ESPANOL CLICAR AQUI >> Manual de conservar caminos
1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don’t spend too much time thinking or you’ll never leave the spot. Once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads forever or you will always torture yourself with the useless question: “did I take the right path?”
2] The path doesn’t last for ever. It is a blessing to travel the path for some time, but one day it will come to an end, so always be prepared to leave it at any moment. Don’t get too used to anything. Neither to the hours of euphoria, nor to the endless days when everything seems so difficult and progress is so slow. Don’t forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.
3] Honor your path. It was your choice, your decision, and just as you respect the ground you step on, that ground will respect your feet. Always do what is best to conserve and keep your path and it will do the same for you.
4] Be well equipped. Carry a small rake, a spade, a penknife. Understand that penknives are no use for dry leaves, and rakes are useless for herbs that are deep-rooted. Know also what tool to use at each moment.
5] The path goes forward and backward. At times you have to go back because something was lost, or else a message to be delivered was forgotten in your pocket. A well tended path enables you to go back without any great problems.
6] Take care of the path before you take care of what is around you. Don’t be distracted by the dry leaves at the edges or by the way that others are looking after their paths. Use your energy to tend and conserve the ground that accepts your steps.
7] Be patient. Sometimes the same tasks have to be repeated, like tearing up weeds or closing holes that appear after unexpected rain. Don’t let that annoy you – that is part of the journey.
8] Paths cross. People can tell what the weather is like. Listen to advice, and make your own decisions. You alone are responsible for the path that was entrusted to you.
9] Nature follows its own rules. In this way, you have to be prepared for sudden changes in the fall, slippery ice in winter, the temptations of flowers in spring, thirst and showers in the summer. Make the most of each of these seasons, and don’t complain about their characteristics.
10] Make your path a mirror of yourself. By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. You have your soul to listen to, and the birds to tell what your soul is saying. Let your stories be beautiful and pleasant to everything around you. Above all, let the stories that your soul tells during the journey be echoed at each and every second of the path.
11] Love your path. And may the Lord guide you and help you every single day in 2012
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Hello Paulo,
Greetings from Toronto, Canada! Love your writing. Your books make reading so inspiring.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. All the best to you & your wife for 2012.
it’s already 18 days in the jan month/2012 -time seems to go faster while reading….thank you! (path/eye)…..
I just read this last night and copied/pasted on my phone wallpaper. This morning I went to the Ocean and looked up into the sky. It was the purest hue if blue intercepted by two streaks of white crossroads. I had to photograph this…. “Now i can prove my connection to some divnity.” I thought foolishly
Then I awoke to the message, i must choose one path also.
Thank you for planting the seed.
-d
Hi, Paulo~
It’s a great honor to write to you.
I never imagined like this untill last week, I firstly visted your blog.
I’ve read your books and been impressed by them.
They’ve been nutrition in my life.
Sometimes I’m very curious how you feel like that and express what you think so precisely.
I mean you seem to know the core of something.
From the messages, I was specially encouraged by,
‘Don’t forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.’
I think I surely have to pray more often.
Thank you Coelho for being with us in this world.^^
Hi Paulo,
I have been a fan of yours here in Manila, Philippines. I have enjoyed your writings and have truly inspired me. I hope one day, you find time to visit the Philippines because you have many fans here waiting to see you.
God Bless you ! Happy 2012.
Grace
Simple and classic wisdom, accept what is and work with it positively
Dear Paulo,
I now understand somehow, why you said: “By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. ” to us.
I was reading the interview between you and Juan Arias, and knew your childhood from your words, and how you had to fight for your dreams. No wonder, you would say these words. If you had softened or given in, your dreams would have been long killed, and the world would have no Paulo Coelho as a writer.
Fortunately, my family never forbid me from pursuing my dreams, and helped me with all means to achieve them. So I really had no problem with them.
But funnily, like you said, you thank them now, because they made your wishes stronger. I realized now, what I got or achieved too easily as a kid were often thrown away during the years, even when I was actually very good at them. But what I had to fight for or work hard on, are kept to be my real enthusiasm. :-)
So I guess, there is a fine line between killing a child’s dream and make it a bit hard for the kid to achieve, so he has to fight for it, and later cherishes what he achieves.
love
Yan
I have fallen over hills in-love with the passion and wisdom in the words you have bestowed upon me. I love your work and inspiration it gives. I am now beginning to understand the path I have to create and follow for myself & and also to learn to share the knowledge I will gain. Thank you for giving me hope and belief to start over again.
Love, Peace & Hope 2012
Thank you so much! Love your writings!
Gracias Paulo, por compartir esto con tus fans. Como bien dijiste en Las Vankiryas, los angeles se manifiestan a veces por medio de la gente que nos rodea, y hoy se han manifestado ante mi a traves de tus letras. Este texto me cayo como agua fresca en medio de un gran desierto, respondio una pregunta que formule al Universo y ha puesto una sonrisa en mi cara, levanto mi frente y puso de nuevo en marcha mis pies despues de un breve titubeo. Gracias por entrar en mi vida y ser manifestacion de las respuestas de Dios ante sus hijos.
Dear Mr. Coelho,
If you ever get to read this entry, please accept my gratitude for sharing with us your gift of wisdom and vision. Today I start my path. One change that, if accomplished, will give such quality to my life as it’s never had. I’m not into 12 steps programs and such. I believe in your wisdom, for you have been there, a long time ago.
God bless you and your dear family.
dear elizabeth!!!
your reply made my day.what i concluded from respected Coelho’s writing is what i had concluded from my experiences.but his words gave me a renewed sense of commitment to this path/ideology/12-point agenda.now coming to you,if any of my word gives you help to set a good direction for you as well as proves beneficial,pleasure,peace and satisfaction is all mine.
be blessed!!
sheen
Well put.
It is blessing to have found your work at this moment. Presently, I am at a crossroads. The path is chosen but there are a few small projects to attend to before I embark. And preparations to be made. A Chinese friend once told me that his grandfather said “you never waste time sharpening knives”. That is what I am doing now.
Your perspective is, and will be, a help in this journey. Thank you.
Dear Paulo,
It took me years to write you.
You are my wise inspiration which I will always look up to.
As the words are magical for me I read yours in Polish, French and English finding new meanings in every language.
Words can be the tool to carry on the information but in your case they mirror your heart and soul. Every letter, dot and coma is so real and natural.
You have so much courage in you and determination to share.
Life would be so much poorer if I have not known your books.
This year is very important to me as I decided to write and share.
I did not choose the form yet not stylistics, the language is chosen that is important.
I feel ready to write and I will do all what it takes to stay on this path for as long as I can.
It is exciting journey.
Truly exploratory and leading to understanding world better.
Nothing is established yet and that gives me the feeling of being in love for the first time.
Wonderful experience.
I wish you a lot of atoms which create a circular motion of movement. Even silence and stillness is a movement in the bigger picture. Thank you for every word ever written.
They mean so much…
Happy 2012!
La mejor lectura para iniciar un nuevo año…para continuar en mi camino…lectura de fe, de esperanza, de ilusión…Gracias maestro por darle luz a mi alma y fuerza a mi espíritu !!
Dear Paulo,
I just want to thank you for all the light you brought to my life already. I wish you and your beloved ones a happy new year from the deepest of my heart.
I use this Blog also to tell you, that you occourd in my dream a few nights ago. You have to know, that I’m dreaming alot, even lucid dreaming and my dreams are very often very clear and loaded with tough emotions…
Now I want to share my dream with you and everyone else who is interested in:
I live nearby Davos, in Switzerland and I know you know this area too. We got plenty of snow during the last few days and in my dream you travelled to Davos in your Car and get stuck in the snow. I was walking by and wanted to help you, pushing the car back to the road. I reconized you and we started talking like good old friends. (none of the content that I would remember, unfortunately) I do speak spanish, but very little, but in my dream, we changed from english to spanish and back…finally I pushed the car back to the street and you drove away. I was laughing and thinking, that nobody would believe me, that I met you like this! ;-)
I hoped alot to join the dinner in Italy, but it was not meant to be, so I join it in my thoughts.
Enjoy 2012, take care and have fun. Thanks again….
Reto
Thank you for your wise words Mr. Coelho. But, frankly, sometimes I get confused, Lord leads us one way and your soul and heart wants another path. Strange. Once you feel, you stuck half way, as if Lord saying you have to continue my Son carrying your cross. I do not know sometimes what to do.
merci mr coelho .vos parole sont comme la lumiere de l aube
muy feliz año para ti y sra. Gracias por guiar mis pasos para cumplir mi misión en la vida. Dios vive en ti, yo lo siento y también en mi y el resto de las personas. no todos lo saben ver, es despacito.
Cariños ..Abuela Nancy…..
1.decide then stick to your decision
2.change is constant..accept it
3.cherish your decision to enjoy boomerang effect
4.figure out which moment needs what
5.keep your options open
6.take your way as your creation reflecting the real YOU
7.repetition is not bad..enjoy it’s occurrence
8.let people to advice you but don’t let them to decide for you
9.nature does the the things in her own way..let her
10.give your soul complete freedom to breathe & exude her effulgence
11.love the path you have selected
this is what i concluded from your wonderful writing…it is surely going to be my ideology….thanks for being my inspiration..keep enlighten us!!!
Dear Sheen,
I have made my decision. I’m taking the path. Your conclusions from Mr. Coelho’s writing cannot be more opportune for what I need. Please allow me to borrow them and use them in my path, which will be very difficult and kind of a lonely one. Mr. Coelho has inspired me since I learn about the changes he had to make like conquering his cocaine addiction and not going back to it. His writings and your conclusions are coming with me in this path.
God bless you both.
Elizabeth
Uau…qtos comentarios nesse post!! Mais de 500!
Adoro esse texto Guerreiro
Bendigo cada desvio de percurso, cada atraso e antecipação, cada mudança de rota , bendigo toda dor que se fez caminho.
São essas mudanças, q não dependem de nós, que nos levam ao q Deus nos dá de presente.
Exato o que vc tuitou hoje, nada acontece por acaso. Absolutamente nada. Creio nisso com toda fé;
Pensei nisso : O coração do homem planeja o seu caminho, mas o Senhor lhe dirige os passos. – Provérbios 16:9
Bjos, Deus te ilumine, santa semana meu amor
I should have sent this thank you earlier, but now’s as good a time as any other. I got the letter you sent, and although I dunno how or where you got my address, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. The words “Having the courage to take the steps we always wish to is the only way to show that we trust God,” were exactly what was needed. Thanks again for the simplicity and wisdom of your words. And may all the inspiration and peace you help spread be returned to you a thousand fold. Happy New Year Paulo + everyone else!
Dearest Paulo,
This was very fitting for my life, and I am starting fresh. New job, new city, new path. Thanks for the beautiful words.
All the best for 2012 to you and your family!
Thank you for being,
Yajna
Love, light and blessings
I wish you & your family a very Happy New year !!! Thanks for every book & inspiration you write, Paolo :)
beautiful
Coelho sulle sponde del fiume pedra mi sono seduto e ho pianto.
Bellissimo, la compostezza, l’assoluta voglia e desiderio di potersi sedere e di piangere per fondersi insieme al fiume che trasporta con esso, lo scorrere di una esistenza, vederla passare e piangere con essa. Un saluto, un riflettere nell’acqua il proprio sentimento. il ritrovarlo trai mille rivoli rispecchiando tutto il tempo dell”uomo che passa e che verra dopo di noi. Percorrendo la propria strada e facile smarrirsi fermati aspetta la tua anima e con lei ritorna a camminare.
GABRI GIOVA
Feliz año 2012. Excelente lectura como todas las que ha escrito.
Thank you for being you. You are such a great inspiration for me. I wish you and your wife all the best for the new year 2012. Love
Thank you Paulo, a useful reflection to return to during the year…..and I love the metaphors, they make me smile……Wishing you and yours a blessed 2012
it looks to me that are 2 processes involved when standing at the crossroad. I believe that my rational part thinks much longer that I stay at the crossroad & still able to make a decision while my unconscious linked with my intuition are already working & moving on. the rational part can be deceptive then.
I thought that I would still stay at the crossroad but this is not true. just making a kind of inventory what happened so far, I can see I am already walking a path.
what a surprise :o)
the path I have now, it is not just a mirror, it represent my whole life. it is a “closing of the circle” but with a different meaning as it is generally used. what I mean is that it looks as if a lot of events & actions have been in my life, years, years ago, & they all have now a meaning for my path now. when I suddenly begin to remember little, old events & there is the “ahh, I understand now”. it is these tiny events that keep me going, that give my whole work a spiritual touch. thus the path is so spiritual, but it looks so impossible to pull it into the life of today, to the “earthy” life.
I love the photo. it looks “cute” . I think it is the leaning on each other & providing a stable unit & your smiling faces that is just good to look at.
a Happy & healthy 2012 to you both <3
Happy New Year!!!
I follow always a pad, and your books are some kind of gide.
No it was time to become new tips!!!
Hope to find them. XXX
WISH u a very happy and prosperous new year sir!!! May god give u good health and prosperity life.
As a guest teacher in my sons high school senior literature class, I had to teach a “novel” to my son’s class. Being a Philosophy major myself, I had very little interest and/or knowledge in Fiction. Your writing however, was the PERFECT marriage of what I was “assigned” to do, and what I “wanted” to do, which was equip these bright and beautiful senior high school students with the message of philosophical tools that they could actually use for the rest of their lives: their hearts, their intuition, their passions, their “callings”, their ability to accept what “is” and to be able to roll spiritually with the waves and the wind, and to limit attachments and to create openings for love/peace/joy. Thank you so much for being that modern day philosopher/writer, and for creating that book that allowed me to point out to these kids their best weapons, their best compass, their best tool kid (inside) that they can use for the rest of their lives as the move forward to college and begin to rule our societies. THANK YOU
May we be kind enough to share infinitely as you do Paulo!
Can’t help but witness consciousness cross, even though we’re guardians and nurturer of our own paths. Greetings from Kerala! May you and your dear ones have all the health and zest for making most out of 2012.Thanks& Enjoy!
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Thank You sir for your vital thoughts that keep on reviving our enthusiasm.Well wishes for New year 2012 and hope for more prolific work from you.
Hola Paulo,
Soy Javier, lector tuyo que agradece a Dios por darme la oportunidad de leerte y haber encontrado en tus libros paz y conexion, ese lenguaje del alma que transmites, es como si me hablase mi padre desde el interior.
Como yo, mas de alguno agradece que sigas escribiendo, y en lo personal me ha ayudado muchisimo a mi vida, me gustaria de corazon poder coincidir en persona que me firmaras un libro, me hace mucha ilusion.
Gracias.
Thank you so much. I have been searching for this advice for years. Now,I know why I was panicking in the last few years of my life. I had forgotten the equipment, was not being patient, was not honoring my path and most of all I was fighting against the nature.
I love your writing!
Wish you a great new year.
Almost three years ago I left this little prayer by St. Jacob’s sepulchrum in Santiago de Compostela (I tried to translate it from Italian to English):
“Help me to come out of myself, being myself.
Make me lapse into the flow and gain energy from it.
Let me follow Your steps and trust the way I’m walking on.
Show me the Master in every meeting e let me meet him in humility and peace”
Could be trite, but I think it could be a good wishing for this new year.
My best wishes and greetings!
Thank you for everything, Paulo.
Gracias Paulo, Por mostrarme el camino………
Thank you Mr. Coelho for this simple yet poignant reminder on how to make 2012 a better year. I will definitely keep this in mind and hopefully at the end of the road; I could gladly quote Robert Frost – that I took the road less traveled and that; has made all the difference. God bless you and your family!
Happy new year Paulino!:)
Thank you
Thank you for sharing, once again!
Happy New Year.
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A week ago I didn’t know your name. Today I own three of your books and just finished reading your blog – Manual for conserving paths. Although I had a two year head start (I was born in 1945), I find myself faced with the need to run in order to keep up. Thank you for clearing some of the brush from the path.
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