Tuesday 3 July 2007

Day 69: Paulo Coelho

This is an extract especially for anyone struggling at the moment (I closed my eyes and opened a page in the book while thinking of you) as well as for all my Brazilian friends. It is another quote from The Manual of the Warrior of Light:

'The spiritual energy of the Path uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.'

The Breviary of Medieval Knights says:

'The spiritual energy of the Path uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.

This is the Path of the Knight: a path that is at once easy and difficult, because it forces one to set aside trivial things and chance friendships. That is why, at first, many hesitate to follow it.

This is the first teaching of the Knghts: you will erase everything you had written in the book of your life up until now: restlessness, uncertainty, lies. And in the place of all this you will write the word courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing with faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive.'