Obsessed With ♥

I've always wanted this blog to be a little more than make-up. Don't get me wrong; I love make-up! Oh my God so much so, but there is so much more to life than that, right? There is so much to me as well and I would like this blog to reflect that a little. 

A few years ago I discovered a new genre (Philosophy&Spirituality) of writers/thinkers and books. Trust me, once I start with this topic I usually never stop, because it gets me really excited. So I will try to keep it as simple as possible. Paulo Coelho, is one of those writers that I love. 

His first book I ever read was 'By the river of Piedra I sat down and wept'. I didn't like it at all! When I read the Alchemist (it is SO inspirational), Paulo Coelho instantly catapulted in to my top ten list. Now I want to get my hands on Brida. I was in Espresso the other day and the blurb on the back really caught my attention. I can't wait to get my hands on it. Brida is number one on my reading list at the moment. 

So this month I'm trying to 'diet' (which basically means no junk food). This drink however is my weakness. For me Espresso's Frozen Cappuccino is happiness in a cup. My friend Sara and I are addicted to it. Whenever either of us is depressed we go to Espresso and drown our selves in it. Same goes for when we're happy. Haha! We just need an excuse. 

Have you tried it yet?

One of my favourites songs these last two weeks has been Jennifer Lopez's Pappi. I think I like the video even more than the song itself.

Favourite lol moment:

My cousin Nooria shared this video with me a few weeks ago. It is SO funny! The next time some one bugs you on the streets, you know what to do. 

Favourite quotes at the moment

 Carrie Bradhaw (Sex and the City)

'What you believe has more power than what you dream or wish or hope for. You become what you believe.'- Oprah

What are you loving/obsessed with at the moment? What defines you this week?

Sana

Paulo Coelho's Character Of The Week: Pablo Neruda

“I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms

but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;

thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,

risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

so I love you because I know no other way than this:

where I does not exist, nor you,

so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,

so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. ”

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Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto.

How beautiful!!!! This is perfection! I could feel my heart melting while reading this. <3

Sana

Source: Paulocoelhoblog.com

Paulo Coelho's Character Of The Week

Paulo Coelho is one of my favourite writers. There are no words that can describe how much I love the Alchemist. It's a must read for all those who haven't read it yet. Every week Paulo Coelho has a character of the week on his blog. I just had to share this week's character, Elizabeth Browning. Aren't her sonnets beautiful? *sigh*

Character Of The Week: Elizabeth Browning

sonnet 14 from Sonnets from the Portuguese

If thou must love me, let it be for nought

Except for love’s sake only. Do not say

“I love her for her smile—her look—her way

Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought

That falls in well with mine, and certes brought

A sense of pleasant ease on such a day”—

For these things in themselves, Belovèd, may

Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,

May be unwrought so. Neither love me for

Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry,—

A creature might forget to weep, who bore

Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!

But love me for love’s sake, that evermore

Thou may’st love on, through love’s eternity.

Sonnet 43 from Sonnets from the Portuguese

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday’s

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era.

Sana

Source:paulocoelhoblog.com