A warrior of the light values a child’s eyes because they are able to look at the world without bitterness. When he wants to find out if the person beside him is worthy of his trust, he tries to see him as a child would.
The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment, and–sometimes–with just a touch of madness.
A warrior of the light knows what he wants. And he has no need to waste time explanations.
A warrior doesn’t spend his days trying to play the role that others have chosen for him.
A warrior of the light doesn’t waste his time listening to provocations; he has a destiny to fulfill.
Anything of importance will remain. Anything useless will disappear. It is not the Warrior’s responsibility, however, to judge the dreams of others, and he doesn’t waste time criticizing other people’s decisions.
In order to have faith in his own path, he doesn’t need to prove that someone else’s path is wrong.
He has learned that the reason the tiger doesn’t fear the hyena is because he is aware of his own strength.
He tries to establish what he can truly rely on. And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love. If these three things are there, he doesn’t hesitate to go forward.
Through his generosity, he tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving. He encourage others because this is also the way he encouraging himself.
When he is tired or lonely, he doesn’t dream about distant men or women; he turns to the person beside him and shares his sorrow or his need for affection with them – with pleasure and without guilt.
He must act, but he must allow room for the universe to act too.
He is not intimidated by silence, indifference, or rejection. He knows that behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire. He is constantly seeking the love of someone, even if that means often having to hear the word “no”, returning home defeated and feeling rejected in body and soul.
Because he believes in miracles, miracles begin to happen. Because he is sure that his thoughts can change his life, his life begins to change. Because he is certain that he will find love, love appears. Now and then, he is disappointed. Sometimes, he gets hurt.
People are shocked; they have forgotten that a child needs to have fun and to play, to be slightly irreverent and to ask awkward, a childish question, to talk nonsense that not even he believes in.
A responsible warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment.
And he knows that regrets can kill; they slowly eat away at the soul of someone who has done something wrong and they lead eventually to self destruction.
The cup of suffering isn’t the same size for everyone.
When you have managed to overcome grave problems in a relationship, don’t spend time remembering the difficult times, concentrate on the joy of having passed yet another of life’s test. When you emerge from a long period of medical treatment, don’t brood on the suffering you endured, think instead of God’s blessing that allowed you to be cured.
Carry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.
The warrior of the light concentrates on the small miracles of daily of life.
The world is, after all, is doing its best help him, even though everything around him seems to be saying the opposite.
There are two types of prayer:
- The person asks for certain things to happen & attempts to tell God what he should do. This does not allow the creator either time or space in which to act. God – who knows perfectly well what is best for each of us – will continue to do as he sees fit. And the person praying in left with impression that his prayer went unanswered.
- The person may not understand the God’s intention, but he allows his life to develop according to his creator’s plan. He asks to be spared suffering, he asks for joy in the good fight, but he never forgets to add: “Thy will be done.”
The fool who gives advice about someone else’s garden is not tending his own plants.
A warrior knows that the ends don’t justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means. Life carries him from unknown to unknown. Each moment is filled with this thrilling mystery: a warrior does not know where he came from nor where he is going.
If he thinks only of the goal, he will not be able to pay attention to the signs along the way. If he concentrates only on one question, he will miss the answers that are there beside him.
by: Paulo Coelho
by: Paulo Coelho
