These are my favorites what Paulo has put in words in this book:
"everything will happen as was written by the lord." replied the prophet.
'there are moments in when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. but they are there for some reason."
"what reason?"
"that is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there."
"i am afraid," the boy said insistently.
"that proves that you find joy in living. it's normal to feel fear at certain moments."
"why does he who made the world prefer to use tragedy to write the book of fate?"
"thou knowest not whereof thou speakest," the angel replied. "there is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. everything hath its reason for being: thou needest only distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting."
"what is temporary?" asked Elijah.
"The Unavoidable."
"and what is lasting?"
"The Lessons of the Unavoidable."
"Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens," he told Elijah. "After that, we must waste none of our energy on it."
"If you have a past that dissatisfies you, forget it now," he went on. "Imagine a new story of your life, and believe in it. Concentrate only on those moments in which you achieved what you desired, and this strength will help you to accomplish what you want."
"everything will happen as was written by the lord." replied the prophet.
'there are moments in when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. but they are there for some reason."
"what reason?"
"that is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there."
"i am afraid," the boy said insistently.
"that proves that you find joy in living. it's normal to feel fear at certain moments."
"why does he who made the world prefer to use tragedy to write the book of fate?"
"thou knowest not whereof thou speakest," the angel replied. "there is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. everything hath its reason for being: thou needest only distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting."
"what is temporary?" asked Elijah.
"The Unavoidable."
"and what is lasting?"
"The Lessons of the Unavoidable."
"Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens," he told Elijah. "After that, we must waste none of our energy on it."
"If you have a past that dissatisfies you, forget it now," he went on. "Imagine a new story of your life, and believe in it. Concentrate only on those moments in which you achieved what you desired, and this strength will help you to accomplish what you want."
7 comments:
AL:
yes, and that is why I love paulo's writings.. it's been a long time i've read any book since I've joined a new job. Yesterday was the day :)
Lazybones finally found some time to read? ;))
Great going!
lazy bones, huh!?!?!
if you call lazybones to a person, who exercises, reads, takes online class, makes dinner/lunch - a lazybone, what would you call a person who does - resting, sleeping, and eatig whole day ;))
i am a great fan of the alchemist. have to get this one too.. :-) thnks for initiating this thought in me, venusji! :-)
Jithu:
you would definitely like 'the fifth mountain' if you are into 'the alchemist'!
I wanted to finish it in one sitting, but had to take care of speeding ticket first :(
Well, Venus.... this was an inspirational post. The temporary unavoidables and the perpetual lessons of unavoidables gave a huge contrast of ideas and truth. Thanks a bunch for this post....
such a comforting and illuminating
post -
thankyou:)
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