It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souza (/ˈkwɛljuː/, /kuˈɛl-/, /-joʊ/, Portuguese: [ˈpawlu kuˈeʎu]; born August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. Early in 2017 he has been nominated by the Albert Einstein Foundation as one of the 100 leading visionaries of our time . His novel The Alchemist has been translated into 81 languages. According to The Washington Post, Paulo Coelho has sold an estimated 350 million books and is the all-time bestselling Portuguese-language author. 2Early life Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and attended a Jesuit school. As a teenager, Coelho wanted to become a writer. Upon telling his mother this, she responded, "My dear, your father is an engineer. He's a logical, reasonable man with a very clear vision of the world. Do you actually know what it means to be a writer?" At 17, Coelho's introversion and opposition to following a traditional path led to his parents committing him to a mental institution from which he escaped three times before being released at the age of 2
Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives; but none about his or her own.
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don’t deserve them, or that they’ll be unable to achieve them, or of moments that could have been good but weren’t. They don't suffer. But they don't live either.
what many consider 'ordinary people' are the ones who will change our lives
Look back and be grateful Look ahead and be hopeful Look around and be helpful
We've made bad decisions, regret things & choices. Life doesn't allow us to go back but...wait...it allow us to move forward!
Grace is not a short prayer you say before the dinner; it is a way to live.