By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept — Paulo Coelho

Write down everything you’re feeling. Take it out of your soul, put it on the paper, and then throw it away. Legend says that the River Piedra is so cold that anything that falls into it — leaves, insects, the feathers of birds — is turned to stone. Maybe it would be a good idea to toss your suffering into its waters.

We all live by some river Piedra, and we should do the above act as needed.

As I was reading this book, I found that this is a spiritual love story. I would like to recommend SRK to make a movie on this. I believe It would be a different Love story for him to make. :) ;)

One of the things I liked about the book is, it talks about the energy, enthusiasm, dreams we had in childhood. We should follow them. That leads you to Inner Peace. The author says, If we are not reborn — if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm of childhood — it makes no sense to go on living.

It is a story of a lady who finds her childhood dreams and starts to believe in them and work for them. The author’s below lines are exactly my feelings-
The logical and practical person had distanced me from religion. I realized how much I wanted to recover my childhood faith when I had believed in angels and miracles. But I couldn’t possibly bring it back simply through an act of will.

The author also talks about the “Other” story. Here “Other” refers to one’s other mind which frightens to take risks, asks to take a step back and let the things as is and do not dare. It might be a common saying but the way it is expressed with example in the book inspires and makes you implement.

This book is a spiritual love story. Few dialogues in the book make you really think twice and go deep inside. Few are as below.

Each of the lines has an article hidden in it. But for now, I am just throwing what I read and found interesting. I hope it helps you to connect and understand. Kindly give your comments about this approach accordingly I can improve.

• The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only because they think they can understand love

• Anyone who can conquer her heart can conquer the world.

• To love is to lose control.

• Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

• In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.

• Finally I discovered what I was looking for: that truth resides where there is faith.

• Only a man who is happy can create happiness in others.

• A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.

• Dreams mean work.