DISQUS

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

The only one who can possibly know the answer to this question... is GOD... (however you envisage or respect your GOD)

... and he/she is unlikely to be sure, given the earthly situation & status we humans have initiated and arrived at today... I remain positive despite the almost insurmountable task that lays before him/her/us...

One thing is sure... God will never give up on us... but he/she will definitely test our faith in him/her/love in a manner which could be construed as being extremely hard... we'll see if we stand up to the test...

"All we have to do is"... to STOP OVERPOPULATING, STOP POLLUTING, STOP OVER-CONSUMING, STOP BEING EGOISTIC and START LOVING AND BELIEVING THAT WE ARE "ALL" GOD's CHILDREN! (The ten commandments or your own religious codex will assist you quite well)

Should anyone even have the necessity to ask HOW? The I can only suggest they THINK LOGICALLY & REALISTICALLY and put the needs of others, (humans, animals, & nature) before YOURSELVES!

GOD gave us his ONLY SON, so that we may live... we owe him an awful lot... everything... for that!

WE ARE NOT ALONE... HERE!!

Love & Hope & Belief, Paul

PS: Dearest Paulo, I pray that you and we will be able to report back here in 1 year with positive news, thank you, love, Paul

kim inno · 1 year ago

Hi,
I think actually, this is the place to describe the future 1 year from now as we want to see it.
It has to happen one time that the economy does not grow any more. Maby this year right now is that moment. Maby one year from now I will not be any wealthier, but will be happier and have more peace in my mind . The world will be a bit poorer, less travelling, less colorful plastic things, better atmosphere. I hope there is less wars and conflicts.

Kind wishes,

Kim

nho(spain) · 1 year ago

Has cost me to put ideas into clear, but there goes my prediction: P

The year's hero:

I think the first few months of the year, adversely live in depressive states, with some socials tensions and work doubts in a very cold winter.
Although a lot of solidarity will be known in some difficult months, at the same time apply to be just, assist and not tolerate acts unpunished, we will be more defensive.

Gradually will be known a war in the African continent, where countries outside will be compromised and resolved to help find a state of peace through negotiations and dealings opposed to arms and violence.
These treaties will constitute a road of exploration and colonization of this massive country, will be a year of development for this area by attracting people from Europe and America.

On the other hand many people feel the ambition to travel, explore and learning, what a hot summer we help the transition from the humanitarian trip.
New organizations were introduced, as is knowledge of new planets and ideas about the population explosion and hunger.

At the end of the year, we will have a very constructive step, which will develop new ideas and concepts about our existence and survival, helping people to have experiences that will enable it to be stronger and convinced that all is possible.


I am not convinced that makes sense :D

lorna · 1 year ago

One year from now,God is still here for all of us. Despite of chaos,immorality,social problems and families broken,homeless people...God still will always there to answer all our prayers.
Still.November 2009 the world is a better place to live in.
Mabuhay!
Lorna

Katie · 1 year ago

Sadly, I think that we will be in the same state that we are in today, more or less.

I do not for see any serious changes coming soon, and many members of our race remain too self centered and materialistic to bother affecting change.

A new war is beginning in the middle of Africa (Congo), and once again nations have refused to send troops to help, and the situation could easily spiral out of control. If this happened in North America, well, it just wouldn't happen.

What I would LIKE to see in November 2009 is a world that cares more about it's environment, and it actually taking steps to be more sustainable. I would like to see stability in places like Africa, and of course the middle-east, less violent crimes in metropolitan cities, and just generally more happiness.

Much could change after tomorrow's US election, but changing the American president is still just changing one person. And regardless of which party wins, we may see a nation more divided than ever.

I predict we will be no where closer to curing AIDS, or to building a sustainable future, and we will still be buying plastic from china.

EwaInTheGarden · 1 year ago

It will be again warm Autumn. November used to be in the past very windy and rainy and rather cold. That is past. This year, as in previous 3 years it is pretty warm. Ecological issues will be more and more present in media.
US will not be able to gain back the position of being the superpower - it will be still learning ways to live different way that on credit.
Social media will boost.
:)

JB · 1 year ago

Paul,

That is assuming that if there is a god, he is all-knowing, all-seeing.

I do not know much, other than the state of the world will not be much better than it is today. Dare I say, it may be worse, although we can only hope this is not the truth. Improvement the status of the world is going to be a long-term plan - 10 or 15 years at the least.

El Dormido · 1 year ago

In my opinion, after the American election, we will find that it is no one man that will change things, that events will continue beyond the control of policy, government, political parties, churches. The world will continue to twist out of control and strain the unacknowledged interconnectedness of all countries.

China, for example, will come to realize that its pollution, lack of regulation over food and medicine, will poison its relations with other countries, not just people, and, perhaps, change to a posture of accountability.

In America, perhaps gasoline will be less expensive but the loss of jobs, the decrease in income will mean there is no benefit to being able to drive nowhere cheap. And the ecological questions will persist. It will make no difference whether domestic production increases and reliance on foreign oil diminish if the biosphere continues to degrade and we go past the point of reversibility. Perhaps in this coming year America will realize this, hopefully without cataclysm.

There will be no political or military solutions for the US in the middle east within this coming year but, hopefully and mercifully, America will wake up to the damage it is doing to itself sending its young to the war to be scarred by death and killing with no reasonable result expectable.

Hopefully the short term ends of countries, like Russia and Ossetia, Darfour, the Congo, will turn out so brutal that humanitarian impulses will rise up across borders to bring relief and cessation of bloddletting, but I doubt a year's time will be enough.

In the end it is my hope that all these issues, and more, will spark an awareness that national, sectarian, economic objectives have to give way to a concern for the health of the community of humanity, and that a spiritual sense of our interconnectedness will grow and draw us together to work together for the benefit of the whole community, but it will only be a beginning, within a year's time, if at all.

Gina · 1 year ago

HELP US IN THE NAME OF GOD!!!

Stephanie · 1 year ago

One year from now, i believe that things will not change significantly, but however i think that the economy will slowly get better, Obama would most probably be the next president and as for my small little country; Malaysia, she'll continue to be hot and humid but of course the little government would have its own changes too and maybe for once the opposition party would take charge.
One year from now, i will be graduating and if not i will be sitting for my final exams right here in Australia, no doubt there will still be wars in the world and of course the natural disasters that follows but i think everyone does have a believe and would wish that everything would be better some day.one day. soon.

=)

Diego · 1 year ago

US elections; the stock is crashing; wars are ravaging, etc… So I turn to you : in one year from now, where will we be?

If Obama gets elected, in november of 2009, the stocks market will be stronger and less vulnerable, rising up slowly and constant; less probability of big wars get started in the world because of seeking for resources (energy and environmental ones); and more people getting access to the basic standards of living (e.g. water, light, decent sanitarian conditions etc.).

If not, the world is going to be into the same crise as that it is.

carol collins · 1 year ago

Hi Paulo and freinds,

November 09......... The birds will sing and bring joy, the moon will dictate the tide, the sun will shine, plants will grow and provide cures, venus will continue its 40 year cycle.
Humans will continue to try and understand whats right, wrong, and seek the conection with their soul...All the rest is unimportant.

Love Carol

viviana · 1 year ago

hola!...que bueno es pensar por un instante que somos magos y predecir... sobre el estado del mundo...creo que lo que ES el año que viene sera..FUE!a pesar de que las consecuencias las deveremos de sufrir igual,lo que SERA lo ignoro.lo que si creo saber es que predominara estos tres grandes principios....es una frase muy conocida: Dios concedeme LA SERENIDAD para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar,VALOR para cambiar las que si puedo y SABIDURIA para reconocer la diferencia.....a medida que transcurren lo años cada vez son mas los magos que se despiertan y hacen gala de su sabiduria... va ser un año de equilibrios...lo mucho se convertira en poco..lo poco en suficiente...y lo suficiente en igualdad...

Molly · 1 year ago

One year from now:
on the outside things won't look much different. Under the leadership of Barack Obama (I pray) We will be withdrawing from Iraq and the economy will be just beginning to recover. Our medical system will be about to be revamped b/c it is not meeting the needs of the people. We will be utilizing alternative sources of energy and a ravaged earth will be just about to begin a recovery. What you won't see with your eyes, however, you will be able to feel with your heart, from a place of KNOWING. More and more people will be waking up in droves, becoming conscious, and living a more mindful life. People will be less satisfied with the ways that have governed our planet for the past hundred years or so. I hope.......

marion · 1 year ago

I would like to see each of us to have empathy, love and respect for each other. Help the people who surround you, do so with a heart full of love. Forgive and give chances to people who you think may not "deserve" this at the moment. We are all looking for love in one way or another.
We all deserve to be loved....the world would be a better place.

lia mara · 1 year ago

Hummmm, no idea...but it's possible that it will be exactly as it is now.
I hope it won't be worse...

Hildegarde · 1 year ago

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Dave · 1 year ago

Speculate? Cool, I'm quite good at that ...

Perhaps not by November 2009 but this one feels like it has the air of inevitability:

President Obama focuses a lot of early attention on scaling up the US Peace Corps, working with UN Millennium Project teams starting in Kenya especially. Like all of a sudden it's just 'Peace Corps' this, 'Peace Corps' that, everywhere you look on TV newspapers it's Peace Corps, Peace Corps, Peace Corps. For starters all Volunteers are provided with appropriate multimedia kit (camera and cool laptop) to empower them to empower their host communities to get their stories on The Net for us all to see.

Other people from other countries will follow in the footsteps of the US Peace Corps and using really simple tools like Google Earth and NASA's all begin to collaborate with each.

I suspect there may even be a spontaneous emergence of an unoffical "UN Peace Corps" on the Internet. That would be nice.

I'm a Hopeful and Artemistic Thinker!

Love,
Dave

Tamara · 1 year ago

Looking back at History, we are not in a worst place and will not be in a worst place next year. We are in the same place as always either alive or dead. We've always had wars, Hurricanes, earth quakes, good leaders, bad leaders, genocides, ethnic cleansing, famine, floods, and on and on and on. It is up to the individual to take responsibility for his/her own life and make it better. No matter where you are physically or monetarily the way you choose to be in that moment will determine if you are in a better place or not. We are strong and we will continue to hang in there. That said;

Obama will be president and hopefully not Biden
We will talk a lot about cleaner air and the environment but little will be done (it takes time)
Israel/Palestine War, More unrest in Africa
World poverty will be the same
Recession will be technically over, markets will be slightly up
Not sure about the Euro, it may not be around
More media in North Korea

Hildegarde · 1 year ago

Dear Paul, thank you.

We will be where we have to be in November 2009.

I hope that Europe will be getting aware (starting from the Netherlands through Germany) so that they can start with an integrationproces at world level in cooperation with the East(India).

I think that when Europe will do a redistribution of the capital among organisations that work together towards a better development for the world...then they can be giving a balance with the necessary energies (I'm not speaking about capital or relgion, politics,...)which the East can give.
The crisis can cause a political upheaval which can take place by the force of the citizen who can help with thinking along for a solution...when there is no fear and no propaganda.
The crisis in America will have a balance too but I think danger stays around the corner. They will stay fighting against countries who seems to be stronger in power of oil supplly. But I don't think this will go on because there will be another source which will cease
the war of oil.
Nature will respond too, flooding, cold, heat, drought,...earthquakes.
So where will we stand in November 2009,...let's hope that the fall of world organisations will lead to new perspectives that can give a possible growth in awareness so that we will take care for the world, nature and the children. I think that November will be still moving after the storm and will be the beginning of many new changes...a new world politcs???

Love
Hildegarde
X

Michelle Suarez · 1 year ago

I see the world in the first week of novemeber in 2009 if me
myself and i make a change from myself. Let's see if i can explain myself better since my native language is spanish. If i make that change possible while im living in this world then that would be how i see the world in 2009 by that change that i made for myself for my world while living in this world.

bear · 1 year ago

By November 2009, the seeds that have been sprouting in the hearts of many across the globe will already be growing into strong and determined little trees.

In the Southern hemisphere - throughout South America, Southern Africa, Australasia and New Zealand - the back-to-the-Earth movement will become more and more noticable.

Many eco-villages will be born, slowly appearing all over the world, models to how it could be - showing the way ahead to all of mankind.

Inspired by Anastasia's dream of "conjoint creation and joy for all from its contemplation", families, young couples and many individuals will be designing a space of love, where they will envisage endless generations living together in peace and light.

All this will certainly only be in its infant stages in a year from now. Yet, as we start noticing the abundance of what has been here in front of our eyes all this time, as our eyes open, overwhelming feelings of love, truth and joy will truly start kicking in.

More and more will notice.

In a few short years, we will recognise and achieve:

Sacred reconnection with Nature, Earth and Spirit;

Rich spiritual lives surrounded by family & friends;

Deep respect and love for all Life;

Realisation of our capacitiy as powerful co-creators;

Man's uniquely gifted ability to conduct all the universal energies - the living energy of Love being the greatest and most powerful of all

Floods of gratitude and truth washing away forever all the fear, guilt and lies (materialism is a symptom, not a truth, and vanishes without a trace in the light of what is real!)

and then...

KAZAM!!

Paradise on Earth. The timelessly patient Universe will weep in joy for the glory of the jewel of the cosmos! The energy of Love will fill the empty space and the light will overcome the darkness, which has served its purpose.

All is as it should be and so it ever was.

Sunshine and rainbows to all life RIGHT NOW!

Heart · 1 year ago

Paul from Austria, you sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger with all your capital letters *kidding* Yes, nobody knows about one year from now, and we can only make guesses. I like the idea how Paul from Austria wants some things to Stop and other things to Start. Since Paulo Coelho wants to 'measure' who comes closest to the reality, we should suggest something which is a matter of fact.

I know Osama Bin Laden plan to publish a book in 2009, and I predict sometimes next year, he will be caught and brought to justice for his involvement in the 9/11 terrorism attack. Will it bring peace on earth? Hopefully this could contribute in the right direction.

Financially there will be hard times, but the rich will remain rich, and the poor will remain poor. I predict China's market will collapse, as nobody trust in Chinese products anymore, and wont buy anything 'made in China'. The Chinese will need America to pay back billions of $$$ borrowed, and huge conflicts will arise when the USA won't be able to do so. Will it ruin America as a super power? No.

With higher unemployment, the crime rate will increase most places, and possible wars will start, just like the situation before the World Wars. Do I believe in wars in Europe or USA in 2009? No.

Kathleen · 1 year ago

I see further shunning of the Church, continued wars, a struggling economy still.

Obama will be elected and the people will have hope but I don't believe he will be the solution.

I see continued passion about the environment but I hope that passion would be redirected to more pressing problems, like child prostitution, human trafficking, slave labour, a need for morals to come back. Self control.

I hope people recognise and listen with their inner ear to Mother Mary and feel the Christ Consciousness spreading.

I hope the world will become less selfish, lust obsessed, vain, focused on material things.

Kathleen xx

Jessica · 1 year ago

Sadly I think everything is going to be worse before it get´s
better again.

An example ..It´s like an a alcoholic do ...
They deny that they have a problem and maybe some will die
from that. And others take their act together and admit that their are alcoholics and do their best to become well again.

So we have to admit to ourself that we have behaved in the wrong way, and now is the time to take a closer look at ourself and see what can I do to contribute to a better world?

I have often felt so sad for how we treat our Mother Earth.
We have to wake up and do a reality check at our lives.
Can we survive (the human race) if we keep doing the things we do??
Pollution, cut down rainforest, kill all the animals and so on ??
I think nature is so complex that it will fix it self one way or another.
But are we still going to be here if we don´t change our behavior??
We have the free will to continue to do bad things, or we have a free will to contribute to our survival.
Which choice are we going to do?
I think that there is a awakening in many of us already and we have to try to spread the love and light.
But we all have to wake up very soon to be able to reduce the damage we have made so far.
So where are we one year from now ??
I don´t know exactly, but I will do my best to contribute with my gifts to make this world a better place to live :-)
So maybe that´s why I feel I´m in a hurry ;-)
So it´s funny :-)
I just this day made a decsion for myself what I will change in my life.
Today was a day when my cup was full and ran over,
like an eruption !!!

Love Jessica

Hildegarde · 1 year ago

South Africa needs help...not by sending troups but huminitarian help. Housing, schools, food for the citizens who remain silent for fear of retaliation. Psychological help by giving a listening ear.
I hope that the world will help before the end of this year. The energies are tensed around the whole world and will cause the necessary changes (Africa,...) to bring a natural balance again... we can help to change these energies by giving love instead of war. Maybe the women's voice will help too, when political leaders fall, let the women enter and speak for our children.
Love
Hildegarde
X

Ecrivains sans frontiere · 1 year ago

Nous sommes bien sur le site libre?
Oui.
Okay then we can say it loud
"Ce sera l'acopalypse."

mais que se passe-t-il? Paulo, you have disappeared from our radar's screen already.
Hombre, todo es tanto obscuro.
Si, tienes que poner la luz.
Claro.

Dialling E.R.immediately, Paulo. Georges is on duty, We know he had his coffe-break half an hour ago.

Gone fishing!

Morning Bear · 1 year ago

By November of 2009 the great spiritual awakening of the countries of this world will start to really gain a foothold in third world countries and it is those meek and gentle souls that will bring it out for the world to acknowledge, through the technological eyes of all the 1st and 2nd world countries.
There will be more peace than the world has known for the past 8 years, as Bush and binLaden both disappear from the face of the earth, for they lived mostly for each other and in fear of each other, where there was really no room for fear.
The present President Bush will become gravely ill from all the pressures and humility he has faced, bin Laden will pass away quietly in some remote cavern in a little known country where he has been taking refuge. Leaks from his trusted confidants will disclose to his enemies where he is and an Italian brigade will bring about his surmise and the other leaders of alQuida will also be exposed and brought to justice within 120 days of the US presidential inauguration.
Brazil and Chile will join forces against some rampant drug forces and and Mexico will also find world acclaim for it's role in cleaning up illegal drugs in central america.
Great Britain and Ireland will at last make true peace and join together in celebration of spiritual union while retaining their wonderful traditional independence.
Russia will finally see that the baltics have nothing worth fighting for that the great Bear does not already have itself and those small countries with hearts as big as giants will finally gain total independence through peaceful negotiations. Vladimir Puten will pass away from sclerosis or an associated affliction like a heart attack.
Europe in it's vastness, will become a world technology leader in alternative energy sources and market zillions of dollars worth of useful technology to the rest of the world that will bring efforts to stop world pollution forward by 30 years.

Adriana · 1 year ago

I think the big changes in the world will start from this November, where remarkable man is going to be elected in US. The shock market will be in problems for several months, so the investments will be done in unexpected companies and markets.
Despite the huge campaign of global warming, we will see how blocks of ice are moving and some things from our pass, will be discovered inside of them.
Also, I think, people will be closer to God, in all the ways we call him.
Therefore, many changes will come from now until Nov. 2009. This is my feeling about your question.

Fernanda Signato Marques · 1 year ago

Se eu puder fazer algo de bom por alguém durante esse ano, que eu faça. Para quando chegar em novembro de 2009, esta pessoa se sentir melhor e mais feliz, e eu também, é claro, por ter feito o bem ao menos para alguém. Já está de bom tamanho... Agora, imagine se todas as pessoas do mundo tentarem agir assim, muitas vidas poderão ser transformadas com um simples apoio em 12 meses.

Muito carinho,
Fernanda

Sage · 1 year ago

I believe that in one year from now we will be in much the same place as we are in now, providing there are no monumental catastrophies. There will be most likely small changes e.g. less troops in Iraq, fluctuating global financial instability etc, however the primary changes that are needed to not only improve and preseve the world we live in for all species (global warming) and unity among the human race is a vision far beyond my own lifespan.

And if there are any monumental catastrophies then our species has already survived many and I believe aslong as there is an earth with oxygen, water and food then there will be people wether it be as cave dwellers or space travellers.

T.K. · 1 year ago

One year from now humanity will be divided. The next year many people will have discovered profound meaning in their lives and will be faced with the task to pay more attention to what is truly important in their lives. Hatred will be at an all - time high and so will the need for forgiveness. I think the world at large in the next year will actually go in reverse, therefore to move forward. Many will take a step back to reflect to regain more insight to move forward with intention.

viviana · 1 year ago

lo mucho se convertira en poco....lo poco en suficiente....y lo suficiente en igualdad

Joy · 1 year ago

Still hopes for the best things yet to come.

A better approach to the things coming my way. A better perspective about how to view life.A better job. A better relationship.A better self.A better person. A better servant of GOD.

A better world--people will realize how damaged the world is at large and would make all the means to bring it back to the life again.People will realize how precious life is.Many souls will be drawn back to GOD--because they need GOD.They need GOD to fill the empty spaces in their lives.We were created for GOD.And GOD alone can fill those spaces.People will realize those things.

I know GOD will still be there when that time comes for sure--can't imagine life without a GOD, without JESUS who saves and without the Holy Spirit to guide my way--life would be a mess without the HOLY Trinity.AMEN!

Mabuhay tayong lahat!!!

Joy--Republika ng Pilipinas

octavia · 1 year ago

one year from now.. i`ll be a housewife..the kind of job that i haven`t not try it. with loving soulmates travels an experienced that we both haven`t try it out ..

Nelson D'Silva · 1 year ago

I sincerely hope I don’t change.

Love,
Nelson

Michael Pokocky · 1 year ago

When You Know You Know
by
Michael Pokocky
Don't tell me you're content, when the whole world is experiencing economic, political, social, cultural,
environmental and spiritual vertigo, when you know that you aren't; tell me you don't know what to do,
and you're concerned, and I'll believe you.
Don't tell me that we are not capable of changing the world; tell me how we could.
Don't tell me you feel secure in a world, where most people define their lives by the work that they do,
while they're children wait impatiently for attention, while mommy and daddy finish their work.
Don't tell me you actually accept the way things are, when I know that you really don't, no matter how
well you hide it.
Don't tell me the world is a mess when you know we can fix it.
Don't tell me you need to be surrounded by material possessions to feel happy, when what you really
want is to be loved.
Don't tell me you don't have the energy to take care of yourself; and your family; and your problems;
when you know you have a choice.
Don't tell me you long for the day, when you were a child, because you're parents had the moral courage
to be their for you; be there for yourself right now; and for your family; and your friends; and your
community as well.
Don't tell me you live a hurried and busy life and always use the excuse, “I'm too busy,” when you
know all you're doing is running away.
Don't tell me you buy into the dogmas that your leaders are telling you, when you know your inner
voice is telling you something else; explore that part of yourself.
Don't tell me you hate getting up in the morning; find something you love to do and do it, instead of
trying to keep up with the life you hate.
Don't tell me your excuses when you know it's what I want to hear; tell me your fears and your worries
and lets build trust between us, so we can find a better way.
Don't tell me your marriage is falling apart; accept it never existed because one of you was never there.
Don't tell me about all the problems of the world when I already know them; tell me what you are going
to do to fix them.
Don't tell me you don't know what you could do, when you know you have an idea or a vision.
Don't stand there in self pity, when you know you're the one responsible for the choices you made.
Don't tell me you can't face life anymore because you're so sad; I'll show you people who have a
damned good reason to be sad, and yet, they somehow embrace life and the love of living.
Tell me how you wake-up in the middle of the night full of fear and doubt and I'll be there to comfort
you.
Tell me you're afraid and I'll help you find the courage to deal with it, if you are not up to it.
Tell me what your needs and desires are, and I'll tell you you'll feel better if you know that everyone
and everything will find you eventually.
Tell me your angry and I'll show you how to harness the energy of anger to make your dreams come
true.
Tell me you are a warrior and I'll believe you; even if you don't.
Tell me you're a bad parent and I'll show you how much your children love you and need you anyway.
Tell me you need to feel loved and I'll show you that you are already are.
Tell me that one person can make a difference and I'll tell the world your message.
Will you wake up to the knowledge that we, as a collective intelligent people, working together in trust
and harmony, can make our world a better place to live?
Will you recognize your individuality and never back down from this belief in yourself no matter what?
If you can do any one of these things, then I'll tell you we can change, because change is about choices.

farida · 1 year ago

Hey Paul, I'm currently reading your book Brida and it's stirring up alot of emotions in me regarding love. I've never been able to explain why unconditional love exists and now that I'm learning we 'might' have a piece of our soul in the person we irrationally fall inlove with, it's beginning to make sense. Some of your ideas conflict with the teachings of Islam (yes I'm a muslim in Kenya... Africa) but somehow I relate. Sigh... I wish life for me in a year's time will be less complicated... I hope I'll have 'found' myself by then.

Regards,
Farida.

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Heart, I am neither Austrian nor American... and I am certainly not to be confused with a brainless muscleman like Arnold S. Whoever you are, and it appears that English is not your strongest language, I despise your sarcasm and your nature (cold) which somehow doesn't match with your pseudonym (heart).

There is no need to predict, because nobody can, absolutely no one, although an egoist may believe he/she can. I merely state my wishes (in capital letters) and we will see which of them, if any, will be realized. The winner will stand alone, I believe it will be NATURE, and likewise GOD's WILL. Live well, Paul

Nonex · 1 year ago

Greetings))
I think, the world the next year will feel force of an economic crisis and no more that. Small provocations between the states.
There will be a race of arms and preparation for war.

Jessica · 1 year ago

This song gives me faith about that we can do miracles :-)

You are loved - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYFBe_Forw

Love again Jessica

SENAD · 1 year ago

Just to connect few more things with my previous comment. I think this is very important for everybody!My dear fellow humans we live in UNCERTAIN world and we have been manipulated by the RELIGIONS,GOVERMENTS,MEDIA etc.We let those organizations RULE our life's,that is the main reason that we are in a WORLD CRISES today.So its our own fault because we are not educated enough and we are afraid to stand up against EVIL and for example people like G.W.BUSH.We need a first HUMAN revolution for our own good and future!

Rebecca · 1 year ago

I believe that we can each help the world by envsioning and manifesting our own becoming - not who we might be a year from now but who we could be 10,000 from now.

This is a time of extraordinary change and upheaval which has been predicted by more than one prophecy. I do not know where we will be collectively one year from now but I do know that I can help make it a better place by continuing to bring myself back into balance with the world and by doing what I can to manifest that radiant being I see in my own future.

Rebecca

CHRIS · 1 year ago

Only live for today. Next year is too far away to imagine. I dream however that next year the credit crunch will destroy all economies and end the western world and its media as we know it and we all end up living of the land and bartering.

Barbara · 1 year ago

Io credo che da adesso al 2009 la situazione cambierà poco! Ci saranno altre guerre...il costo della benzina salirà ancora di più,così come il costo degli alimenti....Al telegiornale sentiremo parlare di calcio, di politica, il governo che cade.....tanti delinquenti in giro....la sanità che non va bene...alla fine Paulo è la solita musica che si ripete di anno in anno!! E' come un film già visto!!

BAci
Barbara

Alan in the UK · 1 year ago

Hi Paulo and Everyone

What will November 2009 look like?

A very great deal will depend upon how the new US president adapts to his role. We may be on the verge of something that Martin Luther King dreamed of all those years ago and then again, we may not. The un-thinkable then, may just happen, now.

The only thing that is certain is that there are no guarantees.

2009 will be a year of reflection for many as the financial implications of living on hype and debt begin to become clear, there may be a need for humility. The world will have a chance to see the impacts of a materialistic focussed behaviour and orientation. Budgets will be tightened and humanitarian aid reduced, the fiscal implications of invasion to secure oil will come home to roost; it may result in troop withdrawal.

Confidence in American world leadership will fall, the European Union will get stronger and more co-ordinated, the UK may finally have to stop its arrogance and join in with the Euro.

There may be a backlash of resentment at the USA for leading us into the financial mess, in a sense isolating it a little more from the world.

Russia has shown that it is not worried what anyone else thinks of it and its approach to capitalism will rebalance, with many of the oligarchs now having very bloody noses. She will exert herself more in 2009.

High technology research is burgeoning in countries like India, China and Brazil. The oil giants have begun shifting the focus towards more sustainable sources such as biomass; a fuel source pioneered in Brazil. This will increase the conflict between the need for energy and the need for food, perhaps driving inflation in the prices of foodstuffs. The rich nations will need to depend more on the poorer though initially this will be, as usual, exploitative in approach.

India and China, who have a long history of entrepreneurial people, will move quickly and exert more power on the world stage. They have been busy educating young people in the West and they are now returning home. China is the manufacturing power house of the world, it will grow further. I am concerned about the tensions which remain between the two nuclear powers India and Pakistan. South America, at least as we hear about it here, appears relatively settled, perhaps because of all of its turmoil in the past. It may well stay that way.

The semiconductor business that drives much of the world economy through computers, TVs and DVDs etc. may have to have a complete re-think. The technology cycles which drive each new generation of “toys” requires truly awesome capital injections. Given the current tight financial situation funding for these will not be so readily available. They may have to be put new development on hold and old technologies will be drawn out and tweaked rather than innovation. Nanotechnology will continue to grow, however a true quantum leap will be needed before it can be integrated into the silicon based devices of today.

Financial power will drift East, these economies already effectively “own” America.

The distrust between Islam and the West, for want of a better word, will probably exacerbate. The middle East will remain tense and an Israeli strike on Iran is still a possibility. Water will continue to be as issue there.

The climate will offer up increasingly erratic and extreme events.

Internet usage will continue to go up, you tube, my space and social networking sites will continue to explode. They will be used for good and less good. Wiki will become the source of all wisdom. People, preferring shortcuts to thinking, will rely even more heavily on Google etc. Google Addicts Anonymous may well be formed.

Because of internet usage, the control of central governments and large corporations will weaken further and small flexible businesses may well flourish better. The storage of information on individuals will expand even further bringing with it the latent danger of Orwellian 1984 scenarios. As individual freedom grows so will the attempts of central governments to cling, legislate and control. The storage of biometric data and monitoring of mobile phone and internet traffic is a real worry; there is much potential for abuse. Consumerism is the principle means of control.

Power will remain with Microsoft, Google, Amazon and the like.

Perhaps this outer focus on materialism and hedonism = happiness will be seen for the sham that it actually is and bring about a shift in human consciousness. In a strange way the worse things get the more likely this is to happen.

People will look for beacons of light in the darkness. There may be more of these.

How many of us here find comfort in “checking in” on a regular basis? To check that there is some sanity left in a crazy world.

There is already a shift, the age of Aquarius is upon us and perhaps now its effects will be felt more strongly. There is hope. A new way of being is needed. We cannot remain overdrawn at the bank of life. We may have to go downhill a little further first though.

November, at least here in the Northern hemisphere, is after harvest and we will be looking at the larder to see what the seeds we have sown during the year have brought us for the winter ahead.

Best wishes,
Alan

Tania · 1 year ago

Lets see on a world scale of things -i think I agree with Morning Bear and his comments -but I hope for all of us no matter what happens with the economy -war and employment-it will bring us closer as one -world and we will love our neighbor and show compassion and understanding for what each country is going threw on a larger scale -if we can still love then thats half the battle of anything isn't it.Its in Gods hands -but we can all make a difference on a daily basis by the way in which we act . This is the time for all the world to be talking to Mary or any other female goddess that they believe in -this energy is needed to help bring balance back for the earth for starters -I would love to say that it would be good to see a female running things but maybe in a few more years .I hope for that ..Blessings Tania

Heart · 1 year ago

Oh my goodness Paul from Austria. The last thing I wanted to was to hurt your feelings. I'm sorry, and will not try to tease you again. See how different opinions we have. I honestly admire Arnold Schwarzenegger who is elected by millions to be the governor of California, even without being born American. My English and my heart, what can I say, I'm doing my best, even with this cold shower. Again, sorry to offend you Paul.

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Hi Alan,
Hi Rebecca,

Excellently put. Thank you both for your coherent & positive inputs.

It's a truly comforting feeling to be able to "check-in" here... daily

Best wishes, & Love, Paul

Jessica · 1 year ago

Hi Heart and Paul !!!

I just have a reflection about this incident.
We have to respect each other and think about what we say to
another person, treat the other persons like you want other people to treat you.
Forgive ourself and each other for our trespasses.
I think people often missunderstand each other.
So I hope you can forgive each other for what you think the other person did to you, and look at yourself and see if you have missunderstood the other person.
We all have diffrent angels of looking at the same issue.
The opinion you have of Arnold Schwarzenegger make the reslult of what you read into the joke Heart made Paul.
If you don´t like him Paul, and Heart do, you can see the diffrence it makes in the reaction of the joke.
We all have our own truth about the world, what is good and
what is bad.

But isn´t Arnold Schwarzenegger a human like you and me with good and bad qualites?
But if we are aware of our "bad" sides, we can try to change our pattern and choose our reaction with love, even though the other person reacts from fear :-)
But that is not easy to do, it takes al loooooot of practice,
I also fall into my "bad" pattern again sometimes ;-)
So I hope you can put this incident behind you and try to see the other person point of view.

Much love to both of you and all the rest here at the blog :-)
Jessica

Jan · 1 year ago

Quoted from Paul from Austria:

"STOP BEING EGOISTIC and START LOVING AND BELIEVING THAT WE ARE “ALL” GOD’s CHILDREN!"

"Heart, I am neither Austrian nor American… and I am certainly not to be confused with a brainless muscleman like Arnold S. Whoever you are, and it appears that English is not your strongest language, I despise your sarcasm and your nature (cold) which somehow doesn’t match with your pseudonym (heart)."


Anyone else confused?

Annie · 1 year ago

Love you both dear Heart and Paul from Austria!!!
We all have our bad days (dark days) but we are all like children, and like children we should forget after a minute what another child might have said ot done, and laugh all together.. :) and play again!

Love and Graditude
Annie

Annie · 1 year ago

Blessed be dear Michael Pokocky, your message is beautiful!!

We can turn the world around, we can make the difference...just believe, and everything will be revealed!!

I hope and pray that in a year from now, i will see more and more "happy " faces, and more and more people will be awakened and go in search of their dreams..

Love and Graditude
Annie

Rose · 1 year ago

Dear Paulo,

Do you remember;

A year ago Barack Obama won the US election and he's been the new president for almost a year now.
It's still a rough economic climate out there, a lot of recovery has to be done.
But a change has come, although the effects are not quite evident yet.
The sleeves are rolled up.
But you can feel something....

Pay attention.
There's something in the air.

H.O.P.E.

And the woman in the 'house in the sky' looks contently down on 'the house on Capitol Hill'.
There are still wars all over the world, people are still dying of hunger or diseases which could be easily cured.
It's still a tough place for many people, our world.

But like I wrote; there's one crucial difference.

It's November 4, 2009 and I sense it in the air...

Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Emily Dickinson

Love,

Rose

THELMA_023 · 1 year ago

My dearest friends, I did not look at this 'space' since we have a week to.. think and write and now I am reading it I am speechless!
I 'know' Paul is NOT a ...Swarzenegger and he is one of the kindest and most polite people I have ever 'spoken' too.
My dearest Heart, you should notice that I also sometimes write some words with... capital letters, although I am Greek!!! Maybe because I have spent ....2 1/5 in Vienna!!! So it was a bad ..guessing!
Anyway I thought that no matter what or from where we are, we are here as Warriors of Light. I wish you a nice evening.
LOVE,
THELMA

ranjit more · 1 year ago

paulo,
The world is only going to get worse.It is not speculation,it is a fact.
''In this kali yuga,people in general have no intelligence and they indulge in cow slaughter as well as animal slaughter.4,32,000 solar years from hence,people wil even devour their own progeny.Women will be very lusty and hav paramours.There will be no morality and after this massive degradation of the collective consciousness,the Supreme Lord will incarnate as Kalki.
- puranas,vedic literature,dated 5000 yrs ago..i.e. 427000 years to go.

Kealan · 1 year ago

The world will be one year older this time next year. Her battery will have one years less power.

Stock markets will level off, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

I hope everyone voted for baby Jesus!

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Jan, unless you have been sitting on the fence and just peeking at this blog, you could not possibly know what this is all about. So why do you even bother to post a comment if you have no idea of what is going on? We have, by the way, solved this elsewhere in the blog.

It is true that this would not normally belong here... but Paulo Coelho advocates a philosophy of "Privacy Zero" which eliminates the opportunity to wash our underwear privately ;)

For my reaction when accused of being like Arnold S twice within a few days by the same person, I will certainly not be a candidate for "Diplomat of the Year", but I am after all a warrior of light, and given that I only have 2 cheeks, I cannot be expected to turn yet another...

Sleep well Jan, wherever you may be, and concern yourself with the topic of this particular thread... which is certainly more important

Love & Light, Paul

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Dear Jessica, you have a good and pertinent point of view... but when a warrior is called into battle, he must face his aggressor with courage and dignity... OK I forgot the dignity this time...;) but it was not I who began this episode... and who is anyone else to purport that they know the cause and the solution for it...? Interesting that just by reacting, I seem to have turned out the loser... Never mind... there will be other... chance
Love, Paul
PS: I do sincerely hope this is the last word on this topic and that we focus ourselves on the theme of this thread... which is something far more important!

Jessica · 1 year ago

Dear Paul :-)
I didn´t take any ones party...
I only reflected on how it can be that we humans get caught up in small disputes sometimes ;-)
I´ll do to that, as all of us do sometimes.

I agree with you ...let´s move on to the real challenge ;-)
And not get caught up in some small disputes in things
that not matter much in hundred years *LOL*
Let´s go out in the world and do our best to fullfill our potential and share our love once again !!!!

Heart · 1 year ago

Thank you Jessica, Annie, Jan & Thelma for trying to help understanding what that was all about. As Annie, I believe in being a Homo Ludens,a playful human beings, and I joke a lot, which can be a two egged sword. Now, it seems I hurt our dear fellow Paul, and I regret that, and will try to be more careful. I'm learning something new every day.

I am a regular watching a show called Jay Leno, which often makes fun of Schwarzenegger accent. Having a bad English/American accent myself, I always find this hilarious. Also, I like to express myself with !!! - and with capital letters, and didn't mean to criticize Paul at all. However, it appears that's how he read my comment. So, I will be more careful, and hope we can all forget this silly episode, and move on to the wonderful topics of this blog.

Love,
Heart

The learner · 1 year ago

1. The U.S. will be begin to start becoming unified, under the same belief.
2. World leaders and nations will get together to bring peace around the world.
3. I don't like saying this, but a big earthquake will hit California.
4. *BONUS -I will have finally had the priviledge to have met you in person & have the picture to show for it!

Paula · 1 year ago

I feel we will be close to a one world government and one world monetary system and soon would be required to have a certain mark to be able to buy, sell and save money. I know we will be closer to our Lords return "maranatha". We must get our hearts and souls ready now in order to survive. Love and Blessings to all.

SENAD · 1 year ago

I am now jealous on you Paul,wow so many women are in to you now having this SCHWARZENEGGER accent. I would be proud not offended at least you attracted a lot of women here .Maybe I should come with something like you did :-)

Petra · 1 year ago

One year, such a long, and in the same time, such a short period of time.............
Some will be born, some will be dead, the earth will be following the way around the sun.
Day after day we will learn our lessons, we will do our mistakes, we will love and be loved, we will share our ideas and things and feelings with others, and , so, a day will come when we'll say : another year it's gone!When?

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Dear Heart, Jessica, Annie & Thelma, please go to quote of the day 04.11... you will see (from the post time) that this has long since been resolved, so let's close this dispute now... and make a truce for the sake of far more important topics please...

Thank you, Love, Paul

aditya · 1 year ago

1 year hence !

obsession of the present 'system' with profits ( at all costs !) and vulgur display of wealth has taken its toll, economies are in doldrums, once again the world is at cross roads.

unless there is a concerntrated effort by the world to turn itself inwards, get into spirituality, meditation, silence !! human civilisation may be in for some very tough times. One year hence, the present feeling of uncertainity, unease will continue, but the general direction in which the world is headed will become clearer. the good old world of cold war days was gone with collapse of communism, the intoxicating days of rampant capitalism, and overachieveres is also slipping, now what, cross roads.

One year down, the looking for direction will continue, the turmoil in society will continue.

I am no 'seer' but i take solace in a quotation from osho, he has quoted somewhere that in some very ancient stone engarvings, teh same problems " younsters don't listen to elders, things are becomming constlier, times are becomming togher, etc e etc...". so in a way nothing chnages, on the surface things may change, but the essential nature remains same. Individuals can make a consious choice to get above it. For the first time in the history of thsi planet, there are so mnay humans around. It is the responsibility of each of us, and more so the leaders to lead the people away from excessive greed to a balanced approach towards life ( carrier, family, society and individual growth ), if that happnes things will turn out well, but for that to happen, humanity would have to endure some more pains, it is so fast asleep ! by Nov next year the 'pains' will increase, in 3-4 years things may start chaging for better.

love
aditya

Walaa Hamdan · 1 year ago

Now, I can answer this question..
after Obama winning the US elections, I guess that in a year from now a few things would have changed..
the economy is starting to get better, finally..
the Iraq war won't ber over yet, but it will be soon..
No other wars will be started by the US..
All will be changing for the best inshallah (Arabic for hopefully)

<3

Ligia Stuttgart · 1 year ago

I hope we keep doing the right choices, althoug I dont like the WORD right.
What I mean: I am happy about the choice of american people today. And I hope, in one year we keep thinking and saying yes we can!
I hope we can keep manage the CHANGES...
Thanks for your voice, Paulo!

Joël · 1 year ago

The influence of America on the world will be reduced.
They have no time anymore to make troubles with
islamic countries,because they have to solve a lot of
problems in their own country.
I wish Obama good luck ,he has a huge challenge to change
the mentality of America and it will take a lot of time.
We will live on another way , if we learned something from the crisis.
I will enjoy live more then before.
The continent Africa will still suffer of starving.
There will be still war.
There will be still polution at sea and on shore.
The Amazone forest will be reduced.

amrita · 1 year ago

it would still be a beautiful world:)

Jessie · 1 year ago

As Americans have proved by electing an African American to the highest office, there is hope in the world! I think the rest of the world will follow the US to bring change for the better. It will be a financially tough year but things will start to change for the better. People will become more aware and respectful of common human values. The winds of change are here. Let's hope they blow far and wide. There will be overall decline in violence. And there will be an upswing of hard work and moral values.

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Wind of Change for Jessie... and all of those who hope...

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/229326/Scorpions_Wi...

Love, & Peace, Paul

helen · 1 year ago

All I can think of saying is someone elses words.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Love, light and Laughter
Hx

Hildegarde · 1 year ago

Dear Paul and Heart,

A big hug for you both,...;)

Love
Hildegarde
X

Mr Jao · 1 year ago

In one year, November 2009. much will have changed and yet still stay the same. Poor countries will still remain poor and rich countries becoming richer. Yet in small steps, the world will slowly move on as the times reject atrocities and the youth gain one more year to amass experience and take on the mantle of responsibility.

It is highly likely that there shall be a greater thrust to become eco-friendly and technology will most likely try to link families together. New types of fuel will begin to slowly enter the field and greater social responsibility for all.

Mr Jao (Philippines)

Annamaria · 1 year ago

We have to change ourselves to change the world.
We must have faith in our dreams, in love and in people, because we find God in the eyes of all the creatures.



Annamaria (Italy)

Monika · 1 year ago

Que sera sera, whatever will be will be...
Lovely song!

I will be healthy and alive November next year! Don't give up fighting for improvements, stay true to yourself and have patience...
earth will not go down too soon.

Akua · 1 year ago

As from this time on, my hope is that we are turning a corner.
I hope that this year has made us aware of the greed, hate, dishonesty, aggression, prejudices and fear which man has created in the world. We have a new leader moving into place in an important part of the world, who has his a different vision which resonates with many all over the world. Look how Nelson Mandela made such an impact on the hearts of many everywhere. We can change our ways just by awareness. People are basically good. I am optimistic. But it will take some time. I would say that by the end of 2009 we will have become more and more aware, and more clear about what is in our hearts, and who we are, and that we are a part of a whole. Together we are so strong, but to be separate and divided we will live in fear and be forever weak. It is ultimately our choice. I feel we will move towards the right conclusion for the earth and its people.

S M · 1 year ago

Serpent as symbol,itself is very complicated.It already has its association with many a things like religion,myth etc..

Roughly It can be associated with any darkness;be it revenge or any negative/evil stuff or something of that sort.But there are many good things about it, like providing medicine and even it symbolizes guardianship etc..Guardianship involves the idea care and responsibility.In ancient myths it can be seen that time and again many lords like Lord Krishna Lord Budhha etc. had been guarded by serpent. But at the same time it is merciless,rancorous!It is powerful as well, as sometimes it's worshipped also.

So,I can associate it with some wild protector!

marcos cesar · 1 year ago

One year from now ...it is already positive that it will stop going dowm and give us a chance to see light at the end of the tunnel. There has been a feeling of hope in the air lately, quite strong, and culminated with this positive energy reverberating all over the world today coming from north america. Winds of Change, for positive Change it told me.The future will remain in the future, the present teels me. So, no predictins or profecies but hope, Hope linked to chnge. It will happen slowly and then ,when you notice it, it will feel to fast. 2009 Blessings, cesar*

Monika · 1 year ago

Do you ask this questions to your readers, because normally it is you, who is confronted with such artful questions by journalists and Co?
Not nice of you!;-)

Cecilia · 1 year ago

If we look at how long time it took us to get to where we are now I would say that the key element is to keep having faith! Change do not come over night or over one year alone but it will eventually come as long as we beleive it will! Things will start to move for the better slowly but steady, people will start to open their eyes more and more as they have been closed for a very long time.
In november 2009 we will be walking closer to the path that will lead us into the change the world dserves.

Molly · 1 year ago

I have already stated how I think things will look a year from now, and now I want to say:

HALLELUJA!!!!!

I am PROUD to be an American today! Finally, I can say that after years of feeling ashamed to be an American!

Kathleen · 1 year ago

Alan,

Really cleverly thought out and I think you could well be right.

Kathleen xx

Mirela Baron · 1 year ago

The first impulse that I had when I heard that Obama is the newest american President was :joy!
I think he is an autentic person like Bill Clinton!
I belive that next year in november, he will show us and the whole world that fairness and to be corect to himself and to politic decisions,is an exempel that altough other importent political persons and presidents in Europe will move to develope and start to do the same!Because America is still a country that move the interesting of the whole world!!!Bad and good things.It is still capable of reflexion!
Sure,he can not change the economic stocking!But he will start a new direction witch will take time.
Ofcours, we all, will be pressed to find new solutions for to live (to be more economical with energy in our home ,to travel maybe with train, not with cars,to help together more in the small circle of family,and in the next social comunity at the worck, on the street,in our small blogcomunity!!??) .Sorry now , I have to Laugh!! It is lovely to laugh ,from the deep our heart !It will be maybe for all, a very good training for the future,to deeply laugh about ourself!To keep us hopefuly,relexed and optimist!(from time to time) Just to laugh,withoght arrogance!To laugh like a child!

Love
Mirela(the woman in lift)

SENAD · 1 year ago

Paul from Austria, so with that Arnold Schwarzenegger accent you have a lot of succer here with women,is that how you attract women or there is more in your personality?I am just wondering I am still single and looking :-)

hi · 1 year ago

I am all excited, I was able to get into the other site.
Dunno how...
Thanks to my guardian angel. xx

Arielle · 1 year ago

In a year from I predict the world will be similar to the way it is ...but i hope that the financial crisis will be finishing up and thus the world's economy be stable once more. Some job replacement from the recent loss of jobs especially in new industrial opportunities and a more definite plan by the world leaders to help tackle environmental problems and a keep a stable economy.
Also i hope oil prices stabilize at a reasonable price.

Jessie · 1 year ago

Farida, if you are hoping to 'find' yourself by next year, how about starting right now?! I am so happy for your quest. May you take the first step soon so that you can be on your way within!

Jessie · 1 year ago

Annamaria, we don't have to change ourselves, we only have to know our Self. The change follows! All the best,
Jessie

Jessie · 1 year ago

Paul, thank you so much for the song. So appropriate!Winds of change are already here, someone has to just register them, recognize them and they start to move and sway the world with them. Awareness to all!
Jessie

twylah · 1 year ago

a better world,perhaps,with Obama in the white house. Less of Iraq, more of nations helping each oother in times of difficulties.I think, with the economic crash, the world has realized that its a small one, that everybody's interconnected, that you can't just let another nation fall without endangering your own..I think this will help nations in realizing that in helping one another, they're actually helping themselves.

oh, i hope fore less corruption in my country..and much better and service oriented leaders (unlike the selfish and greedy ones we now have).

but then, nobody knows for sure...that's why i like horizons...you'll never know what's beyond it...and that's an adventure I can never resist...

THELMA_023 · 1 year ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXz-voKGTu0&...
Dr. Michael Newton.

I think that Past-Present-Future is the concept-idea of Time on Earth. In the spiritual world it is One, the Eternal Now.
It is said that it is the Divine Mercy that has made us people being in 'amnesia. If there is a good reason for our evolution', then we are able to have a look into the future.
Now, we all know the new President of America, the first 'black' president in the White House!! Progress is coming, the knowledge that all people on Earth are equal will be spread. The elections, I read yesterday, were won by the Internet and .. Facebook! It is the techonoly in full glory! I wish that it will be used for the benefit of humanity, for feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, giving water to the thirsty and knowledge and love to all children of the world and to.... us the older 'children' with the ... demanding HEARTS, SOULS and SPIRITS.
We are all ONE and ETERNALLY.
LOVE,
THELMA

Jessica · 1 year ago

I agree with you Rose, Jessie and AnnaMaria :-)

I think it will be change and hope, even though it can
take some time.
We have to hurry slowly if you understand what I mean ;-)
And it´s starting with taking a good look at ourself.
What can I contribute with?
It´s like spreading the waves on the water (as I often say) ;-)

Love once again
Jessica

Jinkx · 1 year ago

November 2009?? If the economists projected that the world's economies are currently entering recession, and it would go for 2 years according to them, then a year from now, the world would be in the midst of the that recession..

raj · 1 year ago

I just hope that the world will be a better place to live. not much change. Spirituality and humanity will be a mere discussion everyday, people will look after alternative medicine like herbs and therapy beside modern medicine. In the Football world. Dunga will keep his job as Brazilian coach but Maradona will step-down due to health problem.
Obama can settle the financial crisis. US will start drawing his troops from Iraq and Afghan and world will oriented to Europe and Asia
"the winner is not alone" will be the Best Seller

Anthony · 1 year ago

"The winner is not alone"? Is it a new book?
I live in the most unpredictable coutry in the world. And it's even impossible to guess what will be in the future. I hope nothing terrible. But "HOPE" is not good word. You can "believe", "think" or "consider". But don't hope, 'cause the hope is the first step on the way of disappointment

Paul from Austria · 1 year ago

Dear SENAD,
what is succer and are you male or female...? no just kidding ;) but seriously, I don't think women (here) are attracted to my accent... because practically no one here has ever heard it... they have only read my words... some like what I have to say... some don't... that's normal and that's OK too, but considering that I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve (just an expression) some may find that unusual for a male, and are perhaps attracted to this particular trait...

... it's wonderful to flirt... it helps the soul to fly...

Love, & open your heart, Paul

Alan in the UK · 1 year ago

Hi Paulo and Everyone,

Hope is the seed which leads to belief, out of belief comes will to action, after that comes intent to action and then there is true action itself. Intent leads into action and becomes it. When our words and our deeds match then we are in tune with life.

Hope belongs to the feeling side of life. When situations seem impossible it is often all there is left. It is an intangible and not of the realm of reason.

Hope needs germination in the absence of desire for guarantees and where there is that still small flame in the darkness some light can always be found. Often enough it is all that is needed.

We are in a sense talking about group consciousness here, if the world has hope then it can lead to will-to-good and with this, whole countries can be motivated towards action.

Often it is a vision or a dream that inspires hope. It gives it the sustenance to move out of the ephemera and into physical plane actions and behaviours. Back to Martin Luther King - he had a dream.

We are the architects of our own future.

So I will hope for a better and new way of being. I will intend it and believe it possible. It is.

Best wishes,
Alan

Daisy · 1 year ago

Olá Paulo,
Sempre acompanei o seu trabalho...Muito obrigada por ser um mensageiro de Deus .....Tenho certeza que todas as pessoas que lêem seus livros são tocadas pelo amor divino de Deus, a aprendem muito com os seus ensinamentos e orientações.
Cada livro repesentou para mim.....um lembrete espiritual, novamente muito obrigada.
Agora que não moro mais no Brasil.....fico sempre na desvantagem de obter seus lançamentos....sei que houve um lançamento em 2008. Mas infelizmente este ainda não foi lançado aqui na França, mas não tem problema, tenho certeza que lerei no momento certo.... na hora certa...é sempre assim que as coisas funcionam......
Por finalizar...quero desejar à você sua esposa e para toda a sua família, muita, paz, amor, e felicidade....
Abraços
Daisy

Patricia · 1 year ago

Em novembro de 2009... passei a semana pensando o que será...

Em meu mundo:
*eu vou ter mais coragem e vou ter enfrentado meus temores;
*eu vou ter recuperado a minha liberdade que durante algum tempo coloquei nas mãos de outras pessoas;
*eu serei menos dependente das aparências;
*eu não temerei a necessidade financeira, pois "os lírios não se preocupam em tecer nem fiar (...)e se Deus veste assim as ervas do campo, não fará Ele muito mais por vós"...
*eu estarei exercitando mais a minha Fé;
*eu serei eu-mesma, mesmo tão diferente - ou tão igual;
*eu terei conhecido Paulo Coelho pessoalmente!!!!

Em meu mundo:
*os diálogos entre nações terá um aumento significativo;
*os conflitos no Oriente Médio não terão cessado;
*as tendências da moda serão pelo natural, simples;
*as bolsas de valores terão se recuperado, mas outra forma de investimento será fortalecida - uma mais concreta;
*a humanidade estará lendo mais;
*será inventado o teletransporte e não precisaremos mais perder tanto tempo em aviões, ônibus, trens...

Valeu Paulo, com amor!

P.S.: Paulo, o que acha de, ao final de cada semana, começar a responder às perguntas que vc mesmo propõe. É tão importante, pois questões que eu não consigo responder, a partir de suas considerações, consigo refletir mais claramente. Beijomeliga

Catherine · 1 year ago

In belated response to a comment above: US peace corps..
as Ghana national service.... as wannabee National service in Great Britain... etc....

what is this a return to?!!!

Oh, yes!! ... youth groups.

if they had it their way .. some grandparents in GB would wish for conscription.. ok, sorry, compulsory national service for the youth of today - JUST like in the war time... which worked SO well, and did those boys ever so much good....

:o((

hmm... I'm not even going to illustrate the point further in depth...

elisabeth delage · 1 year ago

we'll know more,as we're learning here, as we know now that we can share our thoughts with many people around the world,as we know that this instrument can be use also, to do rights things if we want.

rosa de los vientos · 1 year ago

La primera vez que lei esto pensé OBAMA PRESIDENTE ahora ya lo sabemos por lo tanto no es una predicción.
Lo que si podría cambiar el mundo es la idea revolucionaria de utilizar el BANCO DE TIEMPO que se está empezando a utilizar. Tu compartes con otros tu tiempo y los demas lo comparten contigo, compartes tu saber y ellos también. Así pues si tu sabes tocar la guitarra enseñas a otros a tocarla a cambio claro está que ellos te enseñan a ti otra cosa, te pueden dar una sesión de Reiky o enseñarte a hacer algún plato de cocina por ejemplo. Esto ya está en marcha y lo mejor es que no existe el dinero de intermediario, algo revolucionario que puede cambiár el mundo y hacer que las personas se relacionen más.
Por lo tanto EL SABER un valor que se cotiza al alza, sube la bolsa.

Rosana · 1 year ago

Oi Paulo!
É a primeira vez que deixo um recadinho aqui. Obtei pelo português pq meu inglês está muito enferrujado.
Pensei muito sobre o tema proposto e fiquei meio desanimada. Vi um futuro não muito positivo, meio sombrio. Mas depois de ver um país inteiro dar a volta por cima do preconceito tendo um homem negro sendo eleito no paísque talvez seja o mais racista do mundo, vi uma luzinha no fim do túnel. Fiquei realmente emocionada. Consegui ver um mundo melhor, onde as pessoas se veêm como iguais, respeitando uns aos outros e respeitando o planeta também. Se tudo seguir bem, veremos se tenho razão daqui a um ano. Que assim seja. Beijos.

SENAD · 1 year ago

Paul from Austria, I meant SUCCES and I am male,sorry I am not in to males at all,but anyway I was just making a comment about women being attracted to you with your comments. Someone mentioned Schwarcenegger and I thought that you have similar accent since you are from Austria .Anyway I love Paulo books but someone is deleting some of my comments here and its not nice at all. I think we should all have rights to comment!

Judy Rey Wasserman · 1 year ago

One year from now we will understand more about the intentions of other nations and peoples, especially where there are many terrorists. Barack Obama as president changes some of the stereotypes about the USA and indicates that here truly anything is possible. How will groups that seek to repress the freedoms of others, in the name of religion, respond to this challenge?
Are we really involved with a holy war based on some interpretations of the Koran?
Reading the posts above leads me to think that people are convinced the economy will remain troubled. If enough people think this way it will remain troubled for sure.
I think we are going to see a more classical look in fashion.
With less disposable income more people will stay home -- and online, so social sites and Internet connectedness between people will continue to grow.
There will be changes in the art world. A new form of Post Conceptual Art will emerge.
New solar and wind power alternatives will develop to deal with our energy needs.
And a year from now, if we are blessed, we will be one year older.

aditya · 1 year ago

Walaa Hamdan, Insaallah means god willing, maybe that has same menaing as hopefully.

THERE IS A LOT OF EXITEMENT THE WORLD OVER, SPECIALLY AMERICA, AS OBAMA WINS THE PRESEDNETIAL ELECTIONS. The chap certainly deserved to win, he has what it takes. the timing of the economic crisis could have also helped ( divine intervention ) change the mnd of some of the fence sitters.

I READ HIS SPEECH AND HERAD IT TOO, I LIKED IT. ONLY ONE WORD OF ADVISE TO HIM AND REST OF THE WORLD : the economic crisis was brought about by superachivers who were working very very hard, even Obama mentiond hard work in his speech. Thnaks to the toils of our forefathers ( and mothers ) humanity today has enough for everyone ( and some to spare ) if the greed, obscene wealth accumulation, could be addressed. IT'S TIME NOW FOR SMART WORK AND NOT MORE OF THE SAME IDIOTIC HARD WORK. and smart work begins with leisure. let's call upon all the presidents, the powers to let humanity have respite, let it have some idle time so that it can develop a consciosuness, then all action will be good.

Hope Obama sees the diffrence between hard work ( which has resulted in this perilious world ) and smart work.
love
aditya

Alexandra · 1 year ago

Well,I think the next year world wont be very different from today.Maybe some changes will start ,but not so important .I think peoples ways of seeing the events might be changed,and even their power to react.I think next year would be a quiet year,without great events.Hope I am not very wrong.I think the power of Europe will increase.Slight changes in economy.

bear · 1 year ago

millions of people will be growing their own food and children will be pointing the way for all of us. reconnecting with the earth and cosmic energies may well be the most misunderstood and underestimated possibilities since eden.

Noah · 1 year ago

The numbers are gathering strength Paulo - fluctuating between 13 and 15.
Will report back soon.
Got an i-pod (I knew I had to get on with the new technology soon or later)
I suggest when you guys come on board , you might want to take one with you to start with until you get used to the cacophony of the animals - dont worry , you'll soon learn the difference between the chirp of a bird and the call of an elephant.
On with the chores - life on my ship is never boring - cleaning the deck and painting a few doors.
Yours in the Ark

Savita Vega · 1 year ago

Okay, let me begin with a little disclaimer: As for myself, I would never spend a moment of the present speculating on the future. (This is probably why I don't play the stock market and don't gamble.) I try to take events and circumstances as they come to me. First, I can't do anything with something that hasn't happened yet - I cannot take action "in the future." I can only act in the here and now, based on the events and circumstances manifest in this moment in time. Secondly, whatever the future holds, I am 100% certain of this - the circumstances that arise in my life, whether seemingly "good" or "bad," will be precsely the circumstaces I need to experience in order to continue to grow spiritually. Thus, there is no need for fear, whatever the future may hold.

Furthermore, I think the world as an organism is no different from an individual. What will be is what should be - the environment necessary for the human species to continue to learn and evolve. Circumstances may not always seem pleasant or positive, but even the worst is divinely intended as a medium of growth and catalyst for change. Example: The phenomenally high gas prices in the U.S. over the past months. As much as they may pinch my pocketbook, I do not lament these high prices, because I see them as a necessary catalyst for a long needed change. Perhaps when all is said and done, Amrican's will learn to live a bit more conservatively - drive smaller cars, live closer to work, use public transport, etc. So, even if one year ago I could have looked into the future and seen this event, I would not have panicked, declaring, "The sk is falling! The sky is falling! Oh, what will we do?" What we will do is adapt and adjust, and in the end, hopefully be all the better for having gone through such a crisis.

Lastly, I believe that fear breeds fear and negativity, negativity. In essence, we create today, by our imaginings, the world we shall dwell in tomorrow, both on a personal basis as well as on a global level. Thus, we should be careful what monsters we imagine, for we may just wake up tomorrow and find the beasts of our dreams knocking at our door. In a sense, we give energy to the negative when we allow ourselves to imagine it. Thereby, we create the very type of environment ripe for evil to manifest. Last night, for example, I was watching a talk show in which one man from the audience brought up the subject of a possible U.S. presidetial assination in the near future. His idea was basically, "What ever are we going to do if Obama is assassinated?" I personally feel that we should avoid all such speculation, as to speculate along these lines creeates the very sort of environment where such an event is not only plausible but actually highly likely. Instead, we should celebrate this victory with an enthusiasm and positive outlook capable of sustaining a similar future.

Now, having said all of that, I do read Tarot cards. So, I look at this just as I look at a client asking for a reading. I might advise the questioner that the question asked is somewhat futile and that it would be more useful to focus on the present circumstances and what can be affected in the here and now. But, in the end, I shall offer my reading nonetheless:

NOVEMBER 2009:

POLITICS:
Many secrets, secret plots, talk of scandals flying about. Egypt is somehow a central figure in the world political picture at this time.

RELIGION:
A war is raging between a silver knight and a red dragon - a religious war in which two opposing forces are attempting to establish dominance over a certain region. It is hard to tell which is the "good" side and which is the "bad." If you are European, you will think the dragon is evil. If from the East, you will think the knight brutal and merciless. This assertion of power, this show of force is a fight to the death, as neither side will surrender until the one or the other is wholly destroyed.

FINANCE:
Much weeping. It is a time for consolation. Many bittere tears are shed. I see many empty vaults - much loss, unconsolable despair. It is a bleak scene, a scene of mourning, a time for wearing black if you are of the older generation (i.e. "old money"). Somehow there is a lighter side to this however, as it is also a time of learning what is of true value in this world, a time where the value of true friendships supercede financial greed and gain.

CULTURE:
It is a time of lighthearted flirtation and flowers - a sort of cultural "flowering" or rebirth. Renaissance. (For some reason, this card is not coming through veryclearly for me. It seems somehow more individual than global in focus.) A time of music for young maidens, as in a serenade of sorts, much courtship and "stepping out." Archery for sport. (And the only reason I can imagine that archery popped up is because the questioner is paulo Coelho, and somehow this relates to his personal "culture" or private life. Sorry about that. Not intentional, I assure you. Perhaps you'll find yourself involed in a sort of archery competition next November. The thing is that the figure holding the bow is a woman, a sort of Venus. I suppose, as his mother, also the teacher of Cupid? Whatever that means.)

All in all, I would say that this last card is a draw, as it makes no sense at all in a global context, at least not as I am reading it. Something is interfering with the message here and I am getting more of a personal angle on it. Ah well! The other cards at least came though quite clearly

Best of the next twelve months to you all! But especially - don't forget: YOU ARE THE ARCHITECT OF YOUR DESTINY. Tomorrow is rooted in the HERE and NOW.

Love,
Savita

Savita Vega · 1 year ago

Oops! Forgot - one more card:

HEALTH/ECOLOGY:
There is an argument over some sort of official document or global decree pertaining to public health or the environment. A piece of extreme legislation reflecting the struggle between the masculine and feminine energies at play here. Essentially, the masculine is enraged by and attempting to subdue and dominate the feminine. There is death in the air (famine? pestilence?) meaning that many lives hang in the balance, and will be effected by the outcome of this decree or anouncement.

So there you have it - November 2009, in a nut shell!

SENAD · 1 year ago

QUESTION FOR YOU PAULO COEHLO?
Where are you going to be in a year since you ask everybody this question,what about you?

Tintin · 1 year ago

Message pour Noah -
Je veux m'inscrire rien que pour l'aventure.

Oussama · 1 year ago

Noah - I'm giving it serious consideration -

Georges · 1 year ago

Conditions apply - no pretzels.

ashraf monzer from Lebanon · 1 year ago

I do not think I am able to speculate how the world will be in a year from now. But the fact is that after all we are humans and we like to know what is going to happen in the future so we try our best to exhaust our mental abilities in order to GUESS what is going to happen in the near future.

I believe that since the American Elections are over, and we have seen how have won. This will not affect the Middle East, because if it was either of them both would have the same policies against the Middle East but one is more diplomatic than the other, but the results are the same. But there is a possibility that US would go back to US and stay in US and mind their internal business.
If this happens in one year from now, China is the rising power now, and unfortunately Iran is the one controlling the Middle East.
And if the US (also one year from now) mind their business and take the cover off Israel, then we are looking at a new middle east.

Where as in Lebanon, (my home country) nothing has changed since 1984. Lebanese actually think that the world revolts around them, The Lebanese lands is being sold by bits and pieces to Syria and Israel, step by step. Syria negotiating with US means one thing it is not being funded by Iran anymore and this also means one thing, the link between Iran and Hezbollah has been broken.
So there will be a clash in Lebanon, and again Syria will interfere to solve the clash (as it did back then for 30 years)

Israel won't accept a Muslim country with Nuclear that made clear that as soon as the nuclear is finished they will drop it on Israel. So there will be something concerning Iran from Israel covered by the Americans but with no American troops.

And Afghanistan will stay as it is right now. Iraq.
Iraq...Iraq...Iraq is something. In Iraq I think the American & co. troops will start withdrawing in slow manner.

Economy. If Iran was hit, the economy will rise again and become as stable as it was before. There will be fixation for the economical problems in US since the new president's main concern is economy (which I don't totally agree, what does it matter if the economy is good and a nuke has been created to be dropped over them?).

And I will gain bits and pieces of experience in one year :)!

joanne · 1 year ago

i am not so aware of the real condition of the world, all i know is that there is a financial global crisis happening today . in one year from now, we all expect change.. if the superpower country is in darkness and as the newly elected president sits on position, i guess there is nowhere else to go but in the light where there is more hope..
based on the news article i read, "darkness has a way of compelling light by the sheer need of it"..
honestly, as a college student, i expect more of my own future one year from now.. to pass all my subjects and to graduate on time.. but i also know for a fact that whatever happens in the world tomorrow will definitely affect my own world in the future..
we all seek for a better tomorrow, where there is no war but only peace, no poverty but abudance.
yes, there is lot to learn. but there is nothing wrong in hoping for the best. in darkness, we can see the light, and the light is shining brightly!

daffodils and roses · 1 year ago

remember that the internet is the most powerful tool of mass-consciousness in the world. Freedom is at stake. Let's use it wisely.

Simran · 1 year ago

well many things can happen a year from now. Looking at it in a positive way, many problems could be resolved. I wouldnt like to comment on the economic crisis , because it is next to impossible to really know whether we are in the time of recession or progress ( okay there are some indicators but nobody can be 100% sure).2008 has been quite an interesting year, a lot has happened, so I hope that we have been able to learn from it.

I do hope that we all join together to make this place worth living in, CHANGE is what we all have to make so we can see some results- its funny to see how people expect this to happen through one person- many changes need to occur: acceptance of all human beings( forgetting the idea of racism), knowing that we all live on the same planet and that we ALL need to contribute a little bit to it, to focus on important things of life than (only) fashion, celebrities etc. :).

One has to fall in order to rise( my own phrase)- so we have fallen...its time to rise ;)

Kisses to everyone, God bless

the lone ranger · 1 year ago

Noah - Book me in for a cruise

amber · 1 year ago

In one years' time, we will be living in a world of love and respect and people will smile to each other in the street. Our children will be care free and our families will be at peace.

Schkiper · 1 year ago

Прогноз.
Мир будет жить как обычно:люди будут умирать, кто богаче станет ещё богаче. И никому не будет дела ни до кого. Опять где-то кто-то с кем-то будет воевать и не будет времени остановиться и оглянуться назад. Остановиться и спросить себя: кто я? зачем я? куда идёт мой путь?
И так будет через год, и так будет всегда...
Так будет всегда. Пока мы, люди, не уничтожим друг друга... И это очень печально...

Evelina · 1 year ago

Hi, everybody!
Deep in my heart I DO believe that the war in Iraque will have been finished by November,2009.
All the nations will unite in their resistance to terrorism.
The relations between Russia and America will become more friendly.
May be, Obama and Medvedev will have even met by November,2009.
With love and respect to all of you, EVELINA.

Jeanne d'Arc · 1 year ago

Noah,
....J'arrive....avec mon cheval (un bonus ) ...et mon armure.

julymorning · 1 year ago

What are the problems?

1. THE ECONOMY. Basically there are more products out there then the money that the people that may be interested in buying them have. Solution? Give those people more money. By whom? Which way?
a. Government rabats and incentives. They are a one time thing and cannot provide a long term solution.
b. Teach a different kind of business philosophy: investors be less interested in the immediate profit and more interested in the health of the entire society... is it feasible?????? In one year....??????? Nop. It may take a few generations from what I have seen in the industry, in the real life...

2. Terrorism. Basically there are people out there that think that life is not worth a cent. Their own or the others. How could Obama change this? Neee...

I think that in a year from now it will be business as usual. The enthousiasm of this recent election will vanish away. Some things may be better while others will be worst... Corruption will be alive and well everywhere in the world, growing like a cancer that lies in the humanity's genetics and the nice people will continue to struggle here and there getting with God's help small victories, small little miracles that will hold as usually for about three days...

Harold · 1 year ago

Paulo,
Well if that if my previous mail is my biggest mistake this next year it will be a good one for me. It seams to me that the world has too many leaders that seperate and pull people apart. I have a great hope that Obahma is a leader that will organize and give people a united purpose. There will always be people in the world whose sole purpose is to kill another i will never understand this thinking. I do respect the fact that there is a negitive force that we need to continue to fight--Like a Warrior. So if in the next year there is any change I believe we will see it in the streets, be it protesting or dancing. If you are happier next or your heart feals more hope-- dance and let everyone know it. Bloging on your butt will not get it done.

sabah · 1 year ago

peace for everyone.
all i know is that a year from now people who are hungry and naked and afraid or astray or alone will remain forgetton and anonymous to all the somebodies who rule and control the political and economic worlds.
sad but unfortunately true..
* sabah from lebanon

Monika · 1 year ago

Dear Paulo,

this speculation competition is really a clever trick of you! ;-)
Everybody here wants to know, who will win and this way you motivate your readers to hold the line for another year. (In deed I started writing here in November 2007.)

Now to your question: I have no idea at all what will be the state of the world next year in November. Let me say it in a more sophisticated way: A wise woman (or man) prefers silence to speculations. You don’t need to answer all questions. Que sera sera!

Nevertheless I don’t want to duck out of this challenge entirely and will dare to speculate about one thing I know best: me.
I really rely on your promise, because it will be an interesting experience to read these lines one year later again in your blog.

Dear Monika of November 2009,

all in all it was a good year for you. There were some troubles of course, but you fought well, did not give up hope, always tried to improve and above all you were always true to yourself.
You grew a little older, but also a little wiser. You can be proud on all the things you have managed in the last year. When you are reading these lines once more, thank God for the precious gift of life and for the all the love you achieved. Keep on going your path with faith!

Best wishes for another year
Monika of November 2008

I pray, that you, Paulo, will also be healthy and alive, when you repost these entries in November 2009! You are supporting me with your words a lot on my way to soundness!
Besides that I often have pure fun with sending comments. (I hope you are sharing my kind of humour and this also applies to you, when you read them!)

See (or read) you all healthy and alive in November next year.
All give your best – I want to win this competition!

Love
Monika

Yajna · 1 year ago

Dearest Paulo,

I've been thinking about this question all week and i've decided to write on where i want to be, before i talk about the world. I know its off topic, but asking myself where i wanted to be required me to think of exactly what i want to achieve next year, and just thinking about it help me sort my priorities . I hope atleast that my family and friends remain safe and healthy as they are currently. Next year this time, i hope to back home after achieving excellence in my studies for the year. I hope to have made my parents proud in that regard, and i also hope that i can significantly improve a childrens home. I do wish to progress with my writing and arts. When i look back on this year, i smile because i've grown so much as an individual and i am becoming more of the person i know i can be. I only hope that this time next year i feel like i do now, like i've made a difference, like there is hope, and most importantly, like i've progressed inside.
Truthfully, what i want most for next year, is for my parents to start living their dream. I'm beginning to see both of them grow older, and i'm tired of seeing them struggling and sacrificing for my brothers and i to have everything that we desire. It is time for them to truely settle their dreams at heart. This year God has been great to us, and recently things are really looking up, i just pray that they continue in our favour because i can feel that this period in our lives are crucial and it is time that we succeed. I pray God guides my parents, brothers, friends, me and everyone for that matter, through this next year and while i know things will change, i pray its for the better. Should it not be, i pray we are given the strength to carry on until they do improve.

Thank you for being
Yajna

PS Maybe everyone should do what i did, look at yourself and see what your aim is for the year, post it and hopefully see how close you came to achieving it. :) sorry again, i know its off topic.. But it just felt right for me to write this :) mwah

Seema · 1 year ago

"Everything which has to happen has already happened before" and "there is nothing new under the sun".

So, in November 2009, I would still be basking in the sun munching peanuts and thinking about how much God looks beautiful!

Shehla · 1 year ago

One year from now.....we would definately be on the ages old transition road........whereever we be,we will be having an even better understanding of life.once the journey of life began in ancient history it has to move forward.that is the only truth.life can never travel backward.

sampono · 1 year ago

in the name of god i start my word.
one second either.we have no idea to the next.
all up forward is written.
we know how to planning.and planning is a pray.
once you believe for what has been planned .this is as such a strong believing in pray to God.GOd full fill only the strong believe of pray.

when planning come to reality. do not think that you know the future. its not.

far before we born all is written.MAKTUB
by GOD.

*i must say GOD not he or she.
bcoz god has no sex

avishek satpathy from india · 12 months ago

hi there,
its been the way of the world, to de destroyed..then being rebulid..markets have crashed before..markets will crash after. what matters is how we spend the time between the 2 crashes. people shall continue to live life, might complain a bit more..but nevertheless they shall live on..I cant help myself from quoting hemmingway.."man is not made for defeat"..there will be obstacles..but weve to jump over them, we might stumble.. but then that gives us an opputunity to rise up again
I think man and crisis ..are like wind and dust..they are always together..inseparable..but never affecting each oters spirit..crisis needs man to survive..so also man needs problems to survive..come nov 2009 ..we shall see people smiling..happy..be it terrorist attacks..or market crashes..we shall witness man always has a reason to live for..to struggle for..

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Marie-Christine · 8 months ago

Paul from Austria where are you from then ?
You say you are not from Austria nor are you an American?
only to satisfy my curiosity that is all :)