"How is that you fly on this gravity of darkness"?
She responded: "Love lifts me".
- Hafiz
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The man and his shadow
Many years ago, there lived a man who was capable of loving and forgiving everyone he came across. Because of this, God sent an angel to talk to him.
‘God asked me to come and visit you and tell you that he wishes to reward you for your goodness,’ said the angel. ‘You may have any gift you wish for. Would you like the gift of healing?’
‘Certainly not,’ said the man. ‘I would prefer God to choose those who should be healed.’
‘And what about leading sinners back to the path of Truth?’
‘That’s a job for angels like you. I don’t want to be venerated by anyone or to serve as a permanent example.’
‘Look, I can’t go back to Heaven without having given you a miracle. If you don’t choose, I’ll have to choose one for you.’
The man thought for a moment and then said:
‘All right, I would like good to be done through me, but without anyone noticing, not even me, in case I should commit the sin of vanity.’
So the angel arranged for the man’s shadow to have the power of healing, but only when the sun was shining on the man’s face. In this way, wherever he went, the sick were healed, the earth grew fertile again, and sad people rediscovered happiness.
The man traveled the Earth for many years, oblivious of the miracles he was working because when he was facing the sun, his shadow was always behind him. In this way, he was able to live and die unaware of his own holiness.
- Paulo Coelho
‘God asked me to come and visit you and tell you that he wishes to reward you for your goodness,’ said the angel. ‘You may have any gift you wish for. Would you like the gift of healing?’
‘Certainly not,’ said the man. ‘I would prefer God to choose those who should be healed.’
‘And what about leading sinners back to the path of Truth?’
‘That’s a job for angels like you. I don’t want to be venerated by anyone or to serve as a permanent example.’
‘Look, I can’t go back to Heaven without having given you a miracle. If you don’t choose, I’ll have to choose one for you.’
The man thought for a moment and then said:
‘All right, I would like good to be done through me, but without anyone noticing, not even me, in case I should commit the sin of vanity.’
So the angel arranged for the man’s shadow to have the power of healing, but only when the sun was shining on the man’s face. In this way, wherever he went, the sick were healed, the earth grew fertile again, and sad people rediscovered happiness.
The man traveled the Earth for many years, oblivious of the miracles he was working because when he was facing the sun, his shadow was always behind him. In this way, he was able to live and die unaware of his own holiness.
- Paulo Coelho
Cand dai
"La început dai din ceea ce ai, apoi, de la un moment dat, dai din ceea ce ești."
- parintele Arsenie Boca
- parintele Arsenie Boca
In the stillness of night
Wisdom came and stood by my bed.
She gazed upon me like a tender mother
and wiped away my tears, and said:
"I have heard the cry of your spirit and I have come to comfort it.
Open your heart to me and I shall fill it with light.
... Ask me and I shall show you the way of truth."
- Khalil Gibran
She gazed upon me like a tender mother
and wiped away my tears, and said:
"I have heard the cry of your spirit and I have come to comfort it.
Open your heart to me and I shall fill it with light.
... Ask me and I shall show you the way of truth."
- Khalil Gibran
A traveller am I
And a navigator.
And every day I discover a new region within my Soul...
- Kahlil Gibran
And every day I discover a new region within my Soul...
- Kahlil Gibran
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Am uitat sa stralucesc!
"A fost odată ca niciodată, într-o pădure oarecare, o buburuză care a întâlnit un licurici.
Buburuza și licuriciul s-au îndrăgostit și au hotărât să rămână împreunăpentru totdeauna. Numai că, și-au dat seama că în pădure erau o mulțime de obstacole, lipsite de importanța pentru alții, dar care pe ei i-ar putea despărți: o crenguță, o pietricică, o frunză…
Și atunci, buburuza și licuriciul au hotărât să se țină tot timpul de mână, pentru ca nimic să nu-i poată despărți. Se plimbau împreună prin pădure și erau foarte fericiți. Dar într-o zi, licuriciul a constatat că buburuza dispăruse.Nu mai știa dacă el a lăsat-o de mână sau daca ea i-a dat lui drumul mâinii, dar asta nici nu contează în povestea noastră. Contează numai că licuriciul, singur și trist, a căutat buburuza sub fiecare frunză, sub fiecare crenguță, dar nu a găsit-o.
Licuriciul era din ce în ce mai trist și i se părea că pădurea nu mai are niciun gust, niciun sens, niciun farmec…Și cum se plimba licuriciul foarte trist, s-a întâlnit cu o furnică. Licuriciul i-a povestit furnicii ce i se întâmplase, iar furnica i-a spus:
-Licuriciule, poate dacă AI STRĂLUCI tare, tare, buburuza te-ar vedea, oricât de departe ar fi și s-ar întoarce la tine.
-Stii că ai dreptate ? a spus licuriciul. Eram așa de trist, încât AM UITAT SĂ STRĂLUCESC!"
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