The sentence belongs to Pablo Picasso: “God is above all an artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the ant. In fact, He never tried to follow a style – He simply went on doing what He felt like doing”.
Our wanting to walk is what creates our path – yet, when we start our journey towards our dreams, we feel very afraid, as if we were obliged to do everything right.
After all, if we all live different lives, who was it who invented the “everything right” standard?”
If God made the giraffe, the elephant and the ant, and if we try to live in His image and likeness, why should we need to follow a model? Sometimes the model helps us to avoid repeating stupid mistakes that others have already committed, but normally it is a prison that obliges us always to repeat what everybody does.
To be coherent is to need always to wear a necktie that matches our socks. It is to be obliged to keep the same opinions tomorrow that you have today. So what about the way the world moves?
As long as nobody is hurt, change your opinion every now and again, and contradict yourself without feeling ashamed. This is your right; it does not matter what the others think – because they are going to think it anyway.
When we decide to act, some excesses will happen. As the old cooking saying goes: “to make an omelet, first of all you have to break an egg”. So it is also natural that unexpected conflicts will arise.
It is only natural that there will be injuries during these conflicts. The wounds pass: only the scars remain.
This is a blessing. These scars stay with us for the rest of our lives, and they help us a lot. If at any moment – due to complacency or some other reason – the desire to go back to the past is great, just look at your scars.
Scars will show us the signs of handcuffs, they will remind us of the horrors of prison – and we will keep on moving forward.
So, relax. Let the Universe move all around you and discover the joy of being a surprise to yourself. “God chose the crazy things of the world to embarrass the wise”, says Saint Paul.
A Warrior of Light notices that certain moments are repeated; he often finds himself facing the same problems, and he confronts situations he has confronted before.
Then he becomes depressed. He begins to feel that he is incapable of making any progress in life, since the same things he has lived through in the past are happening all over again.
“I have been through this”, he complains to his heart.
“You really have”, answers his heart. “But you have never gone beyond it”.
The Warrior then begins to realize that repeated experiences have a reason, which is to teach us that we have not yet learned. He always finds a different solution for each repeated fight – and he does not see his faults as mistakes, but rather as steps towards meeting himself.
Phrases on mistakes
If you cheat me once, the blame is yours. If you cheat me twice, the blame is mine(Anaxagoras)
If I had to live my life again, I would make the same mistakes – only sooner (Tallulah Bankhead)
The path to success is getting round the mistakes (Thomas Watson)
Until you have known the Inferno, Paradise will not be good enough for you (Kurdish proverb)
To err is human, but it makes you feel divine! (Mae West)
Doing the right thing is not the problem; the problem is knowing what is right (Lyndon Johnson)
Not everything that works out right is right (David Capistrano)
I prefer making a mistake that amuses me to doing something right that makes me sad (William Shakespeare)
The next text will be posted on the 7th of June.
P.S: Dear reader,
During this journey, that is filling my soul with very interesting experiences, one of the most magical moments comes every night when I read the comments posted on this blog. Even though I can’t answer all of you, I want you to know that it’s very important to me to know that I’m not alone on this path. Thank you so much for your support and for the words and ideas that are now engraved on my heart.
Paulo Coelho
Paulo, you’re right, the mistakes may seem the same but they’re not. And we don’t recognize them so we can’t avoid them even though we think we know better. They just show us different aspects of the same mistake which we did not see the other times. We act slightly differently each time, testing ourselves and yes, taking ourselves just one more step forward.
And of course we do get a little down when instead we should welcome it, because it means that we don’t give up easily. If you just go off into a corner you certainly won’t make that mistake again, but it also means you’ll be missing out on life itself.
Buon camino
Dear One and you, penpals,
last night I read “Hazaar Dictionary” (!) and I found the following strange statement:
a sufi and a traveler talk about the existence of God and the sufi says, “Take a look at the fly on the wall. You are too enourmous for it to percieve you. The only way to show it your existence is to smash it. So, death is the only way God can prove us His existence.”
I don’t know do I like it, bu it certainly impressed me.
Good Day Paulo,
I really enjoyed reading all the different quotes you posted today.
I thought of one, of which I can’t remember the author, nor the exact words of the quote, …….nor the quote itself, now that I think about it!
Just kidding.
I read this quote as a very small child. It said something to the effect of: ‘A person who makes no mistakes, generally doesn’t make anything.’
And I liked it.
It really hit home because I was a perfectionist - a perfectionist who made nothing because I was so afraid of making a mistake.
I had many talents, but didn’t use any of them for fear of looking foolish.
I was always told that *I* was a mistake, which is why I worked so hard at not making any.
That quote stayed with me, ringing in my head, throughout my lifetime, and it pushed me to always try to go out of my comfort zone.
As a result, I have made a lifetime of mistakes and have learned much.
But make no mistake - I am not one!
This journey you’re on at the moment, I’m sure, must be so uncomfortable. Travelling can be exhausting and I commend you on completing this task.
However, your health is important, too, and if you feel at some point that you can’t complete it, it wouldn’t be a mistake if you decided not to finish.
We would love you just the same.
A few days ago, I foolishly mowed the lawn on a hot and humid day, at NOON, nonetheless (with a gas powered push mower).
When I got done, I was exhausted and was going to leave the mower out, to rest and get a drink of water, before putting it away.
But, I felt that I would be leaving the task unfinished.
So, I forced myself to push the mower up the hill to the shed to complete the task.
When I got to the shed, I got violently sick and began vomitting.
I stumbled into the house, got a drink of water and took a cool shower, and was sick for about two hours after that.
I realized I pushed my body harder than I should have, for a silly reason. I could have rested first, before putting the mower away.
So, sometimes we need to quit and/or take a break, and we need to not beat ourselves up for that.
Did I feel better about finishing the task completely?
No! I felt annoyed for not listening to my body, as it set me back and I didn’t get to accomplish the other tasks I had planned for that day.
So, basically, if you feel like you want to quit this journey at any point, know that we will support you in that as well.
We want you to be around for a long time….(so that we can continue to suck your well dry!) Hee Hee!
Wishing you a restful, peaceful, healthful journey today and always,
Sincerely,
Deb
PS I recognize myself in your words because I am a great mistake maker….
Dear Paulo,
I’m off to see Bryan Adams in concert today…Funny he came to my cith to play..Its such a nice day here.the sun is out and the sky is blue. Funny how everything comes full circle for prople..one day good one day bad. Life is a maze of the easy and the hard…I have 3days off work now so i hope to write another few pages to the story..its going well.
I enjoyed your blog today..Hope your path is clear on the last weeks of your journey..I am bringing your book the Pilgramge with me today..looking foward to a good read..enjoy your day also. the blog reminded me of some of my scars..how close to death i came to as a child and how i survived my scull being almost crushed …anyway i have to go to the concert now..
k
Hi, Paulo! Two days ago I put on different shoes (black and white), different big ear-rings, short skirt and went out with my friend. I wanted to look, what would happen.:))) It was so interesting and cheerfully, almost as a party (when you’re in the limelite, of course)! And, although you do it to attract people, you see them and think of them just walking along the street. You get closer; I liked it.:)
Regards through You to the great motherland of all human journeys!
Chatting about the sin, mistakes, and the model of behavior, 3 women asked themselves what they would have seen if were Eve in the well. The little girl said: “I see a beautiful woman who is hesitating between two decisions”. The young woman exclaimed: “Me? I won’t look into it”. The older one said: “Oh, why I didn’t look myself more precisely in the mirror. Would I have seen there my mum, my grandmother, my aunt or Eve?”
‘Where Are You Going’…
Sophia from Sofia
Dear Paulo!
Today, when the Chritian celebrate the Whitsuntide, you talk about the crazyness of our soul, our life and about the fight we have to make capable, searching our own way to ourself. Not to be afraid doing mistakes but learning about the different sides of experiences that test our progresses round the pilgrimage, isn´t it crazy?
“Komm heiliger Geist auf uns herab
, du bist die höchste Himmelsgab…” (a short part from an old church song)
Thank you for talking about the feeling to become depressed. Because I believe, that many pilgrims find them in similar situations and they know that feeling. And in the first moment we think to stay, no moving. And a shadow of fear climbs up to the head. And in the next second, when it attempts to roll back to the deep, we look for the scars and it will make us smile. No fear, no shadow, a step towards meeting ourself.
But to find that moment and to think about it, is a kind of searching and a progress too.
I hope to see you soon, soccer fan!
Love Hubert
The holy spirit is still active
Thank you for lend him your words.
you have spoken the words of my heart so eloquently. i wish the world would take heed to this priceless piece of advice you have given. we might all be a little happier if we did .. i wish you the best on your journey..
Dear Paulo and all friends;
To all these quotes about making mistakes I would add one more:
“Do not regret what you did, but regret what you didn’t do”.
If you make a decision, you weigh advatages and disadvantages. You have good reasons to decide. Later, when times have changed, the decision could seem strange or unlogic, but do not let that confuse you. If you would always make the same decisions, you would never change or develop yourself. You would be stuck in your life.
There are so many things to learn. No one will ever be perfect. A man can only be perfect, if he is imperfect.
Kind regards,
John
thank you Paulo, and thank you all who left messages today…I was just looking for the right inspiration, ( decision-making time) and there it is…not that I am surprised…:-)
buon cammino
Dear Paulo and walkers,
I can write the same words as Isabella did before me.
Confronted with a wellknown repeated experience I have to make another new move. I have to take another path. I would like to refuse, because it is a turn which is very new and unknown to me. But when I look back I see the handcuffs indeed.
Closing an old and rusty door. Wandering off to a new horizon. God, I do not feel brave. I totally do not like this. I do not even know why I am doing this.
Maybe because I can. I have the freedom to do this.
I remember words of Nelson Mandela: (translated from Dutch)
“Our greatest fear is not that we are not perfect; our greatest fear is that we are immensely powerful.”
Because then we cán act. We cán use our freedom and love and power. And that’s scary. And big.
So thank you for your encouragements, dear Paulo and walkers.
Let’s go!
Love, Mirjam
NL
I am back home from bryan addams. it was a great concert. I really enjoyed it alot more than i thought i would. I am exausted after walking the whole way back home stopping for one guinness on the way. In short a small piligramage. The book wasn’t the pilgramage its the Valkners. I didnt get to read any as the day was 2 warm n i left it at home….
I’ll finnish my story now. As a child of three years of age I almost died. It was a rainy day in Sepetember. We had all been rattled in our area with the moving statues of waterford for the whole summer. My parents were moving house. I managed to open the front door as they were cleaning, I went into the garden, i decided to play on the gate as i did at my grandmothers house.I pulled at the large steel gate and it fell down onto my head. It crushed my scull and left me in a coma for three days and nights. While I was unconscious my mother was visited by a holy spirit who placed her hand on her shoulder. She swears by it that it was the virgin mary….although to this day she is not religious. The doctors said that i may never walk, talk or even live again. To my luck it had rained for a few days and my little head sunk into the soft mud as the gate crushed me. I still have the scar on my head and the fracture on my scull. It is my best scar! from the day i fought the devil at the gates of pardise..I won..I have my life, and my soul.
I am here today..I have many other scars from life..I wont talk about them tonight. Its hard to keep the spirits from paradise. But I know that there is a great lion at the gate and when I die I will join him..
k
Ah Paul, you walk at Baikal. A Lake in my Dreaming.
Years ago when I was told that in some traditions the island in Lake Baikal is held as the place where Shamanic Wisdom was born on Earth, I felt from somewhere, a long, long time ago, I remembered and knew that was a truth.
Last year I saw a documentary and learnt the great Lake is dying and I wondered if it is consciously doing so in an attempt to wake us up and to pay attention to our refusal to accept our actions and repeaded mistakes are harming ecology?
I also began to ponder if it is possible our blood, encoded with Ancestral Wisdom, will become the renewed source of Shamanic wisdom and will present in a new way?
Today these thoughts return to my Heart and I wonder as Warriors of Light move and walk beyond personal mistakes and scars we will forge a new dimension beyond old boundaries and rebirth renewed awareness of our privledge place and resume our God given role as custodeans to Earth and whole Ecology.
Today in Sydney it is raining heavy, steady, nurturing rain that sinks deep into the Earth…down deep and into the newest shoots of the biggest trees. I wish I were a Shaman. I would ask the clouds to fly to Lake Baikal and gift the Earth with this beautiful rain…however that may not be God’s plan? I wonder how Shaman’s know such things?
walk deeply at Baikal. Christine
Здравейте,
Паулу, Почти не владея английски, макар че горе-долу разбирам написаното, но все пак реших да Ви благодаря, макар и на език, който ви е непонятен, за мъдрите книги, които ни дарявате. Нямам представа дали написаното от мен на български ще бъде публикувано в тази страница, но се надявам, че обичта на Вашите почитатели ще достигне до Вас независимо от всичко. Харесва ми, че съумявате да ни припомните обикновените истини, които всички знаем, но прекалено често забравяме. Желая Ви да продължавате дълги години да се радвате на живота и да го приемате с искрящи очи.
Георги
Hello, Paulo
Almost not speaking english, guess it would be hard to understand my writings this way, but i still decided to thank You for the gift of Your wise books. I am not sure if my note in bulgarian may be posted on this page, but however, i hope those words of Your fan will reach You notwithstanding anything. Thank You and may God bless You for remembering the simple truths which we all know, but often forget. Wishing You many joyful years of life to come and keep the light of Your eyes.
Georgy
Dearest Paulo and friends,
Again you speak much wisdom. Mistakes are made and yes they are the same underneath the layers. It’s just the circumstances that are different.
I give many people a second chance at things and they still let me down and hurt my feelings. This is one of the many mistakes I make.
I sometimes let go of the things that will help me and go after that which, in the end, only lead to heartache. This one also applies to relationships I’ve been in.
But how to learn I wonder? How do you know that you’ve learnt a lesson? How do you know if you are not simply taking a path that leads to another dead end?
*sighs* so many questions
Best Wishes Paulo and all
I always come across the most profound passages from you when I need them most.
Your passage about mistakes helped me today, I truely needed it. Your words always ring true for me and help me put my mess of a life into some sort of perspective.
I always feel I’m searching for something I cannot find. Although I dont know what I’m looking for, I never feel fulfilled, there is always something missing.
I feel there is so much destruction & suffering in the world and in life and I feel helpless.
Your words help give me back some direction and meaning in my life when it is falling around me in pieces and for that I dearly thankyou.
I hope one day we cross paths.
Don’t ever stop, you’ll never know how much you’ve helped me.
Wow! You never cease to AMAZE me!! I was actually thinking of going back to an old prison and yes life’s testing me with the same dilemma… I have to believe! I’ll let the universe move around me. And keep walking, might be very close afterall!
Will follow my heart!!!!!!!!!
Loved that Picasso quote, copied it myself…
Warm greetings,
Carla
Dear Paulo!
I’m just trying to become accustom to the fact that I can read your notices and write to you and other readers in this blog. It’s very interesting to face with opinions of different people from different countries which are the same as mine. And also the fact that in Sydney it’s raining truly touched me. In my city now it’s very hot and close night… Yesterday I went to festival of Celtic music that I really like and I wearied an unusual glaring skirt and jacket and I think I looked like a gipsy. And people along the street gazed after me, so the post from Marina (where are you from?) reminded me about that fine situation.
Another interesting thing about yesterday that my friend and me decided to go to the beach where everybody is naked (unfortunately, I don’t know what term in English identifies it. Could somebody help me?). It will be our first time and must be exiting and interesting))
The path of my life is misterious, sometimes is not safe, sometimes is dificult to know what i want or what i gonna be. And its scar me.
The happiness is a state of spirit. Is difficult but not impossible to change your thoughts and your feelings.
To read books like Paulo’s make me think we still have people who think in this world.
I dont feel freedom but i know things change when we are not waiting for. The routine of the modern life is making me sick. This is my big mistake at this moment.
Thanks to make me think about this!
Dasha the term you are looking for is a nudist beach!
Lisa
The beginning and the end of a circle are common, but life is more like a spiral than a circle.
Like a a spring or a coil, it goes around, and the things you see and experience as life takes its turns-but moves forward-may seem familiar, but you’re never really in the same place.
You’re more mature each time, you have a greater sense of who you are and what you’re doing. Even if it may seem that you’re confused and lost, it’s not true.
Dearest Paul,
The teacher of all teachers has taught me again.
I remember reading that to not do something is to be accepting of a situation. If your in a rut, a bad relationship , a mind-numbing job - it’s better to do something than nothing at all. You’ve heard the expression move it or lose it. Because of our fear of consequence and mistakes I guess we all stay in a rut. Energy stagnates and therefore our energy depletes and we become very bitter, weakened souls. There is nothing negative about movement and creating energy with positive intention. Manifesting anything is better than a stagnating something.
What’s my newest lesson at the moment? Compassion.
I have been single for a few years and have just fell in love. Boy it feels good - woo hoo!
What i forgot in that time was sharing, nurturing and confronting aspects of yourself in that loved one!!
Confronting your shadow self and finding out the more negative aspects of oneself is never easy. May I say though it was tested recently in a fight - we passed with flying colours as we are still together. Yes, it was that bad BUT we laugh about it now! We have promised each other to never get that serious EVER again. It’s not meant to be that way is it!
The point I am making is I love this person! Even though he makes mistakes and does things that I wouldn’t do in a million years. I love him and he loves me!! If we make mistakes on our journey through life don’t our loved ones keep us going and accept us no matter what???
Now that you have that warm mushy feeling inside it’s possible to start walking forward. The people that matter in your life will be by your side…love makes it possible.
Thank-you to everyone on my path who makes this life the privelege that it is.
Love
Manon
my favorite writer is you Mr Coelho,, i don’t know what to say to u coz u had inspired me alot through the path of life ,and your novel (Onze Minutes) had enriched me with deep meanings about life ! yeah about life ! from that story you can reconsider life in deeper and wider way,of course it wasn’t the only novel i liked,, i’ve read all your works and iam so proud to say that my favorite writer is you.
iam a Saudian girl ,19 years old,studying English Literature, so that made me appreciate literature even more ,and changed me completely ,and let’s say that i thank God that in this cruel time we r living and everybody is busy with the gossip and vanity ! you are here inspiring us and stealing us from the life that we are living from the false ideas and concepts that we embraced to a higher level of contemplative life,, iam not good with talking and flattering ,but actually that what i felt ,i didn’t planed what to write but i think this is a moment of truth !!
thank you for being a part of my reality and everybody’s reality,, i wish all the best for you,AND I GUESS IAM NOT ALONE IN THIS PATH ,SO IS YOU !
Hey Paulo,
Its the first time i read thru this part though i am a regular subscriber.May be things have a strange way of working out, God works in strange ways!!!!! Coz i am going through a bad time in my life and i come across such words that say its ok to be wrong!
thank u , you are an absolute life saver!!!
love
nitoo
Dear Paulo,
The iterative nature of making mistakes is of great comfort. The path is rarely linear, rather it spirals a track up the mountain. To travel straight up would be treacherous. Spiralling, we still edge up the steep sides, but see the same views from different angles…
I have come to expect magic moments everyday and all the time. There is no such thing a coincindence but perfect synchronicity. Tonight here in Sydney I gave a talk to a group of young women which was my first. I was nervous to begin with but was fine for a first. Driving home I could not get the negative thoughts out of my head. What did my audience think? What was I thinking undertaking such a task? Perhaps I should not go back….so many thoughts wasting precious energy. I arrive home and read this blog and the words spring out ‘it does not matter what the others think - they will think it anyway’. Truth that I know but had to hear again. It really does not matter….I was true to myself and that is what should matter. When will life synchronise a time so that I may meet the magus himself?
Dear Paulo and dear Friends of the Journey,
Thank you for giving me the strenght i so need today and for reminding me. When i woke up this morning i wrote down some words and they said “I can´t believe i have to go through this again.” A couple of hours later i read Mr Coelhos words
” … You really have, answers his heart, but you have never gone beyond it.”
I was looking for guidance and inspiration and it was given to me. But i do feel alone and i do feel scared because i know the wounds i carry today are not yet scars to be proud of, they are still bleeding and soon i have to make them start to heal.
How does one gather the strenght to do that? How do we survive when all around it seems darkness taking over?
By lighting a candle in that darkness says my heart now, by reading out loud the beautiful prayer that was posted on May 26 and by aknowledging our fellow warriors letting us now we are not alone walking this hard but true path . So once again, thank you for this forum where we have the chance to meet. Thanks for healping me heal.
“What things soever ye desire
when ye pray,
believe that ye recieve them
and ye shall have them.”
Mark 11:24
Love and Light // Louise
Sweden
It was Pentecost on Sunday, the birth of the Christian Church.
And many will think that they is a design behind everything.
Some will call it fate, others God’s will.
I like what Picasso said. It’s really nice to imagine God as an artist, letting inspiration guide Him.
There is some killjoy in theology: serious people telling us serious things and wanting us to live a serious life and have serious thoughts.
But maybe praising God is best expressed in how we relate to others and try to bring a bit of joy and laughing, even when things are difficult. And maybe especially when they are difficult.
Of course sometimes there are times for tears as well. Sharing pain is also a demonstration of our faith.
May your journey be joyful.
Hi Paulo
Is it not our very own individual aura, energy , spirit, Ichenen that helps us to achieve our dreams rather akin to an arrow going to its target and the important thing is to be true to oneself to reach the core ?
What colour the arrow what colour the core
Love and Best Wishes
Petrus
I think your wrong but because your Human I won’t say anything about it.
Travel Safe
Leendert
Dear Paulo,
I’ve always loved your books and your teachings. I’ve read them all.
But what you wrote this time was amazing. It touched me differently, maybe because I always make so many mistakes and think that I’m the only one. Thank God we make mistakes to learn from them and grow through them, right?
I hope God gives you the strength to follow your path. You’re so brilliant!
Good Luck! Thanks for everything.
Kelly
Dear Sir,
The rights and the wrongs, i believe arecollective agreements on instances and procedures in life.But then, isnt it worth questioning if wht we or others have believed to be prevelant for ages, might not hold in the current times at all?See i believe, we decide wht is right for us and wht is wrong for us, rarely on the merit or demerits of the things in consideration. Mostly wht influences our decisions and actions is banal conceptions, wht others think and our lack of courage. It is not the dreaming tht is difficult, but the implementation of the dream tht robs the dreamers of his blissful slumber. To rise andbe courageous enough to fulfill our own destinies is the real thing, the thing which is expected to be filled with trials, faults and tribulations……….u are right there are no patters, except the ones left by how we overcame our fears before, which shall aid us to do so, yet another time…….
Afterall is said and done……….onehas to be answerable to oneself, and no one else………to be able to look at oneself in the mirror and see a pleasing image………is wht makes it all worthwhile……… = )
You’re journey is an oppertunity, u seem to have been wise enough to undertake it. My congratulations…….
take care,
……ekta.
Greetings. Paulo I trust you are travelling in comfort and enjoying the excitement as ‘Soccer Passion’ permeates the Fans on Earth.
Dasha of Novosibirsk: I also love the variety of stories and lessons we share on this blog.
It is still raining in Sydney Town. TV reports state it is not raining in the right places to feed the city dam however the rain is washing the city and inner suburbs in a great cleansing of stagnet energy..so how do we judge the ‘right place for rain to fall?’
In from Heart I send energy to revive memory within you so you remember times when your land was blessed with contrast to heat and still air…Dasha just Breath and remember the cool stillness of your soul… or however it comes to you.
IN ENGLISH: NAKED is to be without clothes
In MY TERMS: NAKED is also to be exposed to myself and my fears.
In the last two days my landline and mobile phoneS DIED.
I lost the connection beyond my personal, immediate world and I faced how that feels.
It is one thing to organise to be out of range or off line…It is one thing to know everyone knows where you are and when you will return HOWEVER it is another realtity to be flung out and into being isoland and alone.
I wondered if anyone would know if I died?
I wondered how it would feel to suddenly die alone and without warning?
I wondered about pepople I love and stay alive for yet they do not know this and I wondered about the Mystery that keeps me alive often without my permisson yet with a force that keeps me alive by thewill to explore the mystery of life, death and rebirth…
Aftera short time I gave up my thoughts and decided to be naked to myself and slipped into sleep embracing the music of Georges Gurdjieff.
I dreamed deep and in colour and woke ‘naked’ to understanding nothing… I woke Naked!
Dear Dasha, Thank You. Had you not responded to this Blog I may not have found opportunity to expose myself and my recent experience of ‘being naked’.
In warmth and Love Christine.
Dear Paolo, it’s been a while since I have made a comment. It’s not that I didn’t have anything to say, it’s just not always necessary to comment, because most of what you have to say is absolutely logical, true and is usually something we can all personally relate to. This time is no exception, except that I do want to make one point in the hope that other Warriors of the Light, who may not be enjoying the most happy time in their lives, may take benefit from it. Believe me fellow pilgrims, life was never a bed of roses for me personally, and I have made many many mistakes, but had it not been for those mistakes, I could not have learned from the gift of the lessons hidden in every single one of them! By the way, I dislike neckties too Paolo, in fact any form of coerced uniformity is laughable. Be Free & Be Yourself. Love to you all, no matter your race or creed. Take care on the last steps your 90 day journey Paolo. Your faithful warrior, Paul Davey
PS: I’m sure you are looking forward to the WM Soccer in Germany. Isn’t it wonderful how sport brings us all together?
I know you’re not one to encourage others to make mistakes, but you make it easier on the ones who do/don’t make mistakes. So here you are again the balsam!! My problem is that when I do the mistake I give myself a thousand excuses why I did it, but if someone dear to me does the same mistake, I raise hell!!! I don’t like it, it hurts me, but I’m a Leo and I guess that’s where the dominance comes from.
your words will always be my balsam (cure) thank you for all the blessings
have a good journey!
goodluck
Dear Paulo,
Reading you journey notes, inspires each and every one of us. It is great to be with you in your journey , Thank you for sharing these precious experience with us and God bless you.
Best wishes,
Hooman
You are the biggest inspiration in my life. Whenever I see myself losing hope, giving up, I read your books to recharge my batteries
Thankyou Paulo
One of my favorite books is The Alchemist. It gives me the courage to fight for what I want to have in my life. This article is so important to me, and lately I feel like the universe is speaking to me, that it’s time to go after what I want.
Thank you for being my king of Salem.
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title y years later: At Lake Baikal at Walking the Path with Paulo Coelho. Thanks for informative article