closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters

i've recently completed my collection of paulo's books. now, every free time i have is spent on reading. since i don't own this laptop i'm using, i can't do the same thing i did while reading the fifth mountain, typing in excerpts that i would like to ponder on and live by. now i'm reading the zahir, it's a novel about "obsession and its potential to both fulfill our dreams and destroy them". i've been reading this book for more than a week now, not that it's difficult to read or it's boring. it's just that i'm getting more tired each passing day, busier with work, having less time to read. but this book has been by my bedside table ever since i started reading it. every waking moment is spent leafing through the pages of this "haunting and redemptive story about obsession".

i'm not a bookworm, i never was. but there are times when i need to have perspective on things, when i need to sort out my feelings, and i need to reflect on my life so i can live it better.

right now, the zahir is helping me put some sense into my personal history.

i would like to share with you this excerpt conveying what i hope to realize soon.

"It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to be as they once were: those two years, which up until then had seemed an endless inferno, were now beginning to show me their true meaning."