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January 2, 2010
O lago e Narciso
(esta história está no prólogo de "O Alquimista")
Quase todo mundo conhece a história original (grega) sobre Narciso: um belo rapaz que, todos os dias, ia contemplar seu rosto num lago. Era tão fascinado por si mesmo que, certa manhã, quando procurava admirar-se mais de perto, caiu na água e terminou morrendo afogado.
No lugar onde caiu, nasceu uma flor, que passamos a chamar de Narciso.
O escritor Oscar Wilde, porém, tem uma maneira diferente de terminar esta história. Ele diz que, quando...
December 28, 2009
Quote of the Week
Enjoy your magic moment today, as it will not be here tomorrow.
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December 23, 2009
Narcissus and the lake
I would like to thank you all here for the strong support and encouragement during 2009. I am going now to the mountains, and unable to access this blog on a current basis. God willing, back on the first week of January and eventually reading and moderating posts while in the Pyrenees.
Suphi will continue to moderate the blog and to check everything.
May God bless you all, a wonderful 2010,
Love
Paulo
(below the opening page of "The Alchemist", which always make me think about my attitude...
December 21, 2009
Quote of the Week
If you have a dream, don't waste your energies explaining why
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Inventory of normality
in "The winner stands alone", by Paulo Coelho
1] Anything that makes us forget our true identity and our dreams and makes us only work to produce and reproduce.
2] Making rules for a war (the Geneva Convention).
3] Spending years at university and then not being able to find a job.
4] Working from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon at something that does not give us the least pleasure, so that we can retire after 30 years.
5] Retiring only to discover that we have no more energy to...
Inventario de la normalidad
en el libro "El vencedor está solo", de Paulo Coelho
1] cualquier cosa que nos haga olvidar nuestra verdadera identidad y nuestros sueños, y nos haga apenas trabajar para producir y reproducir.
2] tener reglas para una guerra (Convención de Ginebra).
3] emplear varios años estudiando en la universidad, y después no conseguir trabajo.
4] trabajar de nueve de la mañana a cinco de la tarde en algo que no da ninguna satisfacción, con la condición de poder jubilarse después de treinta años.
5...
December 20, 2009
The Juggler of Our Lady
by Paulo Coelho
Christmas Eve came around. And precisely on that day, a special miracle happened in Melk Abbey: Our Lady, carrying the baby Jesus in her arms, decided to descend to Earth to visit the monastery.
All the priests lined up and each of them stood proudly before the Virgin trying to pay homage to the Madonna and her Son. One of them displayed the beautiful paintings that decorated the place, another showed a copy of a Bible that had taken a hundred years to be written and...
El malabarista de la Virgen
por Paulo Coelho
Llegó la víspera de la Navidad y, justamente ese día, se obró en la abadia de Melk un milagro muy especial: Nuestra Señora, llevando al Niño Jesús en brazos, decidió bajar a la Tierra para visitar el monasterio.
Sin poder disimular su orgullo, todos los religiosos hicieron una gran fila, y cada uno de ellos se iba postrando ante la Virgen, procurando homenajear a la Madre y al Niño. Uno de ellos les mostró las bellas pinturas que decoraban el local, otro les llevó un ejemplar d...
O jogral de Nossa Senhora
por Paulo Coelho
Na véspera do natal, um milagre especial aconteceu na abadia de Melk: Nossa Senhora, levando o menino Jesus nos braços, resolveu descer à Terra para visitar o mosteiro.
Orgulhosos, todos os padres fizeram uma grande fila, e cada um postava-se diante da Vigem, procurando homenagear a Mãe e o Filho. Um deles mostrou as lindas pinturas que decoravam o local, outro levou um exemplar de uma Bíblia que havia demorado cem anos para ser manuscrita e ilustrada, um terceiro disse o...
December 19, 2009
The story of the pencil
source: "Like the Flowing River" by Paulo Coelho
A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked:
'Are you writing a story about what we've done? Is it a story about me?'
His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to her grandson:
I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I'm using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up.'
Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn't seem very special.
'But it's just l...
