The Alchemist

The Alchemist is a journey of a young shepherd named Santiago, who goes after a treasure he sees in his dream and about the life lessons he learnt along the path to his life mission.The human emotions and thoughts when one have to lose one's possession for the achieving greater heights in life is well captured by Paulo Coelho.

I have heard about the law of universe before, but any law is well understood when it is illustrated with an example.

In this book, the author describes how the universe helps a young boy in understanding his dreams and to reach his destiny. 

The following are the wise thoughts on which the story of Santiago is based.

Law of Universe

"When you really want something deep down from your heart, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it".

Personal Calling

It is the path that God chose for you on this Earth and the traveling on which your soul fills with enthusiasm and happiness.

Four Obstacles

1.  Traditional thoughts, prejudice, fear and guilt
2.  Thought of hurting the loved ones in search of one's destiny
3.  Fear of Defeat
4.  Fear of Realizing the dream i.e., losing a purpose for life after achieving it

Few drops of wisdom from this novel

" We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand. "

" Tell ur heart dat the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, bcoz every second of this search is an encounter with God."

" Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every second ends with the victor's being severely tested."

" The darkest of the night came just before the dawn."

"When u possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed."

"Eyes shows the strength of the soul."

" If a person is living out his destiny, he knows everything he needs to know. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

" Do not say wat you got is more than you deserve. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time."

This book is so compelling that I finished it in a day. 

But now I feel that I should reread this book to gain more wisdom from it.

This is an ideal book for a person who is in search of his destiny, willing to explore his inner self and importantly listening to his Heart.

Yours,

-Vish