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Posted By Paulo Coelho On September 5, 2011 @ 12:09 pm In 20 SECOND Stories | 58 Comments

A famous Sufi master was invited to give a course in California. The auditorium was full at 8AM the time announced when one of the assistants came onto the stage. The master is just waking up. Please be patient. Time passed, and people started leaving the room. At midday, the assistant returned to the stage, saying that the master would be starting the lecture the minute he finished talking to a pretty girl he had just met. Most of the remaining audience left. At 4PM the master appeared apparently drunk. This time, all but 6 people stormed out. I will teach you this, said the master, ceasing to act drunk. Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments.

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#1 Comment By LIANA On July 28, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

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I like this story ! Indeed,it is very important to be patient and overcome the early obstacles But it is also very difficult. It is very difficult to meet an obstacle at the very beginning of the path and not get dissapointed #2 Comment By zingsho On July 28, 2008 @ 1:30 pm first i thought that was an excuse of being late.. but then hes right!!! #3 Comment By saulo Brasil On July 28, 2008 @ 4:53 pm Ola Paulo, lembro de ter lido essa passagem em algum livro seu, nao estou certo. Mas uma coisa mto seria e verdadeira. Quando a gente parar de ter pena de gente mesmo, encarar nossos sonhos de frente, lutar para torna-los realidade vamos aprender que coisas que nos deixam desapontados, tristes, como a ingratidao de um amigo, o nao reconhecimento de um ato de bravura ou de coragem, etc, fazem parte do caminho, acho que para testar se estamos realmente aptos para seguir em frente em busca de nossos sonhos. Por exemplo, vc quer isso, ok, vamos ver se vc esta apto para ter, vc voce sabe lutar, se vc sabe vencer e, principalmente, se vc sabe perder, pq todo mundo esta preparado para a vitoria mas poucos estao preparados para a derrota embora ela faa parte do bom combate! um abrao Saulo Juiz de Fora (MG) Brasil #4 Comment By Agnieszka On July 28, 2008 @ 5:33 pm so true love Agnieszka #5 Comment By Alexandra On July 28, 2008 @ 10:10 pm funny storry,I like it.was a sort of testing trust in the master, with the bonus of a moral.yes,early dissapointments can hinder us for living life to the full. #6 Comment By Liara Covert On July 28, 2008 @ 11:32 pm No matter where you are, as you learn to rise above your emotional reactions, gems of wisdom are waiting for you to notice the context and implications. #7 Comment By Kathleen On July 29, 2008 @ 1:35 am lol, and how much did he get paid for that bit of wisdom? Kathleen xxoo #8 Comment By tania chilby On July 29, 2008 @ 1:41 am So it seems ..Blessings Tania #9 Comment By Edgar On July 29, 2008 @ 8:36 am

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Will i ever learn patience most of the time i seem so eager to get it. #10 Comment By Fulya On July 29, 2008 @ 1:12 pm Thats a nice storybut the image is even more great! I had written a poem inspired by this image once: I know that you are there At the very time and place we will meet, without knowing yet where At that moment I will remember you And will know that you will be with me everywhere In everytime and everylife Of my human existence Till we blend in love when comes the time of evanescence I know that you are there Without knowing yet my presence But still having a glimpse of our approaching coexsitence So you keep smiling as I d With a mysterious hope in your heart And a serene knowledge in your mind That our journey will began soon When the snowflakes will turn into butterflies all the best Fu #11 Comment By Yafiah On August 17, 2008 @ 2:49 pm This is such a good story and I have heard similar versions in a Sufi context before but of course it fits any spiritual tradition. Most of us have expectations that act like a veil that hides the real from us and, as this story shows, those expectations are the first thing we need to drop on the spiritual path because they are creations of our egos which are so adept at getting in the way and clouding our eyes to real seeing. #12 Comment By saulo Brasil On May 25, 2009 @ 7:37 am Ola Paulo, lembro de ter lido essa passagem em algum livro seu, nao estou certo. Mas uma coisa mto seria e verdadeira. Quando a gente parar de ter pena de gente mesmo, encarar nossos sonhos de frente, lutar para torna-los realidade vamos aprender que coisas que nos deixam desapontados, tristes, como a ingratidao de um amigo, o nao reconhecimento de um ato de bravura ou de coragem, etc, fazem parte do caminho, acho que para testar se estamos realmente aptos para seguir em frente em busca de nossos sonhos. Por exemplo, vc quer isso, ok, vamos ver se vc esta apto para ter, vc voce sabe lutar, se vc sabe vencer e, principalmente, se vc sabe perder, pq todo mundo esta preparado para a vitoria mas poucos estao preparados para a derrota embora ela faa parte do bom combate! um abrao Saulo Juiz de Fora (MG) Brasil #13 Comment By Annie On September 5, 2011 @ 12:41 pm In the end its all about how much you want it. if you want it soooooo much, then no disappointment will hinder you and get you astray from your path Love and Gratitude Annie

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#14 Comment By LoveM On September 5, 2011 @ 12:42 pm With the outside world There is only one appointment Thats disappointment When I-mind is dead All obstacles disappear So Divine Life flows Forget the teacher Even forget the teaching Remember your Self #15 Comment By Gabriela Romaria On September 5, 2011 @ 1:04 pm Thank you dear Paulo! I am glad I came to read your post today.. it teach me to. HAVE PACIENCE. I NEED TO LEARN THIS PAULO, cause I FEEL I HAVE LOST MINE! :( #16 Comment By Prabin Poudel On September 5, 2011 @ 1:52 pm SALUTE FOR THIS WISDOM YOU GAVE US :) #17 Comment By THELMA On September 5, 2011 @ 1:57 pm In Greek we say: A good day shows itself from the .. morning! !!! Obviously to have patience is a virtue! But to be punctual shows respect to others! ;-))) I do not know if I could become a .. disciple to this Sufi! Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments. It seems that I am not yet ready for .. disappointments!! ;-)) Next .. life!! LOVE, Thelma xxx #18 Comment By Josephine in Brussels On September 5, 2011 @ 1:57 pm Im still not happy with this one. I always think of the poor woman who payed a fortune for her train or plane-ticket to listen to this famous master and who had to leave to catch her train/plane back without hearing one word from him. Lesson lost on her! #19 Comment By Princess On September 5, 2011 @ 2:02 pm YAY! Right on time! Thank you. :) #20 Comment By Appu On September 5, 2011 @ 2:16 pm

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Life The teacher. #21 Comment By Heimo Kruschinski On September 5, 2011 @ 3:39 pm LOL A funny story with a serious background. A certain degree of politeness we should probably keep . It is very hard to treat people so disrespectful. On the other hand, he is surely right. Patience is something very important. Sufi masters are unpleasant people as it seems. He will have his reasons for this lesson. I do not know which. Maybe he just wanted to have those in the room who have a genuine interest. A kind of test. Overcome disappointments and to have confidence in a teacher seems to be part of life. If I am convinced he is good, then I must wait. Im still not sure what I learn from this story. But I find it very good. Thank you. I wish you all a wonderful day #22 Comment By Heimo Kruschinski On September 5, 2011 @ 3:55 pm German Translation. Viel Spa! Ein berhmter Sufi-Meister wurde eingeladen, einen Kurs in Kalifornien halten. Der Hrsaal war um 8 Uhr morgens voll zu der Zeit die angekndigt war als einer seine Assistenten auf die Bhne kam. Der Meister ist gerade erwacht. Bitte haben Sie Geduld. Die Zeit verging, und die Leute begannen den Raum zu verlassen. Am Mittag kehrte der Assistent auf die Bhne zurck und sagte, dass der Meister seine Vorlesung beginnen wrde, sobald er das Gesprch mit dem hbschen Mdchen beendet hat, welches er gerade kennen gelernt hatte. Die meisten der verbliebenen Zuschauer verlieen den Hrsaal. Um 16.00 Uhr erschien der Meister offensichtlich betrunken. Diesmal strmten alle bis auf 6 Leute nach drauen. Ich werde sie folgendes lehren, sagte der Meister, und hrte auf sich wie ein Betrunkener zu benehmen. Wer wnscht einen langen Weg zu gehen, muss lernen, dass die erste Lektion ist, frhzeitige Enttuschungen zu berwinden. #23 Comment By Olta Canka On September 5, 2011 @ 4:54 pm I dont like people that waste my time, but sill life has showed me MANY TIMES that sometimes things arent as they seem. Very helpful the post. :) Cease to act drunk. #24 Comment By Barbara On September 5, 2011 @ 5:10 pm This reminds me a little of going to a concert. Sometimes the artist makes the audience wait a long time until he or she finally appears on stage, people start boo-ing, feet are hurting, you get tired but thenfinally Paul McCartney, or whoever you have been waiting for, gets on stage and EVERYTHING of the long wait is forgotten in a split second! My example doesnt really have anything to do with a long path (although Paul McCartneys concerts are long, and fantastic) but it might show that there are bigger things than disappointments and we shouldnt put too much weight on them, and instead move on and enjoy life :) #25 Comment By Heart On September 5, 2011 @ 5:17 pm

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Lessons, lessons, lessons. I certainly dont sit around and wait for masters. I make sure He finds me busy whenever He decides to arrive, OR I go searching in the streets; Where is my damned Beloved.. Sorry, the heat is screwing with my mind. I know. I need to come down..Life is meant for dancing, weather it is dancing with the Sufi master or with all the other great sufis bumping into us along the road..Ladies, do not waste your life waitingThis ancient trick men try to brainwash us with, it is depressing. Life is here to be lived, as much as possible, every single momentWaiting is boring, and life is not boring, so waiting is wrong. Look at the Christians..what is it, we have waited now for 2000 years? What came out of it? It is ridiculous.. No God is worth waiting for for 2000 years! My God is One right here, right now.. or He/She is just not into me.. Love doesnt wait, love speed it up because love can never wait..Basta #26 Comment By Crossfitrich On September 5, 2011 @ 5:59 pm I am currently going through a challenging relationship breakup and through my mentor I have discovered your books. They have been very inspiring in terms of realizing things about myself and the new path I am heading. Todays blog on overcoming obstacles is so true that it puts things in perspective. I thank you and look forward to reading all your books. #27 Comment By Kealan On September 5, 2011 @ 6:02 pm The Sufi master is defiantly not a reflection of Paulo, Im sure everyone would have waited whatever happened. #28 Comment By Brave Soul On September 5, 2011 @ 6:08 pm Dear Paulo: I will try to keep this in mind as I go through this long and slow path. I learned lots of lesson except this one, no matter how many time I go through the lesson I am not able to grasp it but this time I will try harder ;-) #29 Comment By zeta On September 5, 2011 @ 6:14 pm El enso me recuerda al ouroboros. #30 Comment By elaine On September 5, 2011 @ 8:32 pm Perfect for this girl, Paulo. Thanks. Everyone seems to have ALEPH but me, and have read it, or are reading it. Do I, in anger take my dolls and dishes and go home? No! I know that Paulo has had to be as the drunk Sufi master and be patient with his USA #31 Comment By elaine On September 5, 2011 @ 8:49 pm I was commenting from my mobile earlier and hit post too soon. . I wanted to close with.I will be patient with Harper Collins, If you will too, Paulo. The true ones who will gain from the wisdom of the Magus will wait with smiles and joy even with the wackiness of Harper Collins right now. I respect the crazy times in which we live. Warm blue peaceful light surround all involved, ((((LOVE)))) Lainee

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#32 Comment By barbara On September 5, 2011 @ 8:51 pm Love, patience, understanding. You dont stop loving the sky even when the clouds appear. With love Barbara #33 Comment By daisy On September 5, 2011 @ 10:28 pm Wow I will remember this one ! Deep breath take your time think -thank you again Paulo. #34 Comment By jackienoriega On September 5, 2011 @ 11:37 pm PAULO GRACIAS POR EL POSSSST LA VERDAD ES INCREIBLE TE CUENTO SUFRI MUCHOS AOS POR SER TANNN IMPACIENTE HOY EN DIA PUEDO DECIR QUE ME CURE DE ESE MAL QUE AQUEJA A MUCHOS Y ES CULPABLE DE MUCHAS PELEAS SEPARACIONES Y SUFRIMIENTO YO AGRADEZCO TU RELATO Y ESPERO QUE LOGRES CURAR A MUCHOS QUE COMO YO SUFREN DE IMPACIENCIA Y ADEMAS SE APRENDE A SUPERAR OBSTACULOS DIA A DIA MINUTO A MINUTO PORQUE NO TODO PUEDE SER COMO QUEREMOS Y EN EL MOMENTO QUE LO QUEREMOS SINO CUANDO DIOS ASI LO QUIERE #35 Comment By CarmenMaria On September 6, 2011 @ 12:29 am I love it! A good story to tell with a lesson to be learned. With what lays ahead in our path we will be faced with disappointment from time to time, but its what you make of the obstacles that turn the disappointments to life lesson. #36 Comment By noreen On September 6, 2011 @ 1:35 am this was really good a wonderful lesson for the people who are stuck in something that happens and thats that. nothing on the earth can take them out and the rest of their life is gone after it. the days obstacle end with the ending day. its a new day with every sunrise. #37 Comment By Pilar On September 6, 2011 @ 2:52 am Saber esperar es bueno, saber soportar las decepciones es bueno, nos hace fuertes. Gracias por este espacio para compartir. #38 Comment By alvan On September 6, 2011 @ 4:15 am hi , anyone knows the meaning of the chinese calligraphy painting/ #39 Comment By sandy On September 6, 2011 @ 5:20 am ahh!! I love this story! A huge dose of Motivation when I really really needed it. Thanks and lots of Love #40 Comment By LoveM On September 6, 2011 @ 6:22 am Ill illuminate Disillusionment we hate How unfortunate

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So caught up with the Messengers presentation We miss the message What is my problem I am still wanting the world On my selfish terms When you think its wrong Why do you want the world to Apologize to you Life just as it is Now practice this perfection Calm calamity #41 Comment By Empie On September 6, 2011 @ 8:30 am La verdad es que dejar de esperar da paz, son de las cosas que son ms fciles de decir que de hacer, pero para conseguir algo se necesita trabajo, quiz haya que impacientarse para dejar de hacerlo, en cualquier caso, la paz que se consigue vale la pena el esfuerzo. Un saludo. #42 Comment By Matthew On September 6, 2011 @ 9:04 am Paulo, The timing of this story of persistence is impeccable. I just got home from watching a documentary that tells the story of a man who began to pursue his personal legend after being diagnosed with untreatable cancer. Given just five years to live, he set out to make his dream come true and encountered multiple rejections, the physical stress of cancer treatments, and his own emotional hurdles. I first read the the Alchemist years ago, but your story instantly came to mind as the documentary unfolded. It was wonderful to draw the parallels between the man in the film and Santiago. Now I get home to check your website and here is the same lesson in yet another form. Ill take tonights events as an omen. It goes to show that the same story CAN be told in many forms without losing its value. Thank you again. -Matt #43 Comment By Jessica G On September 6, 2011 @ 9:06 am I dont really believe in that there is a master . but there is people that have expirience of life and I listen to all to learn whatever I can learn. I see that all humans can learn me something and I can learn they something :-) Hasta la vista have a happy day :-) #44 Comment By Anupam Karn On September 6, 2011 @ 9:10 am Good One!!! Its difficult to overcome from the initial disappointment but im agree with Annie that it all depends how much you want? #45 Comment By ksenijalea On September 6, 2011 @ 1:10 pm

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Special Master. Wise story. Perfect symbol pictures. Can be readily applied in the practice. Love #46 Comment By eleonora On September 6, 2011 @ 1:28 pm penso sia molto saggio* #47 Comment By Satora On September 6, 2011 @ 1:38 pm @Alvan Ensoan ancient Zen symbol of mystery Circle of Infinity Emptiness with fullness, all things visible, all things unseen. To end and to begin. circle of Life. #48 Comment By THELMA On September 6, 2011 @ 2:12 pm Thank you Satoraki, we have missed you!!! LOVE, Thelma xxx #49 Comment By Anna On September 6, 2011 @ 4:16 pm Yes. Beginnings are a mixed bag: beginners luck and beginners disappointment. Visionaries are usually not swayed by that. Then comes the process of persuing the legend that is where persistence and consistency are really learned. But the real big big test is the last one, when one is really close and the big loss comes (the way Santiago was robbed and beaten when he reached the pyramids). Some lose their lives. Some say lets cut our losses before it is too late. Some just do not take that turn because they are capable to foresee it. Which one of them is the wisest? #50 Comment By Thomas On September 6, 2011 @ 7:43 pm I just changed job and am now working for a real esstate firm awaiting a good opening for a history teacher. It seemed a good deal, I could wait while working until a real good opening came by instead of having to accept everything causing me to miss out on those job openings I really wanted. What do I have to do? Easy, I have to answer the phone and book appointments in the city where the movie La merditude des choses is set. This city is a town near Brussels and so I mainly deal with people from Brussels who look for a cheaper place in the cities near Brussels. Easy peasy, money in the bank, only I am under strict instructions to get rid off everything and everyone black that doesnt buy a house. Since we are brokers, the people letting us peddle appartments for them give us instructions and guess what unanimously their first instruction is no blacks or no immigrants as a whole. One of the owners is Turkish third generation immigrant and he gives out the same instructions. At first it was said I had to be able to filter, meaning I had to get a feel for what where good renters over the phone immediately. Next it became if black people call, do this or that so we get rid of the bad ones. Next they put a percentage on the amount of bad ones, ninety percent. Next that became, no more appointments for blacks. And now Im supposed to lie everytime they call and tell them whatever they ask for is rented. Theres a very simple demographical background to this. The African community in Brussels is moving into smaller city centers around Brussels and since the majority of Flanders is factually racist

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they like to live together. Dutch is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn so theres a huge communication problem. So the city center of my hometown started showing ever more Dark Africans next to the earlier North African community. Belgium has a link with Congo and Congo is the worst place to be on earth if youre poor, also Belgium has a milder integration system than its neighboring countries. So theres a great number of African immigrants on the housing market and ever more. The stigma is told like this (sorry Africans or nonwhites but this is how a racist thinks): Im not a racist because (next they mention some immigrant they like and hang out with) but and next they start telling you these extreme stories like: A lady rented out an appartment to one African and after a month fifteen were living in it, etc. Or they talk about the impact on the Belgian social system. There is a problem there, because its hard to make anyone from a warzone with zip education understand the subtleties of a an endlessly complex society and system as the Belgian one. The truth is that theres this invisible wall of constant disappointment set up as a cowardly secret protest against the flexible regularization policies and the perceived as undeserved social benefits any economic migrant is natuarally heavily dependent on. In education I worked in schools where almost 100 % of the students didnt speak the native language, the school was despite the great and heroic efforts of the teachers a dump where the level compared to a white school I taught at was incredibly low. The social backgrounds of the students was in many cases very troubled and it also resulted in criminal behavior amongst the kids. At the very beginning they get sidelined in ever more bluecollared jobs oriented education. The lower you go down the ladder the more international it gets. Next they go onto a labor market where clients refuse to be served or visited by strangers and when they look for a first appartment they get stonewalled everywhere. And thats what I have to do now. I dont want to lie to my students, I feel a teacher has to remain in touch with the society hes socializing students into and everytime I move into another sector for a short while you bump into that invisible wall. And I absolutely hate and loathe having to be a part of it. It breaks my heart that the economic logic is completely in line with this racism since the majority of the African calls is for the cheapest appartments and Im the guy having to be the asshole that basically puts them outside. So far, I kept booking if they were able to provide me with the necessary documents, but its senseless since they are always refused sometimes even locked out by the owners when they show up for a visit. I have no real job openings in history education and its either a government handout or this job where I got an arrangement that can leave at the slightest chance in education something I cant get anywhere. Still, Im not a coward and frankly disgusted. It is really a Kaste system and where I wanted to dedicate my life to making shortminded bigotry disappear I now find myself its wageslave. I have taken great disappointments in education but thats nothing compared to how I feel after three weeks of being confronted with the same damn racist bullshit. Thats my story, its not a pretty one, just how it is, sorry I made it that long but I had to spill my guts about it. I tried talking to people about it but I got a stream of extreme examples for an answer. Anyone need a history, cultural sciences, behavorial sciences, Eglish, art history, project work, PR, tourism teacher anywhere but here? Seriously. best wishes #51 Comment By karen On September 6, 2011 @ 8:36 pm I use to get very impatient with people that didnt show up on time. Took it very personally as I was always early or on time. I thought it was a matter of respect. Then there was a dear dear friend that I loved with all my heart but she was always late, a 1/2 hour or a full hour or more! Id wait and steam, my anger rising. How disrespectful of my time, I would think. But I loved her so much that I began to plan to arrive late in order not to wait so long, in order not to feel so impatient with her. Still she would be later then me! So I slowed down and then slowed down even more and as I did this I began to feel a natural time evolving. The moments became all the more precious, like dancing with the air around me. Why had I been in such a hurry! I discovered a wonderful gift in not needing to rush around the clock. And whenever others or I show up (or dont show up), the time is right. #52 Comment By Yilmaz On September 7, 2011 @ 1:43 am If there was the hall of fame on virtues, then patience would not be missing. Imagine a world with mothers or fathers without patience for their babies or their children in puberty.

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I know I was a difficult baby&kid :) Thanks to my mother for her great patience with meIll get her flowers this week. #53 Comment By Ozcelik Serhat On September 7, 2011 @ 1:52 am I use to get very impatient with people that didnt show up on time. Took it very personally as I was always early or on time. I thought it was a matter of respect. #54 Comment By Nitin Sontakke On September 7, 2011 @ 5:41 am This is one of the tricks used by Osho to separate the wheat and tares! #55 Comment By LoveM On September 7, 2011 @ 12:21 pm Let the light of love Reflect from every object Nothing to object LoveM<3 #56 Comment By Zara On September 8, 2011 @ 3:33 am There seem to have many obstacles along the way. But, its a great feeling especially one overcome it successfully. Just keep determined to achieve the goal. =) #57 Comment By Jojo On September 10, 2011 @ 12:57 pm Thank you again for I am experiencing the same in my life for the materialization of my objectives. Doubt comes easily, reconsidering all because not all is going as I would and I told myself do not be negative about that but be confident that there is a good reason behind the delays, the difficulties, etc, reason that you will see soon enough. Love, Jojo. #58 Comment By alysa On September 18, 2011 @ 5:29 am This was in Veronika Decides to Die.. I just finished reading it for the first time a few days ago.. all of your books seem to come to me when I most need then, and on more than one occasion have saved my life, including this time. Thank you, sir, for being so amazing and such an inspiration for me. Youve helped me in so many ways.

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