The Knight Who Had a Weight on His Heart

In this blog, I want to talk about books to. Books that can change our mood and the way we view our life events. 

I have a long list of books (which I can recommend) that have literally transformed me over the past 17 years. 

Those who know me know that reading is perhaps my favorite hobby. It is my absolute favorite, miles ahead of everything else. Reading on the beach is the BEST of the BEST… just so we’re clear… 

Throughout my life, I have read everything: the classics of world literature, the classics of crime fiction, detective stories and thrillers… historical novels, biographies…

Then I read Metamedicine by Dr Claudia Rainville… and there is a sentence that stopped me, that transformed everything…

“Words have a frequency: when you use them, when you hear them, when you read them”

I realized that:

• I always listened to melodic but fundamentally nostalgic and melancholic music (which exacerbated my mood)

• I used terms, even to define myself, that only served to fuel an already unflattering inner dialogue

•   I listened to the news and read the papers to be “informed”, I told myself… but certain news items completely shook me up… 

I learned to DETOX words… which hide the thoughts, emotions and feelings with which they are expressed. 

I learned to stop those words…

I learned to change songs and created a playlist of positive messages.

And… I changed what I read: 

Below, I invite you to discover the books that help us change course. That help us understand the purpose of our lives. 

I call them Pharmabooks, or wellness books. They are the ones that have accompanied me, that have given meaning to all the events of my life, that have even given it a new color and a new flavor. 

Perhaps some of you have read ‘The Princess Who Believed in Fairy Tales’. Today, I recommend (by the same author, Marcia Grad Powers) ‘The Knight Who Had a Weight on His Heart’….

because it is wonderful to see and understand the male perspective on the path to change. 

Here, the knight (a true dragon slayer, an activity handed down with infinite pride from generation to generation) discovers that his son does not like this “profession” at all and does not intend to follow in his father’s footsteps. Even Duke’s wife – that is the name of our hero – feels misunderstood, and in the blink of an eye, the knight sees his entire existence collapse, as it was based mainly on beliefs and mental and social paradigms.

The book traces Duke’s entire transformation until he reaches “understanding”….

Lesson 1: It is not things that disturb men, but the judgements that men make about things.

Lesson 2: Discovering emotions in the typical whirlwind 

A of adversity, B of turmoil and disturbance, C of consequences: emotions and actions

Change occurs when:

*you learn not to measure yourself against others. 

*you understand your own value simply because you exist (and are a divine creature). 

*we realize that our skill lies in being and not in doing

*we accept mistakes as our teachers 

*we realize that most people are less harsh on us than we are on ourselves

when we choose to change, the voice of our mind (which is programmed to avoid hurting us, to avoid suffering…) becomes increasingly loud and fearful.

To make the leap that leads us to ourselves, to our mission, we need to silence that “dragon of our mind”. Duke succeeds… and during that leap, the whole universe supports him!!!

Enjoy the read 💖🙏🏻✨