Being true to ourselves needs immense courage, and it is where we very frequesntly fall, and fail. In 'rescuing' others we do great disservice to them as we do to ourselves. Paulo Coelho, has written very clearly and beautifully about this in his book: Manual of the Warrior of Light. In my 1997 edition, on pages 200 and 201 he writes:
A Warrior Knows When a Battle is Worth Fighting
He bases his decision on inspiration and faith. He nevertheless meets people who ask him to fight battles that he does not know or which do not interest him. They want to involve the warrior of light in contests that are important to them, but not to him.
Often these are people close to the warrior of light, people who love him and trust in his strength and who want him to ease their anxieties in some way.
At such moments, he smiles and makes it clear to them that he loves them, but he does not take up the challenge.
A true warrior of light always chooses his own battlefield.
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How eloquently put! And it's true that if we don't take care of ourselves, we serve nobody at all!
Be well, everyone,
Kiki ;-)
Comment: Thank you Aart Hilal for taking the trouble to write and share Paulo Coelho's blog information. When I first saw this book, I was travelling in India, and bought 15 copies to give away to friends and family :-)!
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hello!
I'm a big Paulo Coelho's fan and I don't know if you heard about his blog
http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
I've started as a fan and now I'm collaborating with him and thought that you would like to enter his universe.
Check the blog.
if you want, or subscribe to his newsletter
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
You'll see a community of warriors of light sharing ideas, dreams and most importantly following their personal legend.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
A Warrior of Light needs love. (Warrior of Light)
See u there and have a great day!
Aart
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