we just take it for granted, when there are so many who never experienced it! I pray for them to just have a love of someone or something! We all need that.
Yes it is better to have loved and lost than to have never at all…
love is afeeling by which we care for someone else than we care for our self..
То,что не можем мы вместить
Всегда ль готовы отпустить?
Любить..и отпустить..
И продолжать любить,
И научиться снова жить.
I lost one of my Grandmother 2005. It was very sad day for me because i love her so deeply and I was her favorite.
It has been always my habit to kiss her before going to work but on that day her face was so sad I did not kiss her because i felt that she will cry.. So i just said my goodbye and after two I got a txt message that she had a stroke and after few hours she was gone. I so regret that fail to kiss her and if only i could turn back the time I would hug her and kiss her.. I prayed for that second chance for six years.I just recently this years my grandmother appears on my dream. And I hugged her and kissed her.. And she said its ok my Darling and woke up crying..It surreal..
God indeed is so good that he gave me my second chance even just on my dream..
Love…
Nobody loves less,
Only,Our expectation is being more..
Someone said above in the comments that ironically it’s better to lose your love through death, because then at least the love remains untainted, and there’s a closure to the relationship as well.
My love was betrayed. After many years of deep happiness, two souls entwined… I was torn in two, fell from heaven to hell below. Trust is lost. How should I relate to this?
if we gonna stick to fact that we lost someone , we are not going to achieve anything . instead we have to take every moment joyfully there no reason to be sorrowfullll……..
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