The path in life you have been called to walk
Have you ever had others criticize you for the path in life you have been called to walk, be it religion, career, lifestyle, etc? Often those who tend to have the greatest opposition to the pathway we walk are family and friends. It can be extremely difficult to separate from the "herd" and go our own way.
Often those who disagree with the path we have been called to walk try so hard to discourage us because they believe that their path is the only right path. Do we have the courage and belief to continue to walk in the direction we are being called? Is this always easy to do?
His parents had very different plans for their son’s future; they wanted him to be an engineer. Even though they did everything to repress his desire to devote himself to literature, he rebelled and tried hard to become a writer whose books are translated more than in 70 different languages and readers globally have come to like him. This author’s name is Paolo Coelho.
It was him to say, “It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
Short Essay Questions (a two to three sentence answer)
- What do you think on this quote? What is the difference between following your own path and thinking that your path is the only one to fallow? Post your answers into Blog.
- I am sure you are curious to learn more about this writer. Go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho and read Paolo Coelho’s biography. First, read it in English and then in your own language: Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Rumanian (click on your language in the list on the left) to check your understanding. Next class we’ll do Jigsaw on Coelho’s Bio.
Often those who disagree with the path we have been called to walk try so hard to discourage us because they believe that their path is the only right path. Do we have the courage and belief to continue to walk in the direction we are being called? Is this always easy to do?
His parents had very different plans for their son’s future; they wanted him to be an engineer. Even though they did everything to repress his desire to devote himself to literature, he rebelled and tried hard to become a writer whose books are translated more than in 70 different languages and readers globally have come to like him. This author’s name is Paolo Coelho.
It was him to say, “It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
Short Essay Questions (a two to three sentence answer)
- What do you think on this quote? What is the difference between following your own path and thinking that your path is the only one to fallow? Post your answers into Blog.
- I am sure you are curious to learn more about this writer. Go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho and read Paolo Coelho’s biography. First, read it in English and then in your own language: Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian and Rumanian (click on your language in the list on the left) to check your understanding. Next class we’ll do Jigsaw on Coelho’s Bio.