Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I've been reading quite a bit of novels by Paulo Coelho & Mitch Albom that encourages me to think and see more into my own life and things happening around. A tad philosophical perhaps but I've always loved to ponder (sometimes pointlessly) on abt life and being curious with why things turn out the way they do..
I'd just like to share my feelings about a novel, The Zahir by Paulo Coelho that enlightened me a great deal and taught me to manage my feelings properly. The title of this book did not attract me one bit! Perhaps it just wasn't an attractive word by itself without knowing the meaning of it.
This book was so helpful to me and it made so much sense in a difficult time of complications within me that I actually read a couple of pages (not literally just two pages lah!) and then I would stop reading. I want it to last longer. I didn't wanna blaze thru it feeling top of the world and then dropping back down to earth the minute i finished it.
In a way, I reckon it's like everything u learn. If you don't practice it, you just don't improve nor understand it fully. So I would read a couple of pages, sleep on it for a while trying to absorb it further. Then try applying analogies I'd interpreted onto myself and ponder on further.
I'm very fond of seeking inspirations from aphorisms. Here's some i picked up from my recent readings which i realli like..
The Zahir - Paulo Coelho:
"Love is an untamed force.
When we try to control it, it destroys us.
When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us.
When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."
"There is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not,
that no one is interested in what we have to say about life,
and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence."
"Freedom is not the absence of commitments,
but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
"A fatally wounded soldier never asks the medical team: “Please save me!”
His last words are usually: “Tell my wife and son that I love them.”
At the last moment, they speak of love."
"(There's) a time to rend and a time to sew.."
"If there is suffering, then it’s best to accept it,
because it won’t go away just because you pretend it’s not there.
If there is joy, then it’s best to accept that too,
even though you’re afraid it might end one day.
Some people can only relate to life through sacrifice and renunciation.
Some people can only feel part of humanity when they think they are ‘happy’."
"All you have to do is to pay attention;
lessons always arrive when you are ready,
and if you can read the signs,
you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step "
"What man of you, having an hundred sheep
if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and go after that which is lost, until he find it ??? "
"The Zahir is someone or something which,
once we have come into contact with them or it,
gradually occupies every thought."
For One More Day - Mitch Albom:
"An echo is the persistance of sound waves after its source has stopped.."
"An echo can only exist with the presence of a surface for the sound waves to bounce off of.."
"An echo is heard where the surroundings are quiet.."
Labels: Experience, Family, feelings, Life, love, Pain, Philosophy
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I've been reading quite a bit of novels by Paulo Coelho & Mitch Albom that encourages me to think and see more into my own life and things happening around. A tad philosophical perhaps but I've always loved to ponder (sometimes pointlessly) on abt life and being curious with why things turn out the way they do..
I'd just like to share my feelings about a novel,
The Zahir by
Paulo Coelho that enlightened me a great deal and taught me to manage my feelings properly. The title of this book did not attract me one bit! Perhaps it just wasn't an attractive word by itself without knowing the meaning of it.
This book was so helpful to me and it made so much sense in a difficult time of complications within me that I actually read a couple of pages (not literally just two pages lah!) and then I would stop reading. I want it to last longer. I didn't wanna blaze thru it feeling top of the world and then dropping back down to earth the minute i finished it.
In a way, I reckon it's like everything u learn. If you don't practice it, you just don't improve nor understand it fully. So I would read a couple of pages, sleep on it for a while trying to absorb it further. Then try applying analogies I'd interpreted onto myself and ponder on further.
I'm very fond of seeking inspirations from aphorisms. Here's some i picked up from my recent readings which i realli like..
The Zahir - Paulo Coelho:
"Love is an untamed force.
When we try to control it, it destroys us.
When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us.
When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."
"There is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exist or not,
that no one is interested in what we have to say about life,
and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence."
"Freedom is not the absence of commitments,
but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
"A fatally wounded soldier never asks the medical team: “Please save me!”
His last words are usually: “Tell my wife and son that I love them.”
At the last moment, they speak of love."
"(There's) a time to rend and a time to sew.."
"If there is suffering, then it’s best to accept it,
because it won’t go away just because you pretend it’s not there.
If there is joy, then it’s best to accept that too,
even though you’re afraid it might end one day.
Some people can only relate to life through sacrifice and renunciation.
Some people can only feel part of humanity when they think they are ‘happy’."
"All you have to do is to pay attention;
lessons always arrive when you are ready,
and if you can read the signs,
you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step "
"What man of you, having an hundred sheep
if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,
and go after that which is lost, until he find it ??? "
"The Zahir is someone or something which,
once we have come into contact with them or it,
gradually occupies every thought."
For One More Day - Mitch Albom:
"An echo is the persistance of sound waves after its source has stopped.."
"An echo can only exist with the presence of a surface for the sound waves to bounce off of.."
"An echo is heard where the surroundings are quiet.."
Labels: Experience, Family, feelings, Life, love, Pain, Philosophy
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