A man comes across a long-time friend; friend gives the impression of someone who has not been able to chart his path in life. 'I'll have to give him some money', he thinks. But that evening, he realizes that his friend has become rich and has decided to pay off all of his debts up to that point.
‘Sık sık uğradıkları bir bara giderler ve bu dost, oradaki herkese içki ısmarlar. Bu ani zenginliğin kaynağını sorduklarında, onlara, son günlere kadar ‘Ötekini yaşadığını’ söyler.
'But who is this Other?' they ask the man.
“The other is the person they taught me to be, but who is not me,” he says. He believes that people have to think about how to make money in their lifetime if they don't want to starve to death when they get old. The more they think, the more they plan; Only when they are about to expire do they realize that they are living beings as well. Then it was too late.”
"- So who are you?"
“I am like any one among you who listens to the voice of his heart. I am a person who is dazzled by the secret of life, open to miracles, and excited and excited by what he does. Until now, however, the Other had tied my hands for fear of disappointment.
“Well, people continue to suffer,” replied all those present.
“- It is the failures that go on. No one can get away with this. It is better for a man to have some failures in his struggle to make his dreams come true, than to be defeated without knowing what he is fighting for.”
"- Is that all?" asked the customers at the bar.
"- Yes. After making this discovery, my eyes were opened and I decided to truly become the person I always wanted to be. There, in my room, the Other stared at me, but I did not allow it to come back into me, although at times he tried to frighten me by reminding me that I was putting myself in danger by not thinking about my future. From the day I cut the Other out of my life, God's power began to show its miracles.”
Paulo Coelho – “Piedra Irmağının Kıyısında Oturdum Ağladım”
