I tried to come up with a meaningful write-up for
the year- end, something significant to bid 2012 goodbye. There are so many things
to mention, too many sweet notable moments and not forgetting of course, the hurtful
ones. But words…aaah too many of them and because there are too many of them at
my disposal, they failed me. Eh? *someone told me once, “If you can’t convince
them, confuse them.” So, how am I doing so far?* The thing is, I simply couldn’t
arrange my thoughts neatly *if not cleverly* into one insightful but passionate,
contained and justified review. Instead it fizzled into an unrestrained babble
with too many unnecessary digressions and irrelevant issues. Either I’m too
emotional or compartmentalization is not or perhaps never, my faculty. Or
perhaps writing is never my faculty to begin with! *snort* Anyway, 2012 is just
around the corner, and I need to come up with an ‘obituary-sort-of’ *NOT a
biography!* and end the year with a bang! Well... fat hope!
But all is not lost. I found this beautifully written
article and essentially it matches my thoughts. I guess Mr. Coelho must have
read my SOS / Massage-In-The-Bottle pathetic plight that I wrote during my torturous,
darkest and blackest hours a few weeks back and that had inspired him to write
this profound piece. *hey, I am allowed to imagine, okay?* Bottom line is, Mr.
Coelho’s write-up made me feel good. It provided me with repose and comfort I badly
needed. We all knew that these two buggers have gone diving head-first towards
zero level in my R&D Mental Department for the past few months. At the
speed they were going, I almost believed they weren’t coming back up at all.
But they are back on track now and the developmental graph is looking good. I’m not totally out of the woods yet but I’m
certainly ready to face another year.
Yeah Mr. Big Guy 2013…bring it on!
by Paulo
Coelho on December 28, 2012
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we
insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the
meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever
name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that
have finished.
Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an
end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting
friendship ended all of a sudden?
You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.
You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you
find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life
have turned into dust, just like that.
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone
involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your
sister.
Everyone is finishing chapters, turning over new leaves,
getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go
away.
Please read more:
http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/12/28/closing-cycles/
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