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Quote of the Day

By Paulo Coelho

A Warrior of Light cannot always choose his battlefield.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)

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Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

In your books you are proving, that you have great feeling for contemporary human and his distresses. What do you think in what direction is going the future man? Will he be capable to survive and save his integrity, creativeness and intellect, and above all mental health?

It’s always very tricky to talk about “mental health”: I’ve been committed as a teenager to a clinic institution. I felt in my own skin the burden of being cataloged as “mentally disturbed” just because i didn’t fit into the social norms.
In my wanderings I came to believe that a person has a personal legend to fulfill. What is a personal legend? It is the reason why we are alive. In my case this legend was to share my ideas with others through writing.
We have dreams, that are not necessarily the dreams that our parents or society had for us. So, we must get rid of the idea of fulfilling what people expect us to do, and start to do what we expect from our lives. The message in “Veronika decides to die” is that: dare to be different. You are unique, and you have to accept you as you are, instead of trying to repeat other people’s destinies or patterns. Insanity is to behave like someone that you are not. Normality is the capacity to express your feelings. From the moment that you don’t fear to share your heart, you are a free person.

Warrior of the Light Newsletter no.175

Read the new issues from “Warrior of the Light Online” :

Issue nº 175 : The two drops of oil

Edição nº 175 : As duas gotas de óleo

Edición nº 175 : Las dos gotas de aceite

Édition nº 175 : Les deux gouttes d’huile

Edizione nº 175 : Le due gocce d’olio

The stories of the desert priests

By Paulo Coelho

During the early part of the Christian era, the monastery at Scete became a center where many people gathered. After renouncing everything they had, they went to live in the desert surrounding the monastery. Many of the teachings of these men have been collected and published in numerous books.The stories of the desert priests

The way to please the Lord

A novice went to Abbot Macarius seeking advice about the best way to please the Lord.

- Go to the cemetery and insult the dead – said Macarius.

The brother did as he was told. The following day, he returned to Macarius.

- Did they respond? – asked the abbot.

The novice said no, they didn’t.

- Then go to them and praise them.

The novice obeyed. That same afternoon, he returned to the abbot, who again wished to know whether the dead had responded.

- No – said the novice.

- In order to please the Lord, behave as they do – said Macarius. – Pay no heed to the insults of men, nor to their praise; in this way, you shall forge your own path.

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