Book Review: Brida

I finished reading "Brida" by Coelho at 2am last night. Its about the story of a girl named Brida who went on a quest to search for her destiny, of becoming a witch. And along the journey, she realized her soul mate wasnt the person she falls in love with .... well, read the book if you want to know the rest of the story. Frankly, I wont say its a fabulous book because i've expected so much more from the international bestseller author. Overall, its a joy to read the book but it didn't send me to the land of ponder and bewilderment like his other books did.

I love the way Paulo wrote his book, how each of the story started, progressed and ended in whole dedication to bring out one particular message. In The Alchemist, the message was about living out one's destiny-"when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true"; In "The fifth mountain", Paulo wrote the sequel message whereby to live out one's destiny, it never just submit, but continue to choose, cuz therein lies his strength: the power of his decisions.

'He who makes no choice is dead in the eyes of the Lord'

How true it is.

Anyway, back to the book. Though Brida is not as resplendent with its messages as some of his classics, i can gather a few points but couldnt make up my decision on which is THE message that Paulo wants to bring out:

1. Everyone possess spiritual gift (1st Cor: 12) which we need to recognize.

2. Love isnt about being possessive. The fact is love is an entity which cannot be possessed. Like a flower which Magnus gives to Brida when he decided to let her go, it's most beautiful when it is blooming in a field.

'Anyone who tries to possess a flower will have to watch its beauty fading. But if you simply look at a flower in a field, you will keep it forever, because flower is part of the evening and the sunset and the smell of damp earth and the clouds on the horizon.'

3. Finding one important thing in life does not mean giving up all other important things.

4. Everyone is in the journey of searching of our soul mates. Only soul mate is able to of teaching us what we need to know.

5. Spoken words are the bridges between visible and invisible, in another words the act of speaking out what is in our thoughts is an act of manifesting what is virtual to real.

Anyway, if you like to try out some of Paulo's books before deciding whether are you susceptible to provocative thinkings, you can download the e book from http://paulocoelhoblog.com/pirate-coelho/

Enjoy reading!