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| The Other |
A man was in a bar with his group, when an old friend entered. He had
lived his life trying to go down the right path, but to no avail. “I
should give him some money”, he thought to himself.
But the friend was now rich, and came to the bar that night just to
pay all the debts he had incurred over the years. In addition to
repaying the loans given to him, he ordered a round of drinks for
everyone.When asked how he had become so successful, he replied, that until days ago he was living as the “Other”.
“What is the Other?” asked Pilar.
“The Other believes that the obligation of man is to spend a lifetime
thinking about how to have security so not to die of hunger when
getting old. Therefore, living as the Other you fail to discover that
Life also has plans, and they may be different.”
“But there is danger. And there is suffering”, the people said in the bar, who had begun to listen.
“No one escapes the suffering. So it is better to lose a few battles
in order to fight for your dreams, then to be defeated without even
knowing what you are fighting for. When I discovered this, I woke up
determined to be what I always really wanted to be. The Other stood
there in my room watching.
Although it sought to scare me sometimes, I did not allow it to return.
From the moment I pushed the Other out of my life, the divine energy
worked its miracles.”
- Paulo Coelho, an author & a motivator, from his book - 'By the river Piedra I sat down and wept', Blog of Paulo Coelho (link)
