Pieces of me in letters

Paulo Coelho is my favourite author. Possibly you know that already from my previous posting(s) about him. I went to the book store last week to get his newest novel “Brida”. It was my first time to go to a book store in this city, and I was kinda excited. Went straight to the “Literature” section, and looked up for the novel. Not one Paulo Coelho’s book was there. Not even his most popular book “The Alchemist”. How strange! But then I thought… maybe I looked in the wrong section. Maybe Paulo Coelho’s books were displayed in “Novel” or “Fiction” section (although thinking about it made me feel a little disturbed…). So I looked around… but no “Novel” or “Fiction” section in the store. Went back to the “Literature” section and checked the books displayed there. Just what I thought… novels! But why Paulo Coelho’s books were not there???

I told my husband that I couldn’t find the book. He looked at me in disbelief and asked if I had looked in the right place. I said I couldn’t find it in “Literature” section and I didn’t know where else to look for it. We found a computer and looked up for Paulo Coelho in the book store database. It did come up… and none of us could believe what we saw. The books were displayed in the “Methaphysics” section!!! 
Although we were both thinking the database might be wrong… we decided to go look anyway. The book store clerk showed us the “Metaphysics” section, apparently a small section in the far corner of the store. And… the books were all there!!!! Waaaa…….

Paulo Coelho does write about spiritual journey in most - if not all - of his books… but I don’t think it’s suitable to be categorized as “Metaphysics”. His books should be displayed in the “Literature” section because of the beauty of Paulo Coelho’s words and sentences, and the stories that inspire people.

I am still reading “Brida” and so far so good Will probably tell you about it when I am done.

Hold on to these five amazing qualities of pencil, and you will be always at peace with the world…

First quality:
You are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God, and He always guides us according to His will.

Second quality:
Now and then, I have to stop writing and use a sharpener. That makes a pencil suffer a little, but afterwards, he’s much sharper. So you, too, must learn to bear a certain pains and sorrows, because they will make you a better person.

Third quality:
The pencil always allows us to use an eraser to rub out any mistakes. This means that correcting something we did is not necessarily a bad thing; it helps to keep us on the road to justice.

Fourth quality:
What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.

Fifth quality:
It always leaves a mark. In just the same way, you should know that everything you do in life will leave a mark, so try to be conscious of that in your every action.

(Paulo Coelho: Like the Flowing River)

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Paulo Coelho is my favourite author, and his book The Alchemist is my favourite book. I read and love his other books too. My second favourite is probably The Zahir. I’ll see if I can manage to write down a few quotes from that book as well sometime soon. Thanks for reading, and I hope you love these quotes and find them inspiring (and beautiful) as much as I do