I asked myself at an early age, why does everybody live as though they were on an enormous skating rink?
Why does an invisible force make everyone race around in a circle without looking back until the day they die?
People who have no wish to run with everyone else are viewed as losers. Those moving in the opposite direction are considered crazy, dangerously arrogant or dissidents.
I ran with everyone in the “only right” direction. I triumphed in various competitions, won gold medals, plates, discs, gramophones, silver spheres…
I had the courage necessary to put an end to the hideous race. I stopped. Then I set off along my own path.
My sense of reason, poisoned by fear, tried to push me back. I resisted and fought as hard as I could.
I smothered the eternal terror of the modern individual of being surplus to requirement.
For a long time I had no success.
After a decade of intensely difficult work and prayers at my instrument, musical revelations started to appear. Not illusory ones, but genuine.
More and more people started to discern in my music every intention of the composer I was performing.
My music stopped humming, jangling, crackling and giving off sparks. It started to talk unobtrusively about what was really important.
I ceased to be aware of time; it lost all meaning for me. The so-called “meaning of life” opened up before me.
It turned out to be infinitely simple – give love and seek no reward.
Reciprocal love is your reward and the meaning of life in its entirety.
Epilogue of the book by the Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov.
( sent by THELMA )
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Dear
Love without expectations can be possible only when a person is already full to brim , have everything including lots and lots of care takers. What is love and desire of getting love… ask them who have no one …. an orphan or other miserable….
We can’t be like Him…. He also gets our love in various forms ..in our worshiping, our silent prayers, in our services to Mankind..so on. Though we can,t get love forcibly yet there is desire to get.
To love without expecting any in return is difficult. You cannot simply do such act by just following a self-help book. I believe it is something that you learn from the universe. I cannot truly say that I have loved unconditionally, but I know what true love is by looking around me. Love is everywhere, even in the places where it never seems to flourish. Little acts of courage and random acts of kindness… and simply living is love.
Though this sounds amazingly profound and beautiful, I doubt it holds equal presence in real life. Here are some reasons why I don’t agree with this statement. Whoever reads this, please understand I come from an Asian culture where there is a strong impact of family and social values.
1). You cannot quit the race. If you are a person who has to earn and take care of a family; there is no way you can spare time or even energy to make your dream come true. It’s easy to say leave it all and go but if you do, who’s going to look after your family? Will you conscious allow you to do that? I doubt it. I myself had a dream to be a violinist, but I never had the time nor the money to go for it, because I had to support my family as well as get educated.
2). The society I live in, doesn’t allow me the privilege of living life my way. Being a girl, it is next to impossible to live life going my own path. I have to strictly follow social rules, otherwise my character, my upbringing is looked upon.
3). Loving someone without expectations is for me now a fantasy statement. It is human nature to expect. No one, absolutely no one can love without expect a single act of appreciation, kindness or even love in return. We all expect for it; some of us forget about it, some of us let go and some of us give up, but expect we all.
4). Loving with an open heart means you are giving an invitation for people to come hurt you, use you and walk off. Oh and they also have the audacity to take this “loving nature” as a statement to use against you. For example: “you have a loving nature, you’re not suppose to mind what I say..” hmm right??
Paulo Coelho should once visit countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan or Kashmir and then he’ll know how next to impossible it is to live your life with “freedom”. He should spend one day with a moderate income Pakistani family and he will know that his words is like a magic wand that does influence a person but nothing else beyond that.
I believe your words – they are spoken from a a reality that you experience constantly. I am also forced to confront your words and agree to some extent based on the description of your situation but I believe one fundamental fact – we determine whatever will have power over us and this can come in many forms: our religious views, our society, our families, responsibilities, obligations.
No one ever said that there are no consequences to ANY choice we make in our lives – that would be foolhardy. There are always consequences – good and bad but the question – the real and fundamental question is to ask if we truly and strongly believe in our dreams or path to stake ourselves for it?
It is a choice: just as you have taken yours and others have taken theirs – there are those who have still faced the path of danger in pursuit of their path and others who feel that the risk is not worth the sacrifice.
We live in a world that is unbalanced and unless the changes take place individually (as the article above suggests) – we are doomed to continue in exactly the same way.
I really respect your point of view and the way you have expressed the reality of your situation – the world is at once beautiful and very ugly but that doesn’t mean that we should lose hope. If we did – then there would be no purpose to dream, to think, to plan except as an act of survival.
Our brains were provided for a reason – it is our duty and responsibility to reach our full potential and utilize these gifts as required.
Hi, I think chinedu kogga replied on the part that I wasn’t going to touch as I didn’t have any words about that.
I did want to touch on the part about loving without having any expectations. I can relate to what you are saying. I have become to have a different way of understanding the word love.
To me loving someone doesn’t mean that you let them walk all over you. It means when you stand up for yourself or another you do it with a loving heart. You can still stand up for your self with strength and firmness but it isn’t coming from a place of hate.
For instance, you can look at someone who is hurting you and can see that they are coming from a place of hurt and fear or they wouldn’t be doing or saying the things to hurt another. If they say something about you that hurts you, like call you a name, which you know is not the truth about you, you can tell them that you know that this is not who you are and that no matter what they say, how loud they say it, or how many times they say it that won’t make it true. That you will not accept and believe ["their gift.".....using the word gift lightens the ugly words some for me] and you don’t have the power to make them believe anything.
By letting go of trying to change them and letting them own their own words[their gift] releases a burden off of your shulders.
This may or may not work for you but it has helped me out alot.
If what they have said to me that is hurtful and might hold some truth then [and this only happens after I have walked away and thought about it awhile] I will try to work on myself. I have even thanked the person for letting me know this flaw in me.
I hope this helps you out but if it doesn’t I hope that find “it” from another source. best to you.
I have loved without expectation. You haven’t met me, that’s why you continue to believe based on your own experience. Have you ever met a Buddhist monk? A Hare Krishna? A kind stranger who gives you something and then leaves smiling and never to be seen again? I have. I have been that stranger to many people also. Love is a gift not a business deal. When we give gifts to others we get to feel rich, like we have plenty, enough to give to others. The giving is rewarding. Of course not everyone in the world feels the way I do, but I just want you to know that it is possible and one day you will meet someone who is this way and you will begin to believe that it is possible and that some people choose to live this way. Because it makes them feel happy to be a source of love in the world.
Extend this love to yourself and you will not be taken advantage of in a bad way. We all have inner guides to help us, listen to them. That’s the difference between courage (heart) and foolishness.
I believe that you will receive a violin as soon as you allow a violin to come into your life. You must choose what is most important: Your current world view that says that you must have money and lessons and a violin shop and time away from your family to play violin. Or: You live in a world where miracles happen to those who believe in them and sometimes violins come into the lives of people who love violins, often from an unexpected source, usually when a person least expects it and only when a person truly believes that being a violinist can be done without leaving the family that is so important to her.
Any statement can be used against a person. The trick is not to fall for this trick! If someone says “You have a loving nature, you’re not suppose to mind what I say…” You can reply “I do have a loving nature and the way to have a loving nature is to begin by loving myself so I have the ability to love other people around me. What you say makes it harder for me to love myself and therefore I must defend my source of love by telling you to be quiet and stop offending me so that I may continue to love myself, which will allow me to love you and everyone else that I meet. A loving nature is not a lack of personality and I decide what I am supposed to do, you decide only what you are supposed to do. You concentrate on thinking for yourself and I will concentrate on thinking for myself, that way I will know who you are and who I am and I can love you for who you are and me for who I am. The boundaries of each person are respected as a part of loving them. If you are busy trying to fix me or change me then you are losing your own power to fix and change yourself. I love you so I want you to empower yourself and this means leaving me alone for me to think about.” Just one example.
When you love without expectation of return, it means you are a person who loves openly, completely, fully. What greater reward COULD there possibly be?
Unkept and limitless
I am happy that I simply feel it. Not its viability, longevity, practicality, future. But its simple resonance in my soul. This all forgiving, unconditional appreciation for another’s soul. Its feeling is my furnace, having never experienced a feeling similar, its growth is my growth, its lack of material pays in soul capacity, coercing me to create my own material, to not be dependent or without effect. It is necessary that he maintain this un-materialistic stance, for my own progression and evolution in life, in myself, in my journey to giving, creating, learning.
LOVE
The most beautiful expression in universe is LOVE. Whether it remains inside the pure heart or in the busiest mind. It may be spoken or unspoken for decades. It may exist in inner peace or outer joy or vice-versa. It is like celebrating the world festival where you don’t have to make lot of loud noise. A simple smile pressed in lips tells the story with all details. It is related with happiness, laugh, celebration, victory, affection and peace therefore it becomes a thought and habit. The quality of life and personality depends on essence of truthfulness and behavioral approach in love. It keeps you away from negative thoughts and sad feelings. Before understanding this I was unaware about the importance of love but once I understood, my personality progressed, my anger vanished and I transformed into Happy-go-lucky dude with cool attitude and peace in heart. .It is the connection between god and me. The god has helped me to find true love and that is why I see god in this beautiful world where people are good. I see god in happiness. I see god in smile… I see god in u…. :)) to know love one must know oneself…. to comprehend love, I must understand reason of my creation and existence in this world. Love exists in all forms. It is a key to all locked doors. It is way of life. When you are alone, you are not alone, love accompanies you always. It is a peaceful and calm feeling. Love is the way to pray and interact with him.
from ” arunaksarun.blogspot.com”"
I’ve been noticing something lately…whatever someone does with his whole heart, leads to something truly great. I start to believe in fate again. In arabic you have the word qisma(t) or kismet in Turkish meaning “assignation”. It means more than fate actually. You can either accept what god has assigned for you or you can deny it. In this sense, you can influence your fate. Andrei Gavrilov certainly accepted his gift from god when I listen Rachmaninov Elegie op3 No1… Mmmmmmhhh
Thank you for sharing. I wish that all of you accept your gifts fro god.
Love.
Hey Paulo sir, I am a novice to your blog though I have read three of your paperback gems namely The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage and Manual of the warrior of light and right now I am onto The fifth mountain. Sir, I feel really very ecstatic to admit that, though not surely I am feeling the change inside me…..Thank you…..hoping to carry on this virtual relationship with you to eternity…..ever yours- ANKIT RAKESH.
I became “inspired” after reading the alchemist. I have been learning to open my heart to the universe and to stop running in circles chasing other people’s dreams. There were times I was discouraged and felt like giving up on my dream of becoming a doctor because I feel I am too old, I don’t have the money, or that I wasn’t smart enough. Along the way, I learned that faith is visualizing your dream and taking action. Then one day I stumbled across this saying, I don’t know who wrote it:
” Become loyal to your inner most self follow the way when all others abandon it walk the path of your own heart.” So I did. And I am all the more happier because of it.
I don’t know who you are but I felt like talking to you and everyone here. The Alchemist showed me how to keep my head high when I walk, how to love unconditionally and get hurt in return, how to take the hurt and still not give up your best nature. I lost something, someone I never had recently and I am grief struck. There is an easy path of vengeance and hatred and then a tough path of grieving and forgiving for all has been created by one hand. Mind questions everything and the heart weeps but I see my inner demons trying to take over me and I fight them with all my might. It is hard, very hard but as someone said above and I found out that we have a choice. The choice to be what we want to be. Do we slip or do we hold on. I am waiting for better days and the pain and loneliness beats on my patience. When I see her happy in her life, a part of me feels numb, another burns and I look at myself and ask-why did I have to go through this? If it wasn’t meant to happen why did I had to see the dreams? Why didn’t the prayers worked? Why didn’t the universe respond to what I wished from all my heart? There are some questions which would never be answered for God speaks through men and we have been told not to believe men. I realised that happiness comes from within. One may have everything but not inner happiness and then nothing matters. Dear God,
Please, I cannot bear it anymore.
Your son,
…
Mejor que no escriba mucho, me he levantado un poco quemada, esto no ha terminado todavía, pero empiezo a ver como será lo próximo que venga… Ya no me importará lo que digan, podré buscarme la vida como siempre, reiré todo el día, y lo bueno llegará a mi por todos lados, a los otros sencillamente los ignoro, sin acritud, no soy lo que ellos dicen, pese a que puedan engañar a todo el mundo, ellos son los que mienten y los que han hecho mal porque es fácil atacar a una persona con una enfermedad mental, y ahora empiezo a ser consciente. Al final viviré por encima de todo esto, el trabajo dará su fruto, ahora lo veo, dentro de poco lo tendré.
Un saludo.
I love:
“My music stopped humming, jangling, crackling and giving off sparks. It started to talk unobtrusively about what was really important.”
Lovely
A good read Thelma. It makes a difference reading someone’s beginnings and experiences. You feel there are others out there and it make you stronger. Thanks for passing it to Paulo Coelho.
“Dar amor y no buscar recompensa” Creo que es verdaderamente nuestra mision en nuestra vida para sentirnos satisfechos en este maravilloso mundo.
So tender is the heart,
No words.
Love and Gratitude,
Jane xo
We are a merry bunch of people on the ‘road less travelled ‘ more and more of us : )
Love
Breda
oh yes :-) !!!!!
Definitely! :)
My meaning of life is to go my own way no matter what ….. there is no other way …… Im not getting back to mainstream ever again ;-) That is not me ……. being me is being who I am and express myself and expirience life :-) How simple really …. but many people want you back to mainstream …. somehow I disturb their view of the world or ???
awesome :o)
I can relate to you, but we’ve come to the right place for like-minded spirits!
I am a person who sets goals and ‘goes with the flow’ taking action in that direction, doing what I can to prepare to receive and then allowing God/Universe to guide me as to the right place and the right time. This goes against everything I have been taught by formal education about the way the world works. But I am someone who achieves extraordinary things. The people in your world won’t understand your methods. They don’t have the faith we have. They will admire us when we achieve and reach our goals and some will be resentful and jealous- why? Because maybe they have worked the traditional way in going after their dreams, followed the road, used the map, followed the other people heading that way, and maybe they have not got there and they think somehow you don’t deserve your success… but you do. The problem really is that ‘the Lord moves in mysterious ways’ / ‘the whole universe conspires to help us’ and it will do so in a personal way that only makes sense to each one of us as an individual. There is no ‘how-to’ guide. In fact the who ‘How?’ approach is primitive compared to allowing God/Universe to do that bit for us. We can say how it happened afterwards but not before.
Some people are not ready to be responsible for their own lives. If they want to change they will when the moment is right for them.
your writing inspires me. you have a very commanding talent when using language. I know this particular post is not your writing… I just had to let you know that your voice resonates in the universal language of life. I am reading the 5th mountain now. heartfelt.
They say in our times love is a rare thing. We live in a world of violence, of power, of showing off. Luckily, some people understand that happiness does not lie on the above. Happiness is a simple thing and love is its most important ingredient. When you give love, I believe you create some kind of “atmosphere” around you and this helps you find support in the hard times even when you least expect it and soothens your heart. We all need this kind of soothing in our hearts especially at these hard times we live in and perhaps love is not so difficult as we consider it to be..
Very well said… :)
Looking forward to reading it too Thelma, thank you:)
“Le doy vueltas a una idea: la idea de que, a pesar de que la vida de un hombre se componga de miles y miles de momentos y días, esos muchos instantes y esos muchos días pueden ser reducidos a uno: el momento en que un hombre averigua quién es, cuando se ve cara a cara consigo mismo.”
“Que cada hombre construya su propia catedral ¿Para que vivir de obras de arte antiguas y ajenas?”
Palabras del gran escritor, Jorge Luis Borges.
Me gustaría agregar a lo expresado por Andrei Gavrilov y Jorge Luis Borges:
El motor de todo en la vida es el Amor, que se activa con una energía invisible e interminable, cuando descubrimos “quien somos en realidad” en lugar de confundirnos con lo que los demás querrían que fuéramos.
Primero debemos amarnos a nosotros mismo, luego a nuestro prójimo a la naturaleza y al universo entero.
Es el Amor el que te hace comprender todo, ese único Amor que inclusive, se da el lujo de no permitirte odiar.
Creo interpretar que ese es el Amor sin recompensa, que nombra Andrei Gavrilov.
Les deseo a todos, ese gran Amor.
Abrazo
Solo en mi imaginación, estimo que Paulo debe brillar de tanto Amor que recibe, por que a pesar de tenerlo “todo” y cuanto pueda desear cualquier persona, sigue todos los días entregándonos ese Amor que no busca recompensa, si no mas bien, nos ayuda a que lo encontremos, sin decirnos como, (por que eso seria un grave error que un gran maestro no puede cometer), pero nos empuja sutilmente a que lo descubramos nosotros mismo como solo lo hacen los grandes maestros, un gran guía.
Gracias por todo tu esfuerzo y humildad, estimado Paulo.
I’m lost and I don’t understand anything…. Not only in this text, but in everything
Dear Momiza, I’m so sorry that you feel so lost. I wish I could take your hand and walk and talk with you awhile. One thing you might take from that passage is, go out and do something special for another just for the fun of it without expecting them to return even a thanks.
Best to you, pam
Give THE love you want to give. Give it through what you WANT to give it, and there will be no wander of what you will get back. Your reward will be what you give and that comes naturally. :)
They like…so get me! :)
Actually this is backed up by research. :) I haven’t read the whole research from “What the motivated mind sees” in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 36, pp. 600-620 but it was quoted in Marcus Buckingham’s “The One Things You Need to Know”.
It seems that the secret to a great marriage lies in your “give love and seek no reward” phrase. The study says that successful marriages have husbands and wives see each other in the best light and the “unloving” perceptions are put aside or exchanged with more loving perceptions of each other.
But of course, yours is so much more eloquent in the ears. :)
En francais
Donner de l’amour et ne pas demander de recompense.
Je me suis demande moi-meme lorsque j’etais jeune pourquoi tout le monde vit comme si ils etaient sur une enorme patinoire?
Pourquoi une force invisible fait courrir tout le monde dans un cercle sans regarder en arriere jusqu’au jour ou ils vont mourrir?
Les personnes qui n’ont pas le desir de courir avec tous les autres sont vues comme des perdants. Celles qui vont en direction opposee sont considerees comme des fous dangereusement arrogants ou des dissidents.
J’ai courru avec tous dans ‘la seule bonne’ direction. J’ai triomphe dans plusieurs competitions, gagne des medailles d’or, des trophees, des disques, des gramophones, des spheres en argent.
J’ai eu le courage necessaire de mettre fin a cette abominable course, Je me suis arrete, Puis suis parti sur mon propre chemin.
Mon sens de raison, envenime par la peur a tente de me faire reculer. J’ai resiste et lutte aussi fort que j’ai pu.
J’ai reprime ma terreur interne de l’individu moderne d’etre un excedant aux exigences.
Pendant beaucoup de temps je n’ai eu aucun succes.
Apres une dizaine d’annees de travail extremement difficile et de prieres a mon instrument musical les revelations commencerent a apparaitre. Non pas celles illusoires mais les vraies.
De plus en plus de personnes commencerent a percevoir dans ma musique toute l’intention du compositeur que j’interpretais.
Ma musique a cesse de fredonner des stridents et crepitements et a emettre des etincelles.
Elle commenca a parler librement sur ce qui etait important.
J’ai cesse d’etre conscient du temps, il a perdu tout son sens pour moi. Ce qu’on appelle – le sens de la vie – s’est ouvert devant moi.
Il s’est avere en fait infiniment simple – donner de l’amour et ne pas demander de recompense -
L’amour reciproque est votre recompense et la signification de la vie dans sa totalite.
Epiglogue du livre du pianiste russe Andree Gavrilov
Envoyee par Thelma
I have no words. Thank you.
Inspiring
Will walk and reflect on this text today
Thank you
Love, Jojo XXX
Thank you, dearest Paulo Coelho, for publishing the Epilogue of Andrei Gavrilov’s, the Legendary Pianist’s Autobiography! Andrei Gavrilov is a .. Facebook friend! Technology: What a miracle ! He is the greatest living pianist, a poetical, warm, Soul! His words above speak by themselves..
‘It turned out to be infinitely simple – give love and seek no reward.
Reciprocal love is your reward and the meaning of life in its entirety’.
I found him in facebook a few months ago.. I asked for his ‘friendship’ and he was so kind to answer me with a short message in .. Greek! What is a biggest ‘compliment’ to go nearer to other people than their own language and name? This immediately has made me feel that we are friends! And he said: ‘Here we are real friends!’ And he gives concerts, his is a busy man, travelling from .. Korea, to Italy to Belgrade and he is now in his motherland, preparing for playing and conducting and a .. festival.. Still he has sent us a part of his last concert, right the next day, just because we had said, we wish we could be THERE!
He knows the SECRET and he APPLIES IT :” Give love and seek no reward”.
I feel his soul is like a child’s, pure and full of light, but powerful! His playing is like Cosmic Energy, because he IS LOVE. He has given us from his full of wealth, excitement, rich life, a part of his soul! But he has taken my unconditional love! Blessings to him and to you, my beautiful soul too, dearest Paulo Coelho! I feel so blessed to count you, both, among my loved ones!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Thank you Thelma for sharing your cultural insights with us and enhancing my knowledge ,
Love
Breda
xx
We have to thank Andrei Gavrilov for his music and ‘writing’ and Paulo Coelho and Suphi for being so kind and publish this post, dear beautiful Breda! SHARING is in my nature! I always want to share BEAUTY and LOVE. A few days ago I went to see a relative who was in the hospital with heart problems.. I went with my present: Paulo Coelho’s ‘THE ALEPH’! The same minute he asked his wife to bring him his reading glasses… This is how I have become …. ‘in love’ with Paulo Coelho! :))) I was ill and someone gave me the ‘ALCHEMIST!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Thelma’s writing is always beautiful AND novel, even if the words are just the same. And so, it captures us.
I know Andrei a little. He is one of my FB friends. A great artist and human. I am delighted he is writing a book. He has a lot to say to us safely. I really like the epilogue. I look forward to more. And what he has written is just my opinion and goes straiht to the heart. Thank you!
I wish you all a wonderful day
In Swedish:
Ge kärlek och sök ingen belöning
I tidig ålder frågade jag mig själv, varför lever alla som om de vore på en enorm skridskobana?
Varför gör en osynlig kraft så att alla jagar runt i en cirkel utan att titta bakåt ända tills den dag de dör?
Människor som inte har någon önskan att rusa med alla andra, ses som förlorare. De som går i motsatt riktning anses galna, farligt arroganta eller dissidenter.
Jag sprang med alla i “den enda riktiga” riktningen. Jag triumferade i olika tävlingar, vann guldmedaljer, plattor, skivor, grammofoner, silverpokaler …
Jag hade mod nog att få ett slut på det motbjudande loppet. Jag stannade. Sen gick jag iväg längs min egen väg.
Min känsla av förnuft, förgiftad av rädsla, försökte knuffa mig tillbaka. Jag gjorde motstånd och kämpade emot så hårt jag kunde.
Jag kvävde den eviga skräcken för att som den moderna individ leva upp till alla krav.
Under lång tid hade jag ingen framgång.
Efter ett årtionde av intensivt svårt arbete och böner vid mitt instrument, började musikaliska uppenbarelser dyka upp. Inte illusoriska men äkta.
Fler och fler människor började att urskilja varje avsikt kompositören haft i sin musik vars verk som jag framförde.
Min musik slutade brumma, föra oljud, knastra och avge gnistor. Den började istället prata diskret om vad som verkligen var viktigt.
Jag upphörde att vara medveten om tid, den förlorade all mening för mig. Den så kallade “livets mening” öppnade upp sig framför mig.
Det visade sig vara oändligt enkelt – ge kärlek och sök ingen belöning.
Ömsesidig kärlek är din belöning och meningen med livet i sin helhet.
Epilog på boken av den ryska pianisten Andrej Gavrilov.
(Skickat av Thelma)
Paulo Coelho på svenska: http://www.facebook.com/PauloCoelhoSverige
Översättning: O La Vie
Yes, we should restrain from getting up an ice cold morning, and blog from our smart phones from bed, and read wonderful reflections like this..till we find our true self..Happy Immaculate Conception Feastday..
I have my own house and car. I live by myself. I enjoy the freedom to do what i want, I enjoy the company of friends and family. I’m a professional who has to keep the status in the eyes of society. But deep down in my heart none of this is what i am and what I want.
But to go against all this is what I fear. I will lose respect (the usual respect that goes with the status) all will think i am a loser and many more (embarassment to family).
Poulo did u undergo this? How was it for you?
With genuine curiosity and love,
Kas
‘Always look on the bright side of life,’
with love
Marie-Christine
I recently resigned from a really good job in a big corporation…the vision had become “what’s in it for me” and management was in it to cover their “ass”…
I didn’t fit the equation, as a team leader, I was leading multiple teams to discover their strengths and reach their full potential….the success of these teams was outstanding, however, upper management was threatened by it…
I saw my opportunity to give to others on big higher level…
When we do something to receive recognition and validation, we are putting an end keep growing…we see it is as a task ” I am doing this, so I can receive that”…it clogs our minds for discovering ourselves and all that we can truly be. When we give without expecting something in return, we grow as a person, it becomes part of rediscovering who we really can be, This has no end…we never stop learning. Even when we just give of our time, time to be there for someone…we learn so much from it. I have learned that you will get a reward, a reward so mush more grandiose that anything you could have imagined!!
Beautiful…
thank you for this esp. today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tears of joy…
Love and Gratitude
Annie :)
Especially today!!! It is our Sw-Annie’s birthday!
Blessings.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAREST!!!! <3 <3 <3
Happy Birthday Annie!!!!!
thank you all so very very much!!
Love and GraDitude
Annie
Big hugs and Kisses dear Annie xoxoxo!
Happy Birthday, wonderful girl!
happy B-day, anniee !!! <3
Dearest Annie
A Happy Birthday..Indeed a blessing you were..Born to touch our hearts..
Your presence is a..Divine gift to all of us..And God’s gift to you..
Enjoy every moment
LoveM ;)<3
Happy birthday, dear.
An Irish blessing for you:
I wish you lots of good luck
No matter what the day
I wish you lots of sunshine
And not a bit of gray…
And never one wee sigh,
And I hope no gift of fortune
may ever pass you by.
meraviglioso,grazie per la condivisione.
Thanks for this. At the moment I’m listening to his music and it is beautiful. What an interesting man. On his site there is no mentioning of books. Could you tell me if this is an excerpt from 20,000 days until death. A physical reminder of the shortness of life.
Thanks and have a wonderful day.
Dear Elizabeth, I think this is Andrei Gavrilov’s first book. It is published in Russian and the English translation has just finished. The title is: “ANDREI,FIRA AND PITCH”.
I am also looking forward to reading it…
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Me agrada pensar que antes de ser reconocidos fueron exculidos, que antes de ser admirados fueron atacados, que antes de ser genios fueron locos, y que un día empezaron a tener tanto amor dentro que lo daban sin esperar nada a cambio porque ese era su verdadero Yo.
Un saludo.
Some people have an amazing insight into the minds of others (even though they are not in the same circumstances).
The 3 symptoms of killing our dreams is a tremendous example of that.