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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>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<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>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/09/12/how-to-help-the-country/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<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>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/05/14/accepting-some-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/05/04/my-favorite-poems/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/04/18/each-to-his-own-destiny/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>The blackbird comes to a decision</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/24/daily-message-71/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; An old blackbird found a piece of bread and flew off with it. When they saw this, the younger birds pursued him in order to attack. &#160; Confronted by imminent battle, the blackbird dropped the piece of bread into the mouth of a snake, thinking to himself: &#160; &#8216;When you&#8217;re old, you see things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The three editions</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/23/the-three-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monk Tetsugen had a dream: to publish a book in Japanese, containing all the sacred verses. Determined to transform this dream into reality, he began to travel the country in order to raise the necessary money. &#160;However, just as he had managed to get together enough money to begin work on the project, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The natural order</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/21/the-natural-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:17:51 +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>20 SEC READING: The place we desire</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/19/the-place-we-desire/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/19/the-place-we-desire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend came to wait on our table &#8211; at a café in San Diego, California. I had met Cláudia in Brazil four years previously, and tell my friends about her life in the USA: she only sleeps for three hours, since she works in this café till late, and is a babysitter throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nasrudin always makes the wrong choice</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/17/nasrudin-always-makes-the-wrong-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/17/nasrudin-always-makes-the-wrong-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day Nasrudin went to beg for alms in the market, and people used to make fun of him by playing the following trick: they would show him two coins, one worth ten times more than the other, and Nasrudin would always choose the smaller coin. The story went round the whole province. Day after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The daisy and selfishness</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/10/the-daisy-and-selfishness/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/02/10/the-daisy-and-selfishness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illustration by Ken Crane Warriors of Light must be together. The short story below illustrated this: &#8220;I am a daisy in a field of daisies,&#8221; thought the flower. &#8220;Amidst others, it is impossible to notice my beauty.&#8221; An angel heard what she was thinking and commented: - But you are so pretty! - I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice and the queen</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/31/believing-in-the-impossible-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/31/believing-in-the-impossible-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=15012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Lewis Carroll’s famous masterpiece “Alice through the Looking Glass,” there is a dialogue between the main character and the Queen, who has just told something quite extraordinary. - I can’t believe it – says Alice. - Can’t believe it? – the Queen repeats with a sad look on her face. – Try again: take [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>109</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who still wants this bill?</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/29/who-still-wants-this-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/29/who-still-wants-this-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cassan Said Amer tells a story about a lecturer who began a seminar holding up a one dollar bill, and asking: - Who wants this dollar bill? Several hands went up, but the lecturer said: - Before handing it over, there&#8217;s something I must do. He furiously crushed it, and asked again: - Who still [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>217</slash:comments>
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		<title>Praha, 1981</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/27/prague-1981/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/27/prague-1981/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illustration by ALES MOTYL Once, in the winter of 1981, I was walking with my wife through the streets of Prague when we came across a young man drawing the buildings around him. Although I dread carrying things with me when I travel (and there was still a traveling ahead), I was taken by one [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>240</slash:comments>
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		<title>Always ready</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/25/always-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/25/always-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=15102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even so, now and again we hear the following comment: “I always believe in dreams, I often try to combat injustice, but I always end up disappointed.” A warrior of light knows that certain impossible battles are worth fighting and so he/she is not afraid of being disappointed, knowing the power of his/her love. He/she [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>230</slash:comments>
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		<title>10 SEC READING: Here where I am</title>
		<link>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/22/here-where-i-am/</link>
		<comments>http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/01/22/here-where-i-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 10:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paulo Coelho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After having won many archery contests, the town champion went to the Zen master. - I am the best of all &#8211; he said. &#8211; I didn&#8217;t study religion, never sought help from the monks, and succeeded in becoming the finest archer in the whole region. I heard that, for a time, you were the [...]]]></description>
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