.::. The Valkyries .::.

"Anyone can see that. But we're always looking at the things that are closest to us. Looking down and inward. So our power diminishes, and using your term, our soul shrinks."

"When we are young, we don't take anything too seriously. But slowly, this set of daily rituals becomes solidified, and takes us over. Once things have begun to go along pretty much as we imagined they would, we don't dare risk altering the ritual. We like to complain, but we are reassured by the fact that each day is more or less like every other. At least there is no unexpected danger."

"That way, we are able to avoid any inner or outer growth, except for the kinds that are provided within the ritual: so many children, such and such a kind of promotion, this and that kind of financial success. When the ritual becomes consolidated, the person becomes a slave."

"Well, meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remeber that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and do only those things in your lives that are worth the effort. Only those who do that will understand the great transformations that are yet to be seen."

This has got to be my favourite book by Paulo Coelho thus far. Its descriptions are rather apt, and triggers one's reflection. I've been reading quite abit these days, going back to those days when I curl in bed with a good read.

It's as if...my soul has grown. It has definitely been growing the past many months.