Decisions - Paulo Coelho

tree - Alexandria (Mon 27 Jun 2016)

Paul Coelho on Decisions:

The warrior of the light is terrified when faced with important decisions.

"That is too great for you," says one friend. "Go on, be brave," says another. And his doubts only increase.

After some days of anxiety, he withdraws into a corner of his tent, where he usually sits to mediate and pray. He sees himself in the future. He sees the people who will benefit and lose out because of his actions. He does not wish to cause unnecessary suffering, but nor will he abandon the path.

So the warrior allows the decision to appear. If he must say yes, then he shall bravely say it. If he must say no, then he shall say so without fear.

[Another first day of the rest of my life]

via The moment to decide by Paul Coelho.

The 17th Asian Games - Incheon 2014 / South Korea (Thu 13 Sep 2012)

17th Asian Games (*) - Incheon 2014 / South Korea (Thu 13 Sep 2012)
Saw Barume, Chumuro and Vichuon on the way out of South Korea via Incheon International Airport, enroute to Narita / Japan, and thought to myself ...

From the Manual of the Warrior of Light (*), Paulo Coelho (*) writes:

Sometimes the warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once.

"There is a bridge that links what I do with what I would like to do," he thinks.

Slowly, his dreams take over his everyday life, and then he realises that he is ready for the thing he always wanted.

Then all that is needed is a little daring, and his two lives become one.