Paulo Coelho's Blog, page 27
October 4, 2018
Justice
According to the dictionary: from the Latin justitias: conformity with the law; act of giving to each what belongs to them; equity; group of magistrates and the people who work with them. According to Jesus Christ: You have heard that they were told, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But […]
September 29, 2018
The true warrior
Of course things don’t always happen they way we wish they would. There are moments in which we feel we are seeking something that is not meant for us, knocking on doors that don’t open, waiting for miracles that don’t manifest themselves. Fortunately that is the way things are – if everything went the way […]
September 22, 2018
The importance of the eyes
Paulo Coelho “I sell churches.” I stood astonished as he continued: “I am employed by the Vatican to select buyers, since there are more churches than churchgoers in Holland. And since we have had awful experiences in the past, seeing sacred places turned into nightclubs, condominiums, boutiques and even sex shops, we changed our […]
September 17, 2018
September 15, 2018
Lessons from Yabut
Apprentice Asia’s Jonathan Yabut made a list of issues that he considers relevant to win any contest. Although I am far from being a fan of this type of TV program, I liked some points of Yabut’s list. See below 1. It pays to be prepared 2. Honesty is truly the best policy 3. Think […]
September 10, 2018
Accepting the fight
If someone confronts you over ideas or ideals, step up and accept the fight, because conflict is present in every moment of our lives and sometimes it needs to show itself in the broad light of day. But do not fight in order to prove that you are right or to impose your ideas or […]
September 4, 2018
HIPPIE – first chapter
In September 1970, two sites squared off for the title of the center of the world: Piccadilly Circus, in London, and Dam Square, in Amsterdam. But not everyone knew this: if you asked most people, they’d have told you: “The White House, in the US, and the Kremlin in the USSR.” These people tended to […]
July 26, 2018
Vacations
Getting ready for the release of my new book all over the world! So it is time to relax a bit, watch the World Cup and wonder around beautiful fields Begona Miguel of the Huelgas Monastery says: “San Juan de La Cruz teaches us that silence has its own music; it is silence that enables […]
July 23, 2018
4 Ways to Overcome the Fear of Failure
by Grace Gordon, Huffington Post 1. Accept that failure is a reality. Let’s be real here. No matter how much you learn and move forward from a failure in life, the fact of the matter is that failure does happen – even to the best of us. But you know what? Who cares! I’ve personally […]
July 6, 2018
Vacations
Getting ready for the release of my new book all over the world! So it is time to relax a bit, watch the World Cup and wonder around beautiful fields Begona Miguel of the Huelgas Monastery says: “San Juan de La Cruz teaches us that silence has its own music; it is silence that enables […]
