Warrior of Light

today, i resolve to be a warrior of light.

i just finished reading paulo coelho's "manual of the warrior of light". at first glance, it would seem like an easy read since it's like a typical manual with a phrase describing the "SOP" and supplemented with a short explanation, expounding on what the "SOP" phrase means. in reality, though, it's the type of book you need to read in small doses because each "SOP" phrase is so meaty and profound, you really need to put down the book to contemplate ... and i mean CONTEMPLATE!

while reading the book, the reader is moved/inspired to live every bit of the manual. some of them are actually very simple --- it's a wonder people don't do them, or have a hard time doing them.

for quite some time now, i have thought of coming up with a really big goal to work for ... a life vision. when one is aging, the natural tendency is really to stop and assess how one has lived his life and determine where it is headed. then begins that search for meaning. one questions whether the past years have been fully-utilized or were just precious time thrown away to useless endeavors. reading the manual has led me to my life vision ... to touch the life of everyone i meet and interact with --- positively. to be a warrior of light in its truest and most simplest form.

the challenge now is to live the manual without expecting people to be the same or to love me back; to give allowances to people who are antagonistic and indifferent in spite of my efforts; to be a warrior of light for the sake of it and not for the glory of it.