Man was born to betray his destiny.
All the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible – and the most powerful – was word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood; arrows could be seen at a distance. Poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues.
This was freedom; to feel what the heart desired, with no thought to the opinion of the rest.
“I am waging combat in vain”, he thought. “Love will win this battle, and I will love her all of my days.”
“The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.”
“Prophets don’t know the future. They only transmit the words that the Lord inspires in them at the present moment. That is why I am here, not knowing when I shall return to my own country; He will not tell me before it is necessary.”
“The Lord is my shepherd,” he said, recalling an ancient prayer of King David. “He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me beside still waters.” “ And He will not let me forget the meaning of my life.”
“Then learn something. At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them. You are running that same risk; react, face life, but do not stop living.”
“Every man can sense when he is in danger; he begins to react in strange ways, to have premonitions, to feel something in the air. And he tries to deceive himself, for he thinks himself incapable of confronting the situation. They have tried to deceive themselves till now; but there comes a moment when one must face the truth.”
Panic makes everyone aggressive.
Make use of every moment so that later thou wilt not regret, nor lament having lost thy youth. To every age in the life of a man, the Lord bestoweth upon him its own misgivings.”
Although I have the colors, only the lord can mix them with such harmony.
“Will God disappear from words?” the woman asked. “He will continue in them,” Elijah replied. “But each person will be responsible before Him for whatever he writes.”
I know what it can do to a man. I have the courage to face the king of Israel, the princess of Sidon, the Council of Akbar, but one word – love – inspires deed terror in me. Before you drew it on the tablet, your eyes had already seen it written in my heart.”
“It is He who decides, not you”
“Nothing is a unique chance” the angel replied. “The Lord giveth men many opportunities. And do not forget what was said : no further miracle will be permitted thee until thou returnest to the bosom of thy country”.
“But the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity”.
Everything in life demands training.
It’s not easy to listen: in our prayers we always try to say where we have erred, and what we should like to happen to us. But the Lord already knows all of this, and sometimes asks us only to hear what the Universe is telling us. And to be patient.
“All life’s battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you’ll discover thath you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered for foolishness. If you’re a good warrior, you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.”
“That proves that you find joy in living. It’s normal to feel fear at certain moments”
“What importance hath the sun, in its solitary travel through the heavens? What importance hats a mountain rising in the middle of a valley? What importance hath an isolated well? Yes it is they that indicate the road the caravan is to follow”
“Thou knowest not whereof thou speakest,” the angel replied. “There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything hath its reason for being; thou needest only distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.” “What is temporary?” asked Elijah. “The unavoidable” “And what is lasting?” “The lessons of the unavoidable”
..and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.
“Perhaps it’s a dream,” he thought. “Perhaps it’s a nightmare.”
“There’s no need to repeat it. I’m confused, lost in my own guilt. Give me time to find myself. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
The unavoidable always happens. “You need discipline and patience to overcome it.”
“It’s not a question of hope in the future. It’s a question of re-creating your own past.”
“These people also returned, but with wonderful tales to tell. They had achieved everything they desired because they were not limited by the frustrations of the past.”
“It is not difficult to rebuild a life, just as it is not impossible to raise Akbar from its ruins,” the shepherd continued, “It is enough to be aware that we go on with the same strength that we had before. And to use that in our favour.”
“If you have a past that dissatisfies you, forget it now,” he went on. “Imagine a new story of your life, and believe in it. Concentrate only on those moments in which you achieved what you desired, and this strength will help you to accomplish what you want.”
“Remember the good things you have done. They will give you courage.”
“Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live enough. The reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.”
“Don’t be fooled by words.”
“The only solution was to forget a past of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.”
“Suffering has no strength to wound a weary body.”
“A child can always teach an adult three things : to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand will all his might that which he desires..”
The brave, however, set afire that which was old and, even at the cost of great internal suffering, abandon everything, including God, and continue onward. “The brave are always stubborn.”
He had given His children the greatest of all gifts: the capacity to choose and determine their acts.
He had fled from doubt. From defeat. From moments of indecision. But the Lord was generous and had led him to the abyss of the unavoidable, to show him that man must choose – and not accept – his fate.
And at that moment he named his life Liberation.
The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength.
“How can we do the impossible?” “With ardour.”
“The ashes of the dead that we burned some days ago will become the plants that are reborn in the spring.”
“Can a man cast from his heart the pain of a loss?” asked a woman “No. But he can find joy in something won.”
A warrior knows that war is made of many battles; he goes on.
But God always gives His children a second chance, and he must take advantage of this new opportunity.
“Jacob fought the whole night through and was blessed at day-break.
“I shall struggle with Thee until Thou bless me, and bless the fruits of my labor. One day Thou shalt have to answer me.”
The angel said, “If a warrior fight with his instructor, doth he offend him?” “No, It is the only way to teach the technique that he must learn.”
“Would that thou mightiest act as do men who are given a second chance: do not twice commit the same error. Never forget the reason for thy life.”
The children were helping when asked, but they usually spent the day at play: that is child’s foremost obligation.
“Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so.”
“Yes, it’s forbidden. But that doesn’t mean it’s dangerous.”
“In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and his will. Seek to do as He asks; this alone is the reason you are in the world.”
Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.
God sometimes could be very stern, but never beyond a person’s capacity.
(Picture is from http://www.mind-untwined.com/the-fifth-mountain/)
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