A believer approached Rabbi Moche of Kobryn and asked:
‘How should I best use my days so that God will be contented with my actions?’
‘There is only one possible option: to live with love,’ replied the Rabbi.
Minutes later, another follower approached him and asked the same question.
‘There is only one possible option: try to live with joy.’
The first follower was taken aback.
‘But the advice you gave me was different!’
‘Not at all,’ said the rabbi. ‘It was exactly the same.’
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Not upto the standards we expect from Paulo Coelho.
Un creyente se acercó a el rabino Moche de Kobryn y le preguntó:
“¿Cómo debo usar mi mejor día para que Dios se contente con mis acciones?
“Sólo hay una opción posible: vivir con amor”, respondió el rabino.
Minutos después, otro seguidor se le acercó y le hizo la misma pregunta.
“Sólo hay una opción posible:. Tratar de vivir con alegría”
El primer seguidor se quedó desconcertado.
“Pero el consejo que me dio fue diferente!
“No, en absoluto,” dijo el rabino. “Era exactamente lo mismo….AQUI LO DEJO TRADUCIDO AL ESPAÑOL
Li o texto sobre viver com alegria e amor logo cedo, como não estava sentindo nenhuma das duas coisas resolvi não comentar. Agora há pouco estava almoçando no terraço da empresa e reparei que a estátua de Jesus do batalhão do Exército, que fica do outro lado da rua, estava bem na minha frente. Ver aquela estátua com os braços abertos pra mim ( sei que não era exatamente pra mim e que estátua está lá há pelo menos 100 anos)me deu certo conforto e alguma esperança.
its true you can never have a blissful life without LOVE,,,and you can never find LOVE if you have no JOY and HAPPINESS in your heart
The joy that love gives us is priceless, It only happens when you love yourself first.
I was looking for a restaurant for my visit to Stockholm, and bumped into this mention of Paulo Coelho….you are inspired….and you inspire so many!!!
The idea for Esperanto was born in a deep sea fishing boat somewhere off the Cuban coast, we had to say thanks for Olympic gold with the Swedish Culinary Team won him a trip to Cuba and once it occurred to us that we would open a restaurant together.
The idea was to create an uncompromising restaurant with fine dining, service and environment as building blocks.
The name Esperanto we caught up from the book “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho. In the book the author describes the language Esperanto language as the universe, the way we want our cuisine will be international, borderless and vibrant with a precise execution. We got in touch with Professor Alf Sollevi, entrepreneur who transformed the “old Earl Atea Tern” to a beautiful house of health and wellness center in the city. There, we were offered the opportunity to stage Esperanto!
Restaurant venue, a former theater’s balcony foyer, breathing both ancient and modern. Just the feeling of timelessness fits our cuisine, and it can best be described as romantic, surreal with a touch of nature’s elements. We put great care in selecting ingredients and beverages, and we love to surprise guests with unexpected and subtly balanced flavors and presentations.
Esperanto is in continuous development without it being necessary to run too fast, for us, everything about refine, refine, refine.
We would like to thank our dear guests and our great staff for helping us to realize our vision.
Dear Paulo,
could you please erase my comment on top, so that my emailadress disappears. I put it inthe name box by mistake and now I’m getting a lot of spam emails from various websites.
Thank you,
Yilmaz
could you tell me the post?
The same goes for the saying:
Smile at the world and the world will smile at you. Then you will smile even more as the world smiles at you.
or
Smile at life and life will (eventually) smile back at you.
Yesterday the back part of my cars exhaust pipe droped to the ground. A while ago I would have been so furious about this as I was late for work and there is 10 days to next pay-check.
What happened? I just accepted the fact it had happened and put the part in my car and drove off to work. My old car sounded kind of cool and I was near my job so no big deal! I smiled at life and hopefully it will smile back soon =;O)
Arto Hutto
Love is Joy and Joy is Love…:))) That’s very, very TRUE:)))!
Thanks and wish You many Joy and Love:))!
Halina
God is love, God is Joy. Live in Love, live in joy.
When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.” ~ Gibran Khalil Gibran
And you prof Paulo, you enrich the soul, the mind, and the heart, everyday!
Much luv and Gratitude!
The ultimate goal of life is to love. Therefore, we will find joy in fulfilling what our ultimate purpose is… :-)
What you’ve said sounds so profound and makes sense on so many levels!
SO TRUE ;)
We should remember that the core of he Joy exists in one’s heart.
However, sometimes I live with love and experience joy (and vice versa) but when situations happen, such as my car breaking down or my children upsetting me, my joy has gone out the window but I still have love in my heart. Does that mean that there is a difference between “normal” joy and spiritual joy?
Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.
-2 Corinthians 9:7
You are right…respect…but usually we forget it…….& search for it again & again…..& really miss it….or misunderstand the love/joy with some other things…
life is itself a play on this big stage cald earth(world)..
Wow!! Mesmerizing.
JOY The Google+ song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGugj1ym594
Another One Bites The Dust
There is joy around love, and love in joy.
Enjoy your day everyone
Muy sabio el comentario Paulo.Las cosas son compatibles o ayudan a la otra como por ejemplo “libertad y Amor”, son hermanas.
Hello Paublo:
So true. When I experience the Light a calm comes and a warming in the heart and then a great joy bubbles up. Yes, in Love there is no separate.
Take care,
Mike
Many signs appear to me in a very… humoristic way…
Maybe because God loves being joyful and so loves good jokes..
Maybe because He wants us to see the funny side of things and not take everything sooo seriously..
Maybe because Life is about being joyful, smiling, laughing.. enjoying this time on Earth we are given..
loving..laughing..
If Love is Joy and Joy is Love…… then there is only one thing to say..
I JOY YOU SO MUCH
( :D :D ) = ( <3 <3 )
Love and Gratitude
Annie
O texto parece se referir a filosofia de Heráclito. Eu estou lendo agora sobre ele, porque alguém me indicou uma obra de sua autoria e devo esperar até alguém acordar para comprar.
Alegria Sempre.
So if you are in love and not feeling joy it no love at all. By the time both of them acquire their target, they will have both joy and love.
Is joy and love spiritual state? Or a physical state? Meaning, Is it possible to be joyful and in love without actually have or experience the physical aspect of it? Can you be in love without lover or someone to love? Can you be joyful if you are below the poverty line? The Monks say it is possible and it is spiritual state. What about the rest of us?
Beautiful…joy and love are to go togheter, we feel joy if we have love, because love brings joy. Happiness, peace of the soul, satisfation. Have a day full of love and joy everybody ( a life better)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGmjjkYIlD0&feature=player_embedded#at=22 A Byzantine Hymn transcribed by Manolis Kalomoiris. AVE MARIA. Χαίρε Νύμφη ανύμφευτε. We celebrate HER today.
LOVE and JOY are … ‘synonyms’ in a way in … our HEART! When we have found LOVE we feel JOY. It is the state of ecstasy. We rejoice! Joy = Αγαλλίασις!
‘Οι ουρανοί αγάλλωνται και χαίρει η φύσις όλη..’
Blessings.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
This reminds me of something the Dalai Lama said,
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion, if you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
“In order to adapt to a changing world, we need to keep playing [loving, and experiencing joy."]
CHECK THIS OUT
http://on.ted.com/9ZUC
Have you played today?
Thanks Paulo, I can´t imagine a best post for my B-day!!!
Thank You Paulo.It was exactly what I was waiting for.
Delicious!
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. – Mother Theresa
Love and Blessings, Jane
What the rabbi says is not always easy. But it absolutely right. Joy without love is no joy. Love without joy probably not love. Somehow both are closely intertwined. Life without this is useless. The final movement of Beehovens Ninth Symphony is also: Ode to Joy. Maybe he was the second follower. :-)
I wish you all a wonderful day
What's so hard about trying is the fact that you have to tell yourself to try. And when you try, try to do it with love.
well maybe this comment doesnt have something about this story ,,, but something that i look in your books is that almost all the ends of the figures are happy ..
so
how can i be happy… my Completely happyness–
is dificult to se when.. almost you talk about our personal dreams…
how can i found it??
WHEN WE TRULY LOVE, OUR JOY OVERFLOWS.
Transform sorrow into joy, transform hatred into love what a hard task in every day action…. in every thoughts…
That is the task of a good warrior…
Thank you
Ah, what a juicy message. :)
All the conflicts in the world seem to be based on that same basic problem – arguing about the different ways of describing reality, without ever realizing that there’s absolutely nothing to argue about in reality, only thing people ever argue about is their ideas of what is real.
Hallo my dear genius, we in BOSNIA use to say that two good things is hard to get together.
Hallo, i think that this blog is a wrong way to explain an invite to you , paulo Cohelo ,i am 20 years old and i live in italy in Piano di sorrento , near naples , i organize in my city a little book fair in my city with my cultural association.
I wold like to know if is possible for you to be an our special guest in this events.
Thanks for an answers even if is negative.
Antonio D’Aniello
Al the Best with your bookfair
Breda
We need love and joy. May god give me both of them in these hard days i live. Amen
2 sides of the same coin……love & joy.
no change
A strong reminder for us on the spiritual path to be joyful. Most of us get so carried away in finding the answers of creation that we lose our innocence to be joyful and love flows from joy, and joy from love.
thanks paulo coelho
i am your huge fan.
love & joy,
juhi
love… yes indeed to have love means to live with joy. love is essential,and not only the one from friends and family but also the one from that special person. it just makes you happy when you wake up in the morning with a big smile in your lips thinking of him thinking of all the ways to make him happy.life seems easier to live, you see it with a different perspective , and there is no room for negative thoughts. it also makes you a better person since you try to improve your self and give the best there is to offer withing you.
WE ARE BORN BECAUSE OF LOVE, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF LOVE THAT WE SUFFER MOST OF THE TIMES!!!! WHY LOVE HAS TO HURT? IT COULD MAKE YOU THE HAPPIEST PERSON BUT ALSO THE MOST MISERABLE ONE. “MY LOVE HAS DECIEVED ME. MY HEART IS BROKEN INTO SO MANY PIECES WHICH ARE SCATTER ALL AROUND AND I THINK IT WILL BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. HE WAS UNFAITHFUL. NOW I FEEL EMPTY. I’VE SHED ALL MY TEARS, TEARS OF RAGE OF JEALOUSY, OF HAPPINESS…”
now how many times have we heard someone say that? i would say that wasn’t true love, because true love doesn’t hurt. so don’t give up on it, keep on searching, you will have it in front of you when you least expect it!!!!!!!!!!!
That the reply was exactly the same would be discovered by the follower if he stays true to his ‘follower’ status. If he follows the advise given “to live with love” joy will follow.
Instead of walking the path, any path, so many of us keep on debating / analysing/ weighing / doing thousand and one things in our imagination, when all that is required is to take the next step, does not matter if it’s wrong !!!
Good very good answer, love and joy.
Thank you Paulo for all you learn.
What’s so hard about trying is the fact that you have to tell yourself to try. And when you try, try to do it with love.
Like the baby needs food and love to grow. Us the human beings, needs the same food JOY and love.
It’s our birthright : LOVE and JOY but and we are so busy to work to earn money that we loose the essence of this beautiful message.
Thank you Mr COELHO, have a good day or a good night depends on which continents you are now……..
So true. We tend to forget that meaning always overrides syntax and other rules.
done
ME ALEGRO AL VER UN ESCAPARATE DE ARTEMIS EDINTER. (GUATEMALA)LLENO DE SOLO ALEHP. EXITOS SENOR COELHO.
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