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		<title>The natural order</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/05/26/the-natural-order-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 10:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very wealthy man asked a Zen master for a text which would always remind him how happy he was with his family. The Zen master took some parchment and, in beautiful calligraphy, wrote: &#8211; The father dies. The son dies. The grandson dies. &#8211; What? &#8211; said the furious rich man. &#8211; I asked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 SEC READING: The intelligent servant</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/05/13/the-intelligent-servant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EM PORTUGUES Y ESPANOL AQUI > O empregado inteligente / el empleado inteligente When he was staying at an air base in Africa, author Saint-Exupéry passed the hat among his friends because a Moroccan servant wanted to return to his home town. He managed to collect a thousand francs. One of the pilots flew the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The magic moment</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/05/11/the-magic-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[POST EN ESPANOL AQUI: El instante mágico POS EM PORTUGUES AQUI: O momento mágico (USA ONLY:&#8221;By the River Piedra I sat down and wept&#8221; for 0,99 USD Kindle + Nook + iBookstore) Promotion ends Sunday, May 13, 2012 And then he told us: We have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 MIN READING: Bitterness (Eng, Port, Espa)</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/22/amargur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Amargura EN ESPANOL AQUI: Amargura _______________________________________In my book “Veronika decides to die”, which takes place in a psychiatric hospital, the director develops a theory about an undetectable poison which contaminates the organism over the years: vitriol. Like the libido – the sexual liquid that Dr. Freud had recognized, but no laboratory had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 SEC READING: Praying for everyone</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/17/praying-for-everyone-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A farm labourer with a sick wife, asked a Buddhist monk to say a series of prayers. The priest began to pray, asking God to cure all those who were ill. ‘Just a moment,’ said the farm labourer. ‘I asked you to pray for my wife and there you are praying for everyone who’s ill.’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the end of the black tunnel</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/15/at-the-end-of-the-black-tunnel-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I saw only a tunnel.” In the bar in Sibiu, in Transylvania, Sorin looks deep into my eyes. He carries on speaking. “I saw a black tunnel with a man at the end of it, making signs at me.” I wait. We have all the time in the world and I remember that when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of repeating the same thing</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/11/the-importance-of-repeating-the-same-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An action is a thought that manifests itself. A small gesture denounces us, so we have to make everything perfect, think about the details, learn the technique so that it becomes intuitive. Intuition has nothing to do with routine but rather with a state of spirit that lies beyond technique. So, after practicing a lot, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shunning pessimism</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/07/shunning-pessimism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To help to renew the Earth&#8217;s energy, it is necessary to be aware that pessimism is contagious. Defeatism is contagious. Despair is contagious. Those who have enough sensitivity to see auras (energetic vibrations that surround living beings), perceive that before physical sickness penetrates the body, part of the vital energy is drained by the afflicted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 SEC READING: Rebuilding the world</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/04/04/rebuilding2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[___________________________ EN ESPANOL AQUI >>> Reconstruir el mundo ___________________________ A father was trying to read the newspaper, but his little son kept pestering him. Finally, the father grew tired of this and, tearing a page from the newspaper &#8211; one that bore a map of the world &#8211; he cut it into several pieces and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Castaneda and the warrior&#8217;s spirit</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/03/30/castaneda-and-the-warriors-spirit-2/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/03/30/castaneda-and-the-warriors-spirit-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carlos Castaneda was an author who left his mark on my generation &#8211; although in academic circles he was never considered someone worthy of attention. As a tribute to him, I present a summary of his most important writings: ******** The most difficult thing in this world is to adopt the spirit and attitude of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maria and sex</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/03/27/maria-and-sex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[in my book &#8220;Eleven Minutes&#8221; The men she had met since she arrived in Geneva always did everything they could to appear confident, as if they were in perfect control of the world and of their own lives; Maria, however, could see in their eyes that they were afraid of their wife, the feeling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 MIN reading: Krishna will hear your prayer</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/29/krishna-will-hear-your-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/29/krishna-will-hear-your-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A widow from a poor village in Bengal did not have enough money to pay for her son&#8217;s bus fare, and so when the boy started going to school, he would have to walk through the forest all on his own. In order to reassure him, she said: &#8216;Don&#8217;t be afraid of the forest, my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another wrong step</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/23/another-wrong-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if nothing had changed overnight, the warrior takes another wrong step and dives once again into the abyss. Ghosts provoke, loneliness torments him. Now that he is more aware of his acts, he did not think this would happen. But it did. Shrouded by darkness, he talks to his master. &#8220;Master, I fell again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 MIN reading: I have learned</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/21/traveling-in-cyberspace-i-have-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/21/traveling-in-cyberspace-i-have-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This text, which I found on the Internet, is attributed to me . I did not write it, but I think worth reproducing here) I&#8217;ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them; I&#8217;ve learned that no matter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 min reading: the world as a mirror</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/01/narcissus-and-the-lake/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/01/narcissus-and-the-lake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Narciso e o lago EN ESPANOL AQUI: Narciso y el lago &#160; (below the opening page of &#8220;The Alchemist&#8221;. May every single day of this new year reflect our joy) The alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accepting that we deserve our gifts</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/12/22/accepting-that-we-deserve-our-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/12/22/accepting-that-we-deserve-our-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During a lecture in Australia, a young woman comes up, &#8220;I want to tell you something,&#8221; she says. &#8220;I always believed I had a gift for curing people, but I never had the courage to use it on anyone. One day, my husband&#8217;s left leg was giving him great pain; there was no one about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The circle of joy</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/29/the-circle-of-joy/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/29/the-circle-of-joy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Happiness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[EM PORTUGUES AQUI: O circulo da alegria EN ESPANOL AQUI : El circulo de alegria Illustration by Ken Crane And old story tells that one day, a countryman knocked hard on a monastery door. When the monk tending the gates opened up, he was given a magnificent bunch of grapes. - Brother, these are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destroying and rebuilding</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/23/daily-message-136/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am invited to go to Guncan-Gima, the site of a Zen Buddhist temple. When I get there, I am surprised to see that the extraordinarily beautiful building, which is situated in the middle of a vast forest, is right next to a huge piece of waste ground. &#160; I ask what the waste ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 SEC READING: Measuring love</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/19/daily-message-137/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;I&#8217;ve always wanted to know if I was capable of loving my wife as much as you love yours,&#8217; said the journalist Keichiro to my publisher Satoshi Gungi over supper one night. &#160; &#8216;There is nothing else but love,&#8217; came the reply. &#8216;It is love that keeps the world turning and the stars in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sixth cardinal virtue: Courage</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/01/the-sixth-cardinal-virtue-courage/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/11/01/the-sixth-cardinal-virtue-courage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the dictionary: from the Latin cor: heart; firmness of spirit, energy before danger; intrepidness; cheerfulness; bravery; perseverance. For Jesus Christ: You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its savor, what shall it be salted with? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t scold the Lover</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/10/28/he-followed-the-bewildered-footprints-editar/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/10/28/he-followed-the-bewildered-footprints-editar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying: &#8220;Lord, where are you? I want to help you, to fix your shoes and comb your hair. I want to wash your clothes and pick the lice off. &#8220;I want to bring you milk to kiss your little hands and feet when it’s time for you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to help the country</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/09/12/how-to-help-the-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zizhang searched for Confucius throughout China. The country was going through a time of great social upheaval, and he feared there could be bloodshed. He found the master sitting beneath a fig tree, meditating. &#8216;Master, we urgently need your presence in the government,&#8217; said Zizhang. &#8216;We are on the brink of chaos.&#8217; Confucius continued to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Desert</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/09/10/the-desert-editar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Yasser Hareb The moment he entered the oasis, the sound of the wind stopped. It was as if the universe had suddenly stopped breathing. He saw an old man with his eyes closed, resting his head against one of the palm trees. He approached the old man and noticed he was smiling, as if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Without so much as blinking</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/07/08/daily-message-90/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fathers Sons and Grandsons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the civil war in Korea, a certain general and his troops were advancing implacably, taking province after province, destroying everything in their path. The people in one city, hearing that the general was approaching and knowing his cruel reputation, fled to a nearby mountain. The troops found the houses empty. After much searching, though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certainty and doubt</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/07/07/daily-message-106/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddha was gathered together with his disciples one morning, when a man came up to him: &#8216;Does God exist?&#8217; he asked. &#8216;He does,&#8217; replied Buddha. &#160;After lunch, another man came up to him. Does God exist?&#8217; he asked. &#8216;No, he doesn&#8217;t,&#8217; said Buddha. &#160;Later that afternoon, a third man asked the same question: &#8216;Does God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 SEC READING: How to level out the world</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/07/05/how-to-level-out-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/07/05/how-to-level-out-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once when Confucius was traveling with his disciples, he heard about a very intelligent boy who was living in a particular village. Confucius went to speak with him and asked him jokingly: ‘How would you like to help me correct all the irregularities and inequalities in the world?’ ‘But why?’ asked the boy. ‘If we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 SECOND READING: the one who cared most</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/06/24/the-one-who-cared-most/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/06/24/the-one-who-cared-most/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 05:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The writer Leo Buscaglia was once invited to be on the jury of a school competition to find &#8216;the child who cared most for others&#8217;. The winner was a boy whose neighbour, a gentleman of over eighty, had just been widowed. When he saw the old man sitting in his garden crying, the boy jumped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accepting some mistakes</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/05/14/accepting-some-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 11:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The German philosopher F. Nietzsche once said: &#8220;it is no use living arguing about everything; it is part of human nature to make a mistake now and again.&#8221; And the writer James Joyce shares the same opinion “A man&#8217;s errors are his portals of discovery.” Yet we all know people who absolutely insist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Poems</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/05/04/my-favorite-poems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several great Brazilian poets, my favorite being Manuel Bandeira. However, all the translations I found in internet are not good. I am posting one of is many wonderful verses in Portugues (at the end). And I would love to share one of my favorite poems &#8211; this one from the Greek K. Kavafis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 MIN READING: Each to his/her own destiny</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/04/18/each-to-his-own-destiny/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illustration by Ken Crane __________________________________ EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Somos diferentes __________________________________ A Samurai who was known for his nobility and honesty, went to visit a Zen monk to ask him for his advice. When the monk had finished his prayers, the Samurai asked, – Why do I feel so inferior? – I have faced death [...]]]></description>
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