A very special destiny! such dear Blogophile,
"It took a long time." The most seems to be saying to the standard of this page. But I would like to remind you that just as a fruit tree that can not always bear fruit, or need a young red wine, the more time to expand and develop its unique, delicious character, and I mean laboriously collecting stories and possibly refine needs. There is always plenty to tell. But to be sure that you will be bored by any boring Durchschnittsmuell than almost everywhere in the media, I sort through everything carefully first, and then present to you only the elite.
In this sense, I'll take your apology for the impatience ever been to advance and say, "Do not mention it you could you really do not know!".
So, while I was doing something really cozy up to next weekend "sort", but yesterday something strange and very remarkable happened, the report absolutely does not tolerate any further delay. In order to
must not ask too many questions to answer in retrospect, the narrative of my experience possibly could raise, I once again a short status update of my leisure activities.
had since March I started a Portuguese language course to prove. I had thought that It would be so well here as a standard VHS-language course in Germany, ie about 2-4h per week. Unfortunately, there was this offer in any obvious language institute. The only available language package was:
"Português - Super Intensivo" .
This means in plain text five times a week 2 hours each class! That was a little more service than I really wanted to take advantage of, but hey, if I'm already there and a month the equivalent of just under 30 € costs, then I'm right at the start.
The reasons why I started Portuguese are many. In principle, I really wanted at that time only convince my Mitfreiwillige Steffi them to miss the opportunity not to be. So I started to her recite a long and sound reasoning. I could not, but at least convince myself completely from the idea. I was always right in front of convincing, but it would have even I, not my usual arrogance, calculated.
At this point, I can only advise everyone to learn a (more) foreign language. With every new language you can view the world from a totally new perspective and see things and understand that a previously closed. I begin to remind myself when I have interesting conversations with people I can not even a year ago would have understood. Language is a wonderful thing for me and has always been something magical about the had.
But enough philosophy of language and back to my update.
We read our first book, currently in course in Brazilian Portuguese original. One of the reasons that led me to learn this craft was and is because I wanted to be in a position to be able to read the books of a certain man without distorting translation. He is Brazilian and polyglot, so a man who speaks several languages perfectly. A former law student and self-confessed ex-junkie. A very successful Globetrotter and a member of an old English order. He has brought thousands of people inspiration. It is even said to cure depression, his stories could give new hope and courage. Who
is this man?
His German name was Paul Hare. We are talking about Paulo Coelho, one of my favorite authors.
In the first lesson in March, I was a little earlier than the rest because, since I asked my teacher, Marta de Bueno, why because I would have decided to attend their course.
for all the reasons that I so in the swirling head burst, I simply "because I want to understand read Coelho and" out. had spoken Since I have the last word, I felt incredibly stupid. I come in and talk to their course of any author, from which I do not even know if they ever heard of him, even has something to read. And if Yes, what you would ever think of him? And why should I not just read a German translation?
I expected a confused, "Who?" or a lecture about the true use and history of the Portuguese language. Instead, however, she smiled at me and nodded his head SOUL. As if they once had exactly the same want to do. Then she said to me in their native language, I was suddenly surprisingly understandable:
! Coehlo Yes, I know him He's a good friend of mine.. "
I stared in disbelief for a few seconds, but then they told me the story of how she had learned to know him. This presented my understanding, unfortunately, not more completely, as they talked, as before, in my limited English and foreign similar language. Now I was the one who simply nodded her head. But I did not care. Somehow I felt that I had made the right decision to do the course.
This feeling has not been deceived me. Even after two months I am still absolutely thrilled to find the bold-pointed tongue of Brazil is now more beautiful than English. I plan to continue learning in Germany in any case.
But this was only my own particular experience with Coelho and his speech. What I will tell you now, is by far unusual and, at least from my perspective, inspiration and Pure life-affirmation. This would have to
her know that we are reading the "alchemists", or "O Alquimista" in the original; Coelho's second work. I had it to me a few years before led to heart, but unfortunately many forget. So I was very pleasantly surprised when our teacher announced that first Pflichtlektuere.
It is short, the young shepherd boy Santiago who leaves his beloved family and flock of sheep in Andalusia, to search for a treasure in North Africa, it appears several times in the dream and did not let go now. On his journey he encounters many wonderful things to show him how great and unpredictable life can be in this world.
I want to say anything but overall the book is a collection of deeply profound wisdom, are woven into an interesting plot. Again and again you have to pause and understand completely baffled how much but the conclusions drawn by the young Spaniard, also apply to their own lives and our own everyday lives.
I, for my part, could hardly believe that I have noticed that things were not much earlier. It is definitely a book that I could read again and again. If I had to exile to a desert island and had only room for a single document, then I knew now that it would be.
original book cover "The Alchemist" from Amazon Then it happened yesterday in the second half of the course.
As every day we had to come forward and recount their own words in Portuguese in a prepared part of the "alchemists". While a girl while playing just lodged a pause, said one classmate loudly lyrical: "No, I have at all this comic book does not like."
little shocked, but also with a trace of pity for him, I waited, how well would turn out the reaction of the teacher. They just looked at him seriously and said, "Who cares, obs you like you're doing here to learn Portuguese and write any book review?." As we argued
then all had, and they released us just wish they brought her voice again and saw us all one by one in the eyes, remained with her eyes but finally at the boy lying, who had previously given his vociferous criticism.
She said: "My son, before you hastily on judgments of this book, I would like to tell you that I Reading this already, for years, my students used successfully for many it has been enthusiastically adopted, and never let go And I.. can you say one thing: This book has already changed life "
with expectant faces, we looked them all in and after a brief dramatic pause, she began to play the story of a former student who once also had "O Alquimista" read to her.
She began slowly and clearly tell. Her eyes roved can blur into the distance, as if she was somewhere else with their thoughts and feelings, and only its outer shell and hot flue voice in the room left for us:
came a few years ago a boy from very poor backgrounds to her in Super Intensivo the course. He worked until late at night to earn enough money to be able to afford the course that to our situation admittedly is not exactly cheap. He lived at the time in a rundown neighborhood, the most
was called "El Cocodrilo (the crocodile). There he lived with his mother and sister in suppress armen Verhaeltnissen ohne grosse Aussicht auf sozialen Aufstieg.
Nachdem er die Lektuere dann daheim beendet hatten, rief der Schueler eines Freitagabends bei Frau De Bueno aufgeregt, aber selbstbewusst an und teilte ihr mit, dass er sich entschlossen habe, in die USA zu gehen, dort ein neues Leben zu beginnen und alles dafuer tun wolle, dorthin zu kommen. Als sie ihn daraufhin fragte, wie er sein Vorhaben denn zu finanzieren gedenke, antwortete er nur: "Ich weiss es noch nicht, Profe, aber ich werde es schaffen. Ich will es von ganzem Herzen!" Unsere Lehrerin schlug ihm vor, sich fuer ein Stipendium nach Brasilien zu bewerben und sich von dort aus weiter durchzuschlagen.
Er arbeitete in den folgenden Wochen sehr hart und war auch auf bestem Wege to get a scholarship. (Marta told us that all the scholarships that are awarded semi-annually by the Brazilian embassy to be occupied almost exclusively by their students!).
Then something curious happened
. Fate if you will. He met a girl here in Paraguay to know and fell in love with her. They became a couple and were no longer be separated from each other. And it happened that her parents were very rich. He soon told his girlfriend that it was his big dream to go one day to the USA and stay there if possible. He did this very carefully, because he was afraid to be able to hurt their feelings. His wealth, however, was this on to her father, who Boys could suffer very good. A few days later he offered him to move with his daughter in the United States after the two would finish their studies this year. He will pay for everything until they are both on their own feet could, he said. Fassunglos completely with joy, he hugged his girlfriend, her father and studied day and night to how to achieve a good degree. Towards the end of the year they both flew to the U.S., where he completed a postgraduate course. They lived there for a few years before the boy was offered a career as a model. Meanwhile, he has earned a lot of money and lives in Spain. have not, however, without traveling to know in the meantime, many countries and learned to.
few months ago, said the students then in Marta on and told her about all the events and ended the conversation by saying: "Thank you very much, Profe you would not have had the" necessary to read Alquimista ", which had motivated me to follow my dreams, I would today with my mother and sister in
"Cocodrilo" home. " And under a gentle sobs, he added: "I can not tell you how much I owe you and Coelho A thousand thanks."
The entire class had directed their attention to the teacher and hung on every word when they are suddenly fired with one hand movement. But we sat there and let us act on the what they had just informed us. There was complete silence in space. Only the previously so self-conscious boy murmured softly, "Actually it was not so bad ..."
E quando você
alguma coisa across, todo o Universo para que você realize Conspira seu desejo.
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And if you want something fixed, then the whole universe will help make you even reach it. - Paulo Coelho, O Alquimista