The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese and later translated into English. The story is about a boy from Andalusia and his adventures through the African desert to find treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. One can easily relate to the story because we all have our own goals and this book will teach you that no matter how many obstacles come in your way you should never give up There are too many things one can learn from “The Alchemist”.

It’s all about following your dream and about taking the risk of following your dreams, which is actually so difficult to do and there are very few people in this world who actually do, I mean risk it all, just to follow your heart and your dream. Beauty is, the author is so right in saying that when you decide to follow your dreams the entire universe conspires in your favor which he called the “beginners luck” and we all have been witness to this beginners luck at one or another point in our lives.

Also, he talks about a stage in our journey towards realizing our dreams, where everything just goes haywire and there is everything working against us and it almost takes us to the brink of abandoning everything and just getting back to what was so familiar and comfortable. This book is not for you if you are looking for a way to escape reality by immersing in a juicy plot during the weekend. This book is about you, me, and anyone and everyone. It is about our life, our troubles and tribulations, our goals, and the purpose of our existence.

To determine our goal (or Personal Legend as Coelho terms) and to pursue and achieve it is not difficult if we are focused I have a different takeaway whenever I read it and it has helped me to become wiser with time. If you are a first-time reader then I would definitely recommend this book. The lessons are to be learned from it which are

-> Follow your heart, heed the voice of it.

-> Everything in life has its price.

-> Life is the moment we are living now

-> It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil, it's what comes out of their mouths that is. -> No project is completed until its objective has been achieved.

These are some of the lessons which everyone should learn and it's just the thought of the whole universe having your back will make your strength and you just tend to push yourself towards your goal.

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