I know I’m getting bitter on one facet of my life, I pray that other facets are saved from this bitterness. I’m pretty much sure they are.<\/p>\n
The main target of Bitterness (or Vitriol, as the doctor of my book preferred) is desire. People attacked by this evil begin losing their desire for everything and in a few years are unable to go outside their world \u2013 because they have used up enormous energy reserves building high walls for the reality to be what they wanted it to be.
\nWhen avoiding outside attack, they also limit internal growth. They continue going to work, watching television, complaining about the traffic and having children, but all that happens automatically, without really understanding why they are behaving like that \u2013 after all, everything is under control.
\nThe great problem of poisoning by Bitterness lies in the fact that passions \u2013 hate, love, despair, enthusiasm and curiosity \u2013 also don\u2019t appear any more. After some time, the bitter person has no more desire. They had no more will even to live, or to die; that was the problem.
\nvia Bitterness \u00ab Paulo Coelho\u2019s Blog<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I know I’m getting bitter on one facet of my life, I pray that other facets are saved from this bitterness. I’m pretty much sure they are. The main target of Bitterness (or Vitriol, as the doctor of my book preferred) is desire. People attacked by this evil begin losing their desire for everything and … <\/p>\n