"when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
If you've never read the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, I would recommend you to get it and read it. It doesn't matter if you are a big novel buff or have never ever read a book (I don't mean text books...Of course you would have read those for sure...atleast...). This book is meant for everyone to read. It would be a very good first read if this is the first ever novel you are reading. And for others it would be very refreshing and enlightening at the same time. Its very different from the violent, thrilling and action filled conspiracies like The Bourne series, Sum of all fears etc. or the slow, sentimental love stories like The Love Story, A Walk To Remember etc. or the innovative science fictions like Time Machine and Star Wars or the legerdemain fantasy novels like Harry Potter or Lord of The Rings.
The Alchemist deals with the experiences of a boy who decides to follow his dreams. Its his journey through the unknown land, which he had never ever dreamed of treading on before. Its about his losses and his realizations (as to how to deal with life). Its about his beliefs and trusts. And yeah of course its about The Alchemist himself and what the boy learns from him. But more than the fictional story in the book, its about what everyone who reads the book should do, is what I like the most about the book. Yes, its about believing in your dreams and trying your best to see them materialize before you. It tells you never to give up, to fight on, to always be hopeful and never to lose heart.
The core message of the book is "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" which I can't say is a 100% true. Because when you do something great or good and you're on your path the success, there are always a lot of people out there in this world, who try to see you unsuccessful and would do anything to achieve it even if they don't gain anything out of it. I would agree that there are also others who try to help you and see that you succeed, but saying "all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" is a little contradictory for me. Well I would say that even in the book, the boy does has some bad luck when he gets robbed, and when he is put up to an impossible task by the army. Did they help him in achieving what he wanted or were they a hinderance to him? I would say he would've reached his goal faster otherwise. So then how could the core message be true.
So what I learned from the book was to follow your dreams, always listen to your heart, fight the hurdles placed in your way, never lose heart, never be so content that you lose sight of your dreams and yeah never trust everyone who agrees to help you out, although sometimes it may be for your own good to fail in certain circumstances. There are other things I learned too, but still I seriously don't think that "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Still read the book friends, maybe you can get a lot more out of it and do follow your dreams.
The Alchemist deals with the experiences of a boy who decides to follow his dreams. Its his journey through the unknown land, which he had never ever dreamed of treading on before. Its about his losses and his realizations (as to how to deal with life). Its about his beliefs and trusts. And yeah of course its about The Alchemist himself and what the boy learns from him. But more than the fictional story in the book, its about what everyone who reads the book should do, is what I like the most about the book. Yes, its about believing in your dreams and trying your best to see them materialize before you. It tells you never to give up, to fight on, to always be hopeful and never to lose heart.
The core message of the book is "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" which I can't say is a 100% true. Because when you do something great or good and you're on your path the success, there are always a lot of people out there in this world, who try to see you unsuccessful and would do anything to achieve it even if they don't gain anything out of it. I would agree that there are also others who try to help you and see that you succeed, but saying "all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" is a little contradictory for me. Well I would say that even in the book, the boy does has some bad luck when he gets robbed, and when he is put up to an impossible task by the army. Did they help him in achieving what he wanted or were they a hinderance to him? I would say he would've reached his goal faster otherwise. So then how could the core message be true.
So what I learned from the book was to follow your dreams, always listen to your heart, fight the hurdles placed in your way, never lose heart, never be so content that you lose sight of your dreams and yeah never trust everyone who agrees to help you out, although sometimes it may be for your own good to fail in certain circumstances. There are other things I learned too, but still I seriously don't think that "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." Still read the book friends, maybe you can get a lot more out of it and do follow your dreams.
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A good post, definitely inspires me to read the Alchemist which has been long pending. I would say the contradictory thing that you find with all the universe conspiring to make you realise your goals, is actually correct. How else would we realize our true potentials unless problems/obstacles dont come to us?
Stephen Hawking, Gautam Buddha, Edison, Abraham lincoln, Vivekananda there are so many examples, that they all faced lot of difficulties in life to carve out their personalities.
I think its part of the game.
@ Bhuvanesh
Thanks for the comment bhuvanesh. But yeah I do agree that the obstacles make you realize your true potentials and in some cases may help you achieve your goals, but do they always?? Sometimes they just break the person.
nice...
and yeps.. it is a great book...
tc...
Dear Friend, The universe is not only abt human beings, its also about a lot other factors.like the trees, the winds, the animals....so when Santiago's possessions got robbed, he learnt how to cope up with life.. wht matters is the journey...or else there was no point in going through the whole journey only to realise that the treasure lied right below his nose....its always the journey...
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