Im just done reading a book by Paulo Coelho ; 'By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept' . Here's a summarize abt what ive found in th book . Its touching, really.

In order for us to succeed in something, a failure is needed . Experiencing a failure isnt meant of you being a failure but to back you up. Risks. We will only understand the miracle of life when we allow the unexpected to happen. The magic moments go unrecognized , and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything. Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move towards the unknown. In life, there are sufferings, and thre are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in th struggle fr yr dreams than to be defend without even knowing what youre fighting for, in life. Thats what happened to me just then . If only one can know what love means.

Love is much like a dam, if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current and love takes over. To love is to lose control . Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadow. The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can undrstand love means. Its risky, it does. Its like a narcotic. It brings the euphoria of complete surrender. You're not addicted yet but you do feel the sensation and you think you can still control things. You think abt th person you love for two minutes, and frgets them for three hours. But then when you strt to get used to that person, and you begin to be completely dependant on them and now you think abt them fr three hours and frgets them for two minutes . True enough ?

But love is always new. Regardless of whether we love once, twice or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation. Love can consign us to two place, but it always takes us somewhre. The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. Love can only be found through the act of loving and it doesnt ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. And love reamins there, abandoned - even though it is filled with the same pure water as before.

I was afraid of sadness, suffering, and abandonment. But now i knew tt true love was above all those circumstances and tt it would be better to die than to fail to love.

Labels: