Coelho's small stories #1 : The Missing Brick

Once, when I and my wife were traveling, I received a fax from my secretary.

'There's one glass brick missing for the work on the kitchen renovation,' she said. 'I'm sending you the original plan as well as the plan the builder has come up with to compensate for it.'

On the one hand, there was the design my wife had made : harmonious lines of bricks with an opening for ventilation. On the other, there was the plan drawn up to resolve the problem of the missing brick: a real jigsaw puzzle in which the glass squares were arranged in a higgledy-piggledy fashion that defied aesthetics.

'Just buy another brick,' wrote my wife. And so they did, and thus stuck to the original design.

That afternoon, I thought for a long time about what had happened; how often, for the lack of one brick, we completely distort the original plan of our lives.


(Taken from Like The Flowing River)

Lullaby for The Dreamer

She sat there alone
Her mind wandering
Floating in another realm

Just waiting
For the wind to come
Passing her on its journey

She's singing
her heart out silently
Through the dancing
of her hands

And when the wind blows
She would whisper
her love notes
For it to carry away

And when night falls
The stars shall sing
A lullaby for the dreamer

Men and Shoes

A friend of mine once said that men are just like shoes.

He (yes ladies & gentlemen, HE) said that if they don’t fit, then just ditch them and try on another pair.

If only it’s really that simple…

What if one day you set out to find that perfect pair. You browsed and you searched high and low, until you finally found one that’s just oh-so-perfect.

Problem is, they’re ‘out of reach’.

You were only made for such levels like Charles & Keith, but your ‘perfect’ pair is a Manolo.. You tried to forget it and look for another pair that’s more of your level, but you just can’t seem to find one that’s the same (or even close) to the Manolos.

Then what?

Should you just give it up? Just move on, compromise with yourself, and settle for another pair that you don’t really feel for. Or should you keep on trying to get that dreamy perfect pair, eventhough it means lots of sacrifice and hard work?

Yes, it’s never that simple, at least not for me (and for many other ladies out there, I’m sure!). Be it men or shoes, they’re sometimes just the same. More or less.


P.S. : Okay, this piece may sound silly, weird, & a bit Sex And The City-ish, but I’m just trying to make a simple comparison that’s easy to understand.. especially for women =P

Setia

Detak jam terdengar
Beradu dengan keheningan

Asa melayang..
Jiwa berkelana..

Cuma sepi yang ada
Cuma hampa yang ada

Selalu datang menemani
Selalu hadir di sisi

Setia..
Dalam kesendirian

Whispers

Should I just sit here
and see you fade away
When with all my heart
I just want you to stay

Should I just wait here
For you to come my way
Ignoring whispers of my heart
That you may never come to stay

For you’re the river
I can’t stop from flowing
For you’re the wind
I can’t stop from blowing