Personal Development
God Sees The Truth But Waits: A Reaction
“Injustices happen. Everyone finds themselves in situations they do not deserve, usually when they are unable to defend themselves. Defeat often knocks at the Warrior’s door.”
-Paolo Coelho, Warrior of the Light: A Manual, 2003; pg. 71
Life is a one big battlefield where every fight leaves a scar or a mark that will remind a person of how he got passed through that fight. First, this is by believing that he is better than the other warrior, planning his way through the fight and finally, executing the blow or blows with all his might and defeating the other. Yes, life is always great when one always wins, or is it?
In the beginning of the story, the life of Aksenov was pretty much planned. He was going to have good fortune and bring riches to his family. However, what happened after that was something he did not anticipate. Like most of us, when something good is happening in our lives, we do not think of what will happen next. We tend to enjoy life and lack caution on our next steps, then fall. Like the true warrior that he was, Aksenov was able to rise from his fall.
Habit 1
Aksenov practiced proactivity when he was jailed for twenty six years in Siberia. After saying to himself that only God knows the truth and one must turn to God alone and from God alone await mercy, he discontinued complaining about the injustices given to him and he stopped blaming the circumstances that had happened. He did not like to talk to other people about his misfortune. He widened his Circle of Influence and worked on things he can do something about in his given situation. He always prayed to God and read the Gospels on holidays when he goes to the prison church. He sang in the choir. He learned how to make boots and made money. He became the ambassador of the other prisoners and his judgments were trusted by his comrades in prison....
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