Coelho's By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept
By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept -- this book has been in my hands since 17 May, but funny... the pages just don't want to turn over. Everytime I hold the book, and the page opens, it opens page 24. I read what's writen there. Then I stop. Contemplate. Then I put the book down. Later on, or the next day, it starts again. I hold the book, it opens page 24. I read what's writen there. I stop. Contemplate. Then it happens again. Page 24 just don't want to move. It wants to communicate... to carry a message across...
Sometimes and uncontrollable feeling of sadness grips us, he said. We recognize that the magic moment of the day has passed and that we've done nothing about it.
Life begins to conceal its magic and its art.
We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle it cries, but we cannot silence its voice.
The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
If we are not reborn -- if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and enthusiam of childhood -- it makes no sense to go on living.
There are many ways to commit suicide. Those who try to kill the body violate God's law. Those who try to kill the soul also violate God's law, even though their crime is less visible to others.
We have to pay attention to what the child in our heart tells us. We should not be embarrased by this child. We must not allow this child to be scared because the child is alone and is almost never heard.
We must allow the child to take the reins of our lives. The child knows that each day is different from every other day.
We have to allow it to feel loved again. We must please this child -- even if this means that we act in ways we are not used to, in ways that may seem fooling to others.
Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our eyes will grow bright. If we do not lose contact with that child, we lose will not lose contact with life.
[Thanx Master Coelho... Thanx Page #24]
We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle it cries, but we cannot silence its voice.
The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
If we are not reborn -- if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and enthusiam of childhood -- it makes no sense to go on living.
There are many ways to commit suicide. Those who try to kill the body violate God's law. Those who try to kill the soul also violate God's law, even though their crime is less visible to others.
We have to pay attention to what the child in our heart tells us. We should not be embarrased by this child. We must not allow this child to be scared because the child is alone and is almost never heard.
We must allow the child to take the reins of our lives. The child knows that each day is different from every other day.
We have to allow it to feel loved again. We must please this child -- even if this means that we act in ways we are not used to, in ways that may seem fooling to others.
Remember that human wisdom is madness in the eyes of God. But if we listen to the child who lives in our soul, our eyes will grow bright. If we do not lose contact with that child, we lose will not lose contact with life.
[Thanx Master Coelho... Thanx Page #24]
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