{"id":2772,"date":"2010-01-09T23:02:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T04:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2010-01-09T23:02:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T04:02:26","slug":"repostthe-magic-moment-paulo-coelhos-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/01\/09\/repostthe-magic-moment-paulo-coelhos-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::The magic moment \u00ab Paulo Coelho\u2019s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The magic moment
\nPublished on January 7, 2010 in News. 235 Comments
\nPaulo Coelho
\nWe have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle of life when we let the unexpected manifest itself.
\nEvery day \u2013 together with the sun \u2013 God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day we try to pretend that we don\u2019t realize that moment, that it doesn\u2019t exist, that today is just the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if you pay attention, you can discover the magic instant.
\nIt may be hiding at the moment when we put the key in the door in the morning, in the silence right after dinner, in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. This moment exists \u2013 a moment when all the strength of the stars passes through us and lets us work miracles.
\nHappiness is at times a blessing \u2013 but usually it\u2019s a conquest.<\/strong> The magic instant helps us to change, drives us forward to seek our dreams. We shall suffer and go through quite a few difficult moments and face many a disappointment \u2013 but this is all transitory and inevitable, and eventually we shall feel proud of the marks left behind by the obstacles. In the future we will be able to look back with pride and faith.
\nPoor are those who are afraid of running risks. Because maybe they are never disappointed, never disillusioned, never suffer like those who have a dream to pursue. But when they look back \u2013 for we always look back \u2013 they will hear their heart saying: \u201cWhat did you do with the miracles that God sowed for your days? What did you do with the talent that your Master entrusted to you? You buried it deep in a grave because you were afraid to lose it. So this is your inheritance: the certainty that you have wasted your life.\u201d<\/strong>
\nPoor are those who hear these words. For then they will believe in miracles, but the magic instants of life will have already passed.<\/strong>
\nin \u201cBy the river Piedra I sat down and wept\u201d
\nvia The magic moment \u00ab Paulo Coelho\u2019s Blog<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Part of the finding your passions series of posts due to the phase of my life of the same name, I’m presently in. Which is another name for Fucked Up Life. joke only.(good thing only a few reads the whole thing hehehe)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The magic moment Published on January 7, 2010 in News. 235 Comments Paulo Coelho We have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle of life when we let the unexpected manifest itself. Every day \u2013 together with the sun \u2013 God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change … <\/p>\n

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