nggak terlalu suka sama cerpen, tapi kumpulan cerpen ini WOW, .
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بين موضوعات عدة وقضايا متنوعة ومختلفة وأفكار ملهمة ومفيدة وقصص مسلية وممتعة وردت بين ثنايا الحكايات ووجدتني مستمتعا بها وبالإلهام الذي تعبر عنه يمكنني أن أصف هذا الكتاب بالجيد.
وكعادة "كويليو" في معظم كتاباته يمكن اعتبار هذا الكتاب دعما لمسألة الروح في رحلة الإنسان علي الأرض فالكاتب هنا يقدم اعتناءه الخاص ورعايته المعتادة لقضية الروح فنجد أغلب حديثه مركزا علي معاني الإيمان والحب والسلام والتضحية والإيثار والفداء وتقبل الآخر واحترامه وتقديس الأخوة الإنسانية. إنها في المجمل قضية السلام الروحي والنفسي الذي يكفل للإنسان حال تحققه حياة آمنة وسعيدة. والكاتب هنا يقدم اسهاماته في سبيل تحقيق هذا السلام. Like the Flowing River is a collection of Paulo Coelhos stories and articles which were published in different newspapers around the world.
Like the Flowing River is definitely one of Coelhos best, for me, It contained his thoughts and reflections on different thingsfrom the story of the pencil to a piece of bread that fell wrong side up.
Im amused at how he sees the Universe, How he comes up with various realizations out of the simplest things that happen in his life,
This proves that Paulo Coelho really has a profound understanding of the Universe, The stories and articles were compiled in a such a way that the reader would not have a hard time reading them.
Most of these articles made me think of the different possibilities that may happen in my life,
There were a hundred or so stories and articles contained in Coelhos Like the Flowing River, and here are the ones that I liked:
Prepared for Battle, But with a Few Doubts
The Story of the Pencil
How to Climb Mountains
Genghis Khan and His Falcon
How One Thing Can Contain Everything
The Dead Man Wore Pyjamas
The Solitary Piece of Coal
The Piece of Bread That Fell Wrong Side Up
Of Books and Libraries
Prague,
A Visitor Arrives from Morocco
The Moment of Dawn
A Man Lying on the Ground
Raj Tells Me a Story
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Statutes for the New Millennium
Destroying and Rebuilding
Travelling Differently
A Fairy Tale
The Australian and the Newspaper Ad
The Tears of the Desert
Rome: Isabella Returns from Nepal
In the Blue Mountains
The Cloud and the Sand Dune
Norma and the Good Things
In San Diego Harbour, California
The Soldier in the Forest
The Funny Thing About Human Beings
Who Would Like This TwentyDollar Bill
The Art of Trying
My Fatherinlaw, Christiano Oiticica
Thank You, President Bush
The Catholic and the Muslim
Evil Wants Good to Prevail
The Old Lady in Copacabana
Remaining Open to Love
Believing in the Impossible
Some Final Prayers
The ones that had a great impact on me.
A breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of 'The Alchemist', offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, traveling and the nature of good and evil.
An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness.
. . instructions on how to climb a mountain reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality!the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger and the art of friendship!a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny!the author learns three important lessons when he goes to the rescue of a man in the street Paulo shows us how life has lessons for us in the greatest, smallest and most unusual of experiences.
'Like the Flowing River' includes jewellike fables, packed with meaning and retold in Coelho's inimitable style, Sharing his thoughts on spirituality, life and ethics, Paulo touches you with his philosophy and invites you to go on an exciting journey of your own.
A collections of thoughts and writings of Paolo Coelho's, Like the Flowing River is an interesting, entertaining, mostly light but also at times profound, and overall enjoyable read!
I will admit one thing,if not for my brother , i would not have read this book or for the matter any books of his.
My friends used to recommend his books, but i had always stayed away from his books, From what i have heard, his books always sounded Philosophical, which for me is the other name for Boring.
I have never been into books of that category, I stay away from Self Help books, I tried reading it once since an avid reader should read all types of Genre, But sadly , it resulted in a "reading slump" phase, From that time on wards, i have strongly stayed away from those kind of books,
My brother unfortunately for him, told me that he had come across many novels in his University Library.
My university, on the other hand only had books related to engineering and stuffs like that, My brother took the first book , which caught his eye from the library to stop my incessant pestering.
Guess what , he took a book which i was least likely to read, I was thinking whether to waste my time reading this book ,coz i know i would be dropping this book at some point of time.
Anyway i couldn't see the book being abandoned since my brother went all the way to place which he rarely goes,for me.
Guess what , I finished reading it, I was pleasantly surprised by this book, I am in short of words to express how i felt while reading it, You look at the world in a different light once you start reading this book, Now , i sound so philosophical, But clearly Paulo Coleho expresses it in a way which no one ever has, He just puts things differently,
This particular book of his is a collection of Short stories of his life,
I am a religious person and this one particular story lingered in my mind for a long time.
An old illiterate Arab used to pray with such fervor each night that the wealthy owner of the great caravan decided to summon him so as to talk to him.
“Why do you pray with such devotion How do you know God exists when you dont even know how to read”
“I do know, sir.
I can
read everything that the Great Celestial Father writes, ”
“But how”
The humble servant explained:
“When you receive a letter from someone far away, how do you recognize the writer”
“By the handwriting.
”
“When you receive a jewel, how do you know who made it”
“By the goldsmiths mark.
”
“When you hear animals moving about near the tent, how do you know if it was a sheep or a horse or an ox”
“By its footprints,” replied the owner, surprised at all these questions.
The old man invited him to come outside with him and showed him the sky,
“Neither the things written up there nor the desert down below could have been made or written by the hand of man.
”
This is just one story, This book is packed with such stories like this, All different from one another, If you like this one story, then read this book, Paulo is a wise person and it is known in the stories he shares with us, .