Just finished reading the book The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho.
The book revolves around a boy's journey to find his dreams and live his Personal Legend.
There were short analogies of different people he met along the way and their thoughts towards this.
He met a crystal merchant whose dream was to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca but did not, as he felt that after he had completed it, he would have nothing left to work towards or look forward to. In comparison, another Englishman the boy met, had a dream to meet the Alchemist and to learn alchemy. The Englishman tells him that the goal of alchemists is to purify metal by heating it for many years until all its individual properties are burned. The Englishman wasted several years before he decided to embark towards his dream.
This book teaches about fear of stepping out of our comfort zone, towards our dreams and seeking for our own destiny. It also addresses our many fatelistic thinking about life and to leave everything to fate. It also brings to our attention to be on the lookout for omens or signs to bring us to our destiny. "To realize one's destiny is a person's obligation, and when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
