February 2012
9 posts
Insults (EN, PT, ES, FR)
Illustration by Ken Crane
Changing attitude
“Over the course of one year, give a coin to each person who offends or upsets you,” instructed the abbot of a young man who wanted people to follow a spiritual path. For the next twelve months, the boy gave a coin to each person who offended or upset him, as he was instructed. At the end of the year, he returned to the abbot to find out what the next...
“”Difficulty” is the name of an ancient tool that was created to...”
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“My heart is afraid to suffer”
“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day.
“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.”
“But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I’m thinking about...
Our allies
Our allies will not necessarily be the kind of dazzling people to whom everyone looks up and of whom they say: ‘There’s none better.’
On the contrary, they are people who are not afraid of making mistakes and who do, therefore, make mistakes, which is why their work often goes unrecognized. Yet they are just the kind of people who transform the world and, after many mistakes, manage to do...
“Enjoy your doubts. Our souls feed off mysteries.”
– Paulo Coelho
January 2012
21 posts
“Lord, bless our week. Dreams cannot be tamed. Dreamers cannot be ruled”
– Paulo Coelho
Never save the best for later. You don't know what...
“You only need to know 2 words ALL languages: “Help?” &...”
– Paulo Coelho
The five regrets
(One of my friends here sent me a link while commenting on “Insult the dead”. I checked it and I stumbled upon a very interesting text by Bonnie Ware. Below a resumée: )
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they...
““But, I am going to fight for love,” he continued. “There are some things in...”
– Paulo Coelho; By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept (via paulocoelhoblog)
The black man
EN ESPANOL AQUI > El negro
Por Rosa Montero
We are at the restaurant of a German University. A red haired student, and undeniably German takes her tray and sits down at her table. She then realizes she has forgotten her cutlery and gets up again to pick it up.
Coming back, she sees with astonishment that a black man, possibly sub-Saharian by his appearance, is sitting there and is eating...
“A good scare is worth more than a good advice
Um bom susto funciona mais que...”
– Paulo Coelho
“Friday: Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, live truly, and and forgive quickly”
– Paulo Coelho
Superstitions on Friday The 13th
By Maya Pillai (read the full post here)
Though many believe Friday the 13th to be an unlucky day, there are many groups who defy such thoughts and superstitions. Some activities like cutting your hair or nails, shifting to a new house, commencing a new venture, purchasing a new vehicle, etc. are avoided by many on Fridays or on the 13th day of the month. There are many stories and myths...
10 Reasons Why Having Sex Is Good For Your Health
(As the article below mentions my name, I got it from Google Alerts. It was written by by Parul Tyagi and published in EzineArticles I do believe that the writer is going too far (in my opinion, sex is good because it is good) but I decided to republish it here…By the way, I also believe the writer or the article is quite optimistic in saying that we can have a 2-3 min orgasm. It never happened to...
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Why do we shout in anger?
A master asked his disciples: ‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’
the disciples thought for a while, and one of them said ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’ ‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’ The...
“Lord, bless our week. Help us to take all the necessary risks to become the...”
– Paulo Coelho
“2012: Time to remove shady people from your life
2012: hora de afastar gente...”
– Paulo Coelho
“2012: Be creative. Men only learnt how to fly when they stopped imitating birds...”
– Paulo Coelho
“2012: wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure...”
– Paulo Coelho
Mysteries of Aleph
(research by Alexandra Jequier after reading ALEPH)
The Hebrew alphabet is not simply a collection of abstract linguistic elements, like the English alphabet is. All Hebrew letters have names and identities, and in post-Biblical times were even rendered numerical value. It is said that they contain the precise plan of the principles of creation. Each letter (or auth) is a crystallization of one...
December 2011
8 posts
“”Be available! (Soyez disponibles!)” said the priest in the...”
– Paulo Coelho
“Time to get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful, and to...”
– Paulo Coelho
My Christmas gift to you: the juggler of Our Lady...
EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Um conto de natal EN ESPANOL AQUI > Cuento de Navidad
A medieval legend tells us that in the country we know today as Austria the Burkhard family – a man, a woman and a child – used to amuse people at Christmas parties by reciting poetry, singing ancient troubadour ballads, and juggling. Of course, there was never any money left over to buy presents, but the man always...
“Lord, bless our week. Bring us back to our path when we go astray”
– Paulo Coelho
“Don’t expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it...”
– Paulo Coelho
Keep your eyes wide open if you want to dream
November 2011
24 posts
My personality paradox
“Those who love giving advice on our garden never tend their own plant” (Paulo Coelho)
by Sahaj Kohli
If there is anything that i have become increasingly overwhelmed by recently, besides the pressure, desires and uncertainty, it’s the idea of being alone. Not lonely. Just alone. Even though I enjoy my downtime, I still spend more time thinking about others and caring for others than I do for...
Don’t forget the evil men
The following prayer was found amongst the personal belongings of a Jew who died in a concentration camp: Lord, when you come in Your glory, do not remember only the men of good, but remember too the men of evil. And on the Day of Judgement, do not remember only the acts of cruelty, inhumanity and violence that they carried out, but remember too the fruits that they produced in us because of...
“26/11/2011 or 1/1/1433 in Hijrah: Happy New Year my Muslim friends! “If...”
– Paulo Coelho
“”If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it...”
– Paulo Coelho
“Choosing a path meant having to miss out on others. She had a whole life to...”
– Paulo Coelho (via melodyandviolence)
Lord, bless our week. Don't allow anyone to steal...
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Measuring love
‘I’ve always wanted to know if I was capable of loving my wife as much as you love yours,’ said the journalist Keichiro to my publisher Satoshi Gungi over supper one night. ‘There is nothing else but love,’ came the reply. ‘It is love that keeps the world turning and the stars in their spheres.’ ‘I know. But how can I know if my love is big enough?’ ‘Ask yourself if you give yourself fully...
What a year!
WHAT A YEAR! You may imagine the excitement of a writer (any writer) whe she/he releases a new book. Most of them don’t show it – probably because they are shy, or they prefer to hide their emotions – but the excitement is there. Long time ago I chose to share all my emotions, regardless the circumstances – love, enthusiasm, fear – so I can live my life fully. It was a decision that I never...
The lonely man in the train station, between a Big...
