Thursday, 9 July 2015

By the River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept


“Every day, God gives us, as well as the sun,

A moment when it is possible to change anything

That is causing us unhappiness.

The magic moment

Is the moment when a “yes” or a “no”

Can change our whole existence.

Every day, we try to pretend

That we do not see that moment,

That it does not exist,

That today is the same as yesterday

And that tomorrow will be the same too.

However, anyone who pays close attention

To his day will discover the magic moment.

It might be hidden in the instant

That we put the key in the door in the morning,

In the moment of silence after supper,

In the thousand and one things

That appear to us to be the same.

This moment exists,

A moment in which all the strength of the stars

Flows through us

And allows us to perform miracles.

 

Paolo Coelho

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