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丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘丕賵賱賵 賰賵賷賱賷賵貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 丨賯賯鬲 賳噩丕丨丕賸 毓丕賱賲賷丕賸 亘丕賴乇丕賸貙 噩毓賱 賰丕鬲亘賴丕 賲賳 兀卮賴乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷賷賳.
鬲鬲丨丿孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 乇丕毓 兀賳丿賱爻賷 卮丕亘 賷丿毓賶 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵. 賲囟賶 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丨賱賲賴 丕賱賲鬲賲孬賱 亘賰賳夭賺 賲丿賮賵賳 賯乇亘 兀賴乇丕賲丕鬲 賲氐乇貙 亘丿兀鬲 乇丨賱鬲賴 賲賳 兀爻亘丕賳賷丕 毓賳丿賲丕 廿賱鬲賯賶 丕賱賲賱賰 "賲賱賰賷 氐丕丿賯" 丕賱匕賷 兀禺亘乇賴 毓賳 丕賱賰賳夭貙 毓賻亘賻乇賻 賲囟賷賯 噩亘賱 胤丕乇賯 賲丕乇丕賸 亘丕賱賲睾乇亘 丨鬲賶 亘賱睾 賲氐乇貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵噩賴賴 胤賵丕賱 丕賱乇丨賱丞 廿卮丕乇丕鬲 睾賷亘賷丞.
賵賮賷 胤乇賷賯賴 賱賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 賰賳夭賴 丕賱丨賱賲貙 兀丨丿丕孬 賰孬賷乇丞 鬲賯毓貙 賰賱 丨丿孬 賲賳賴丕 丕爻鬲丨丕賱 毓賯亘丞 鬲賰丕丿 鬲賲賳毓賴 賲賳 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 乇丨賱鬲賴貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷噩丿 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻丕毓丿賴 毓賱賶 鬲噩丕賵夭 賴匕賴 丕賱毓賯亘丞....
賵賴賰匕丕 鬲鬲賱禺氐 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘噩賲賱丞 賯丕賱賴丕 丕賱賲賱賰 賱爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 :"廿匕丕 乇睾亘鬲 賮賷 卮賷亍.. 賮廿賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴 賷胤丕賵毓賰 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 乇睾亘鬲賰".
鬲鬲丨丿孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 乇丕毓 兀賳丿賱爻賷 卮丕亘 賷丿毓賶 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵. 賲囟賶 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丨賱賲賴 丕賱賲鬲賲孬賱 亘賰賳夭賺 賲丿賮賵賳 賯乇亘 兀賴乇丕賲丕鬲 賲氐乇貙 亘丿兀鬲 乇丨賱鬲賴 賲賳 兀爻亘丕賳賷丕 毓賳丿賲丕 廿賱鬲賯賶 丕賱賲賱賰 "賲賱賰賷 氐丕丿賯" 丕賱匕賷 兀禺亘乇賴 毓賳 丕賱賰賳夭貙 毓賻亘賻乇賻 賲囟賷賯 噩亘賱 胤丕乇賯 賲丕乇丕賸 亘丕賱賲睾乇亘 丨鬲賶 亘賱睾 賲氐乇貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵噩賴賴 胤賵丕賱 丕賱乇丨賱丞 廿卮丕乇丕鬲 睾賷亘賷丞.
賵賮賷 胤乇賷賯賴 賱賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 賰賳夭賴 丕賱丨賱賲貙 兀丨丿丕孬 賰孬賷乇丞 鬲賯毓貙 賰賱 丨丿孬 賲賳賴丕 丕爻鬲丨丕賱 毓賯亘丞 鬲賰丕丿 鬲賲賳毓賴 賲賳 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 乇丨賱鬲賴貙 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷噩丿 丕賱賵爻賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻丕毓丿賴 毓賱賶 鬲噩丕賵夭 賴匕賴 丕賱毓賯亘丞....
賵賴賰匕丕 鬲鬲賱禺氐 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘噩賲賱丞 賯丕賱賴丕 丕賱賲賱賰 賱爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 :"廿匕丕 乇睾亘鬲 賮賷 卮賷亍.. 賮廿賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴 賷胤丕賵毓賰 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 乇睾亘鬲賰".
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First published January 1, 1988
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Paulo Coelho
385听books136k听followersThe Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time. Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S茫o Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), The Witch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (to be released in 2009). During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions. Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress, Myspace & Facebook. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube and Flickr, offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers. From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution of his work.
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February 19, 2025
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
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I preface my review by saying I am amazed how wildly passionate people are in their feelings toward this novel ~~ regardless of whether they love or hate . I鈥檓 one of those people who love it. But, I understand why people are so passionate in their dislike of this work. looks to inspire passion in people with The Alchemist. And he succeeds in doing so ~~ especially in those who are so passionate in their dislike of this book.
is a novel that combines an atmosphere of medieval mysticism with the voice of the desert -- dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow Santiago and the reader like echoes of ancient wise voices. With this symbolic novel Coelho states that we should not avoid our destinies, and urges people to follow their dreams, because to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the way to find God, meaning happiness, fulfillment, and the ultimate purpose of creation.
The novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to "the signs" the boy ventures in his personal, journey of exploration and self-discovery, searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt. In his journey, Santiago sees the greatness of the world, and meets all kinds of exciting people like kings and alchemists. However, by the end of the novel, he discovers that "treasure lies where your heart belongs", and that the treasure was the journey itself, the discoveries he made, and the wisdom he acquired.
As the alchemist himself says when he appears to Santiago in the form of an old king "when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true". This is the core of the novel's theme. Isn't it true that all of us want to believe the old king when he says that the greatest lie in the world is that at some point we lose the ability to control our lives, and become the pawns of fate.
Coelho also suggests that those who do not have the courage to follow their 鈥淧ersonal Myth", are doomed to a life of emptiness, misery, and unfulfillment. Fear, fear of failure seems to be the greatest obstacle to happiness. The old crystal-seller tragically confesses: 鈥淚 am afraid that great disappointment awaits me, and so I prefer to dream". This is where Coelho really captures the drama of man, who sacrifices fulfillment to conformity, who knows he can achieve greatness but denies doing so, and ends up living an empty shell of a life.
is a novel that will not appeal to everybody. Not everyone will identify with Santiago. We all have dreams, and are praying for somebody to tell us they can come true. The novel skillfully combines words of wisdom, philosophy, and simplicity of meaning and language, and this is what makes it so enchanting.
~~
I preface my review by saying I am amazed how wildly passionate people are in their feelings toward this novel ~~ regardless of whether they love or hate . I鈥檓 one of those people who love it. But, I understand why people are so passionate in their dislike of this work. looks to inspire passion in people with The Alchemist. And he succeeds in doing so ~~ especially in those who are so passionate in their dislike of this book.
is a novel that combines an atmosphere of medieval mysticism with the voice of the desert -- dreams, symbols, signs, and adventure follow Santiago and the reader like echoes of ancient wise voices. With this symbolic novel Coelho states that we should not avoid our destinies, and urges people to follow their dreams, because to find our "Personal Myth" and our mission on Earth is the way to find God, meaning happiness, fulfillment, and the ultimate purpose of creation.
The novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to "the signs" the boy ventures in his personal, journey of exploration and self-discovery, searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt. In his journey, Santiago sees the greatness of the world, and meets all kinds of exciting people like kings and alchemists. However, by the end of the novel, he discovers that "treasure lies where your heart belongs", and that the treasure was the journey itself, the discoveries he made, and the wisdom he acquired.
As the alchemist himself says when he appears to Santiago in the form of an old king "when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true". This is the core of the novel's theme. Isn't it true that all of us want to believe the old king when he says that the greatest lie in the world is that at some point we lose the ability to control our lives, and become the pawns of fate.
Coelho also suggests that those who do not have the courage to follow their 鈥淧ersonal Myth", are doomed to a life of emptiness, misery, and unfulfillment. Fear, fear of failure seems to be the greatest obstacle to happiness. The old crystal-seller tragically confesses: 鈥淚 am afraid that great disappointment awaits me, and so I prefer to dream". This is where Coelho really captures the drama of man, who sacrifices fulfillment to conformity, who knows he can achieve greatness but denies doing so, and ends up living an empty shell of a life.
is a novel that will not appeal to everybody. Not everyone will identify with Santiago. We all have dreams, and are praying for somebody to tell us they can come true. The novel skillfully combines words of wisdom, philosophy, and simplicity of meaning and language, and this is what makes it so enchanting.
December 22, 2007
I need to start this review by stating 1) I can't stand self-help books and 2) I'm a feminist (no, I don't hate men- some men are quite awesome, but I am very conscious of women and our place in the world.)
Short summary (mild spoilers): A boy named Santiago follows his 'Personal Legend' in traveling from Spain to the Pyramids in Egypt searching for treasure. Along the way, he learns 'the Language of the World' the 'Soul of the World' and discovers that the 'Soul of God' is 'his own soul.'
If the statements in quotes above ('personal legend', etc) fascinate you, then you'll enjoy this book. If you think they are hokey and silly, then you'll think this is a terrible book. If you think statements such as "When you want something, all the universe conspires you to achieve it" and "All things are one" are moving and life-changing, you'll love this book. If such statements have you rolling your eyes, then this isn't your cup of tea.
Its not that I find anything wrong with these messages. They are important, but must be balanced with responsibility. In my experience, 'following your dreams' (or personal legend) is not the only way toward wisdom and strength. Is the person who struggles to put food on the table every day for his or her family, consciously realizing that he or she may not be following his or her 'personal legend' any less heroic than some traveler who leaves everything and everyone he or she is responsible for to go on a spiritual quest? Coelho comes close to labeling such people, as losers in life, which I find completely off the mark as some of these people have the most to offer in terms of wisdom.
The issue of responsibility is also part of this book's sexism. The main male characters in the novel have 'Personal Legends' - they are either seeking them, or have achieved them, or have failed to achieve them. But Coelho never mentions 'Personal Legend' with regard to women, other than to say that Fatima, Santiago's fiance, is 'a part of Santiago's Personal Legend." Thats fine, but what about her own Personal Legend? Instead of traveling to find her dreams, she is content to sit around, do chores, and stare everyday at the desert to wait for his return. This is her 'fate' as a desert women. The fact that women don't have Personal Legends is even more galling considering the fact that according to Coelho, even minerals such as lead and copper have Personal Legends, allowing them to 'evolve' to something better (ie, gold).
In the ideal world presented in THE ALCHEMIST, it seems that the job of men is to seek out their personal legends, leaving aside thoughts of family and responsibility, and its the job of women to let them, and pine for their return. Of course, someone has to do the unheroic, inconvenient work of taking care of the children, the animals, the elderly, the ill...If everyone simply goes off on spiritual quests, deciding they have no responsibility other than to seek their Personal Legends, no one would be taking responsibility for the unglamorous work that simply has to take place for the world to run.
On the other hand, what if both men and women are allowed to struggle towards their 'Personal Legends,' and help each other as best as they can towards them, but recognize that their responsibilities may force them to defer, compromise, or even 'sacrifice' their dreams? This may seem depressing, but it isn't necessarily. Coelho seems to think that Personal Legends are fixed at childhood (or at birth, or even before) and are not changeable: they have to be followed through to the end, no matter how silly. But in my experience, many people have chosen to adjust, compromise, and even 'give up' on their dreams, only to find that life grants them something better, or they have a new, better dream to follow, a path providing greater wisdom. For me, these people have a more realistic, more humble, more fair, and less cliched vision of the world than Paulo Coelho's vision in THE ALCHEMIST.
Short summary (mild spoilers): A boy named Santiago follows his 'Personal Legend' in traveling from Spain to the Pyramids in Egypt searching for treasure. Along the way, he learns 'the Language of the World' the 'Soul of the World' and discovers that the 'Soul of God' is 'his own soul.'
If the statements in quotes above ('personal legend', etc) fascinate you, then you'll enjoy this book. If you think they are hokey and silly, then you'll think this is a terrible book. If you think statements such as "When you want something, all the universe conspires you to achieve it" and "All things are one" are moving and life-changing, you'll love this book. If such statements have you rolling your eyes, then this isn't your cup of tea.
Its not that I find anything wrong with these messages. They are important, but must be balanced with responsibility. In my experience, 'following your dreams' (or personal legend) is not the only way toward wisdom and strength. Is the person who struggles to put food on the table every day for his or her family, consciously realizing that he or she may not be following his or her 'personal legend' any less heroic than some traveler who leaves everything and everyone he or she is responsible for to go on a spiritual quest? Coelho comes close to labeling such people, as losers in life, which I find completely off the mark as some of these people have the most to offer in terms of wisdom.
The issue of responsibility is also part of this book's sexism. The main male characters in the novel have 'Personal Legends' - they are either seeking them, or have achieved them, or have failed to achieve them. But Coelho never mentions 'Personal Legend' with regard to women, other than to say that Fatima, Santiago's fiance, is 'a part of Santiago's Personal Legend." Thats fine, but what about her own Personal Legend? Instead of traveling to find her dreams, she is content to sit around, do chores, and stare everyday at the desert to wait for his return. This is her 'fate' as a desert women. The fact that women don't have Personal Legends is even more galling considering the fact that according to Coelho, even minerals such as lead and copper have Personal Legends, allowing them to 'evolve' to something better (ie, gold).
In the ideal world presented in THE ALCHEMIST, it seems that the job of men is to seek out their personal legends, leaving aside thoughts of family and responsibility, and its the job of women to let them, and pine for their return. Of course, someone has to do the unheroic, inconvenient work of taking care of the children, the animals, the elderly, the ill...If everyone simply goes off on spiritual quests, deciding they have no responsibility other than to seek their Personal Legends, no one would be taking responsibility for the unglamorous work that simply has to take place for the world to run.
On the other hand, what if both men and women are allowed to struggle towards their 'Personal Legends,' and help each other as best as they can towards them, but recognize that their responsibilities may force them to defer, compromise, or even 'sacrifice' their dreams? This may seem depressing, but it isn't necessarily. Coelho seems to think that Personal Legends are fixed at childhood (or at birth, or even before) and are not changeable: they have to be followed through to the end, no matter how silly. But in my experience, many people have chosen to adjust, compromise, and even 'give up' on their dreams, only to find that life grants them something better, or they have a new, better dream to follow, a path providing greater wisdom. For me, these people have a more realistic, more humble, more fair, and less cliched vision of the world than Paulo Coelho's vision in THE ALCHEMIST.
April 21, 2013
***spoilers and bitterness ahead--be forewarned**
I'm not sure that I can capture my utter disdain for this book in words, but I'll give it a shot. I read this book about three years ago and just had to re-read it for book club. It was a steaming pile of crap then and, guess what?, it's a steaming pile of crap now. The main reason I hate this book: it's trite inspirational literature dressed up as an adventure quest. You go into it thinking that it's going to be about a boy's quest for treasure. If you read the back, there are words like "Pyramids," "Gypsy," "alchemist." Turns out, this is just The Purpose Driven Life dressed up with a little fable. It's Hallmark Hall of Fame territory set in an exotic locale. Which pisses me off to no end as I normally try to dodge that sort of thing, but here it is masquerading as the type of book I normally like. It's cliche, didactic, and poorly written.
Just as with Aesop's Fables, there's a moral to the story. And Coelho keeps backing up and running over it just to make sure that we get it (and he capitalizes important key words necessary to understanding it, lest we overlook their significance). If there's one thing Paulo Coelho can do, it's flog a dead horse.
Essentially, boy thinks he's happy in life. He's a shepherd who gets to travel the world, has all of his needs met, and owns a book which he can always trade for another book when he goes to market. What more can a boy need? Boy is then told by a mysterious stranger that he's not happy at all. Why not? He has failed to recognize his Personal Legend. Everyone has a Personal Legend, which is life's plan for you. However, most of us give up on our Personal Legend in childhood. If you are fortunate enough to hang onto and pursue your Personal Legend, then The Soul of the World will help you obtain it. All of nature conspires to bring you luck and good fortune so that you can fulfill your destiny, whether it's to be a shepherd on a quest for treasure at the pyramids, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, or, one would assume, a prostitute, drug dealer, or porn star. Hey, we're all fate's bitch in The Alchemist. But I digress. Boy seeks out his Personal Legend and finds it's a long, hard road to obtaining what you want in life. But with faith, perseverance, and just a little goshdarnit good luck, the boy learns to speak the Language of the World and tap into The Soul of the World and fulfills his Personal Legend. And what does he learn? That what he sought was back home, the place he started from. Oh, silly boy.
So, in summation, here is what you should learn from The Alchemist:
1) Dream. And, while you're at it, dream BIG
2) Follow your bliss
3) Don't be surprised if you find obstacles in your way, but you will overcome
4) It's good to travel and encounter people from other cultures
5) What we most often seek is right in front of us, but sometimes we have to leave home to realize it
To all of these important life lessons, I can only say, "Well, no shit, Sherlock." If Coelho knew anything about alchemy, he would have been able to transform this crap into gold. Alas, it's still crap.
Cross posted at
I'm not sure that I can capture my utter disdain for this book in words, but I'll give it a shot. I read this book about three years ago and just had to re-read it for book club. It was a steaming pile of crap then and, guess what?, it's a steaming pile of crap now. The main reason I hate this book: it's trite inspirational literature dressed up as an adventure quest. You go into it thinking that it's going to be about a boy's quest for treasure. If you read the back, there are words like "Pyramids," "Gypsy," "alchemist." Turns out, this is just The Purpose Driven Life dressed up with a little fable. It's Hallmark Hall of Fame territory set in an exotic locale. Which pisses me off to no end as I normally try to dodge that sort of thing, but here it is masquerading as the type of book I normally like. It's cliche, didactic, and poorly written.
Just as with Aesop's Fables, there's a moral to the story. And Coelho keeps backing up and running over it just to make sure that we get it (and he capitalizes important key words necessary to understanding it, lest we overlook their significance). If there's one thing Paulo Coelho can do, it's flog a dead horse.
Essentially, boy thinks he's happy in life. He's a shepherd who gets to travel the world, has all of his needs met, and owns a book which he can always trade for another book when he goes to market. What more can a boy need? Boy is then told by a mysterious stranger that he's not happy at all. Why not? He has failed to recognize his Personal Legend. Everyone has a Personal Legend, which is life's plan for you. However, most of us give up on our Personal Legend in childhood. If you are fortunate enough to hang onto and pursue your Personal Legend, then The Soul of the World will help you obtain it. All of nature conspires to bring you luck and good fortune so that you can fulfill your destiny, whether it's to be a shepherd on a quest for treasure at the pyramids, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, or, one would assume, a prostitute, drug dealer, or porn star. Hey, we're all fate's bitch in The Alchemist. But I digress. Boy seeks out his Personal Legend and finds it's a long, hard road to obtaining what you want in life. But with faith, perseverance, and just a little goshdarnit good luck, the boy learns to speak the Language of the World and tap into The Soul of the World and fulfills his Personal Legend. And what does he learn? That what he sought was back home, the place he started from. Oh, silly boy.
So, in summation, here is what you should learn from The Alchemist:
1) Dream. And, while you're at it, dream BIG
2) Follow your bliss
3) Don't be surprised if you find obstacles in your way, but you will overcome
4) It's good to travel and encounter people from other cultures
5) What we most often seek is right in front of us, but sometimes we have to leave home to realize it
To all of these important life lessons, I can only say, "Well, no shit, Sherlock." If Coelho knew anything about alchemy, he would have been able to transform this crap into gold. Alas, it's still crap.
Cross posted at
June 12, 2008
I really disliked this book. I dislike it in the way that I dislike a great deal of modern self help books. Their basic message is that if you want something to happen, you need to want it as hard as you can, without caring about anything else, not allowing yourself to doubt it, or let criticisms will get in the way then it will happen.
I disagree with this notion, not only because it is false, but because it is bad.
Just because we desire something, does not make it good. This idea of 'following your heart' is often wrong. Who are we to be the arbiters of truth? Why should our hearts be sources of information that go beyond logic, doubt and reasoning? Haven't we all desired things that have turned out to not be in our best interest, or to be harmful to others? Andrew Jackson was a man known to have a lot of integrity. He was always 'true' to himself and followed his heart. Andrew Jackson is the man who initiated the 'Trail of Tears'. Moving Native Americans from their homes and into reservations.
Next, this idea of not letting ourselves doubt or consider doubts. This is a terrible and dishonest way to live. If we don't consider doubts, and entertain them often, then we are deliberately blinding ourselves. Deliberately making ourselves ignorant. If someone doesn't give serious consideration to the idea that they may be wrong. Give serious thought to why they believe what they do, and that perhaps those who doubt them may be correct, then they are behaving in a dangerous and dishonest way.
Not giving heed to the concerns doubts and criticisms of others is something I believe is a major fault in modern society. Often, people fail to recognize the needs of the group and the community. We place so much emphasis on the needs and rights of the individual. This causes people to focus so much on themselves to the detriment of others around them. At times, it can be beneficial to go against the group, but one should first give serious consideration to the groups concerns.
According to Ideas like the Alchemist, groups like, the Westboro Baptist Church,(godhatesfags.com) should be seen as American heroes. These are people who take a totally irrational stance, and stick to it as hard as they can in complete defiance to the views of everyone around them.
I disagree with this notion, not only because it is false, but because it is bad.
Just because we desire something, does not make it good. This idea of 'following your heart' is often wrong. Who are we to be the arbiters of truth? Why should our hearts be sources of information that go beyond logic, doubt and reasoning? Haven't we all desired things that have turned out to not be in our best interest, or to be harmful to others? Andrew Jackson was a man known to have a lot of integrity. He was always 'true' to himself and followed his heart. Andrew Jackson is the man who initiated the 'Trail of Tears'. Moving Native Americans from their homes and into reservations.
Next, this idea of not letting ourselves doubt or consider doubts. This is a terrible and dishonest way to live. If we don't consider doubts, and entertain them often, then we are deliberately blinding ourselves. Deliberately making ourselves ignorant. If someone doesn't give serious consideration to the idea that they may be wrong. Give serious thought to why they believe what they do, and that perhaps those who doubt them may be correct, then they are behaving in a dangerous and dishonest way.
Not giving heed to the concerns doubts and criticisms of others is something I believe is a major fault in modern society. Often, people fail to recognize the needs of the group and the community. We place so much emphasis on the needs and rights of the individual. This causes people to focus so much on themselves to the detriment of others around them. At times, it can be beneficial to go against the group, but one should first give serious consideration to the groups concerns.
According to Ideas like the Alchemist, groups like, the Westboro Baptist Church,(godhatesfags.com) should be seen as American heroes. These are people who take a totally irrational stance, and stick to it as hard as they can in complete defiance to the views of everyone around them.
August 3, 2024
A good parable--like "The Prodigal Son"--should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. The problem with this little book is that it does precisely the opposite.
Coelho's message--and, boy, is this a book with a message--is that each of us has his own Personal Legend, and that if we recognize that legend and pursue it sincerely, everything in the Universe (which is after all made up--wind, stone, trees--of the same stuff we are) will conspire to help us achieve it. Corollaries: 1) people who don't recognize their legends are never happy, 2) people who fail to realize their legends are afraid, and 3) people who refuse to pursue their legends, even when they know what they are, are both unhappy and afraid. (I admit I've left out a nuance or two here and there, but not many. There aren't more than three or four nuances in the book.)
I fear that the result of taking such a message seriously will be to make the successful even more self-satisfied, the narcissistic more self-absorbed, and the affluent more self-congratulatory. At the same time, those who are unfortunate will blame themselves for their bad fortune, those who lack self-esteem will lose what little they have, and the poor will see--no, not God, as the beatitude says, but--the poor will see they have only themselves to blame.
Perhaps I am being too harsh. I can see how a few individual young persons, hemmed in by parental expectations and seeking their own paths, may find enough hope and courage here to help them venture forth. But I am convinced the damage done by books like this--like The Secret, The Celestine Prophecy, and anything ever written by the late Dr. Wayne Dyer (or, for that matter, anything he may ever choose to channel from beyond the grave)--is far greater than the little good they may achieve.
If you like parables, don't read this book. Go read a book of Hasidic tales collected by Martin Buber, a book of Sufi stories collected by Idries Shah, or a book of parables and sayings by Anthony de Mello instead.
Or then again, you could just try Jesus. Jesus is always good.
December 4, 2013
I feel like everyone LOVES this book, but I was kind of underwhelmed. I know that translation affects the quality of writing, but I could not get into this writing style. At all. I felt like it was totally affected and contrived. He was going for this "fable/parable" style, but it seemed to fail miserably. The parable-like quality was totally contrived, and I thought the "moral" was pretty stupid.
Moral: everything you want and need is close to home. Take chances. Follow your "personal legacy."
Then....there was a supernatural element which was just plain dumb. Granted, I am not religious. I think god-fearing people get more out of this bc they can take that leap of faith, excuse the phrase. If this was supposed to be a story of magic, I may have been into it. But it was supposed to be a simple story of knowing yourself. And I think, philosophically speaking, when you truly know yourself that is when you truly realize your destiny. Why do you need supernatural forces to convey that message? This was about realizing your destiny, or "personal legacy." It could have been done without the hocus pocus, and, yes, the cheese.
In short, the book attempted to be deep and failed. "Speaking with the wind and the sun" and "being a shepherd" and getting over "personal hardship" all as part of a transparent "higher plan" (read: personal legacy) doesn't make a plot deep. A character simply called "boy" and short sentences doesn't make a story a fable. Learning from your flocks and from nature doesn't make a character inexplicably wise. I really got nothing out of this book.
It is short though. The book came very highly recommended. Read it to judge the hype for yourself. After all, a whole nation, including Bill Clinton (who I'm into), thought it was a touching account that personally changed them. Then again, this is the same country who thought The Celestine Prophesy was worthwhile. Gag.
Moral: everything you want and need is close to home. Take chances. Follow your "personal legacy."
Then....there was a supernatural element which was just plain dumb. Granted, I am not religious. I think god-fearing people get more out of this bc they can take that leap of faith, excuse the phrase. If this was supposed to be a story of magic, I may have been into it. But it was supposed to be a simple story of knowing yourself. And I think, philosophically speaking, when you truly know yourself that is when you truly realize your destiny. Why do you need supernatural forces to convey that message? This was about realizing your destiny, or "personal legacy." It could have been done without the hocus pocus, and, yes, the cheese.
In short, the book attempted to be deep and failed. "Speaking with the wind and the sun" and "being a shepherd" and getting over "personal hardship" all as part of a transparent "higher plan" (read: personal legacy) doesn't make a plot deep. A character simply called "boy" and short sentences doesn't make a story a fable. Learning from your flocks and from nature doesn't make a character inexplicably wise. I really got nothing out of this book.
It is short though. The book came very highly recommended. Read it to judge the hype for yourself. After all, a whole nation, including Bill Clinton (who I'm into), thought it was a touching account that personally changed them. Then again, this is the same country who thought The Celestine Prophesy was worthwhile. Gag.
April 9, 2011
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賵 兀賳賳賷 兀乇賷丿購 兀賳 兀爻賰鬲購 亘丕賯賷 毓賲乇賷 ..
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丨賯賸丕 貙 賱賯丿 禺賱賯 賰賱賾 賲賳丕 賱賭 賷丨賯賯 兀爻胤賵乇丞
賵 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱丕 鬲賲賳丨購 丕賱賮乇氐 廿賱丕 賱賱乇丕睾亘賷賳
February 15, 2015
Utter drivel. The book was badly written, righteous, condescending, preachy, and worst of all, the ending was morally questionable. All the fables and stories are stolen from elsewhere, religious ideas and spirituality are badly mixed, and everything is so obvious.
The book harps on about tapping into the Soul of the World, the Language of the World, about your one true path and other nonsense. The basic idea is that if you really want something and "listen to your heart", the whole universe will help you achieve it if you only look for omens. A questionable idea in a world where people no longer want to work hard and achieve independently.
It reads like a really bad self-help book written for 8 year old children and disguised as a symbolic parable. I read a lot of books and I can safely say this is the worst book I have ever read. It's only saving grace was that it was mercifully short.
The book harps on about tapping into the Soul of the World, the Language of the World, about your one true path and other nonsense. The basic idea is that if you really want something and "listen to your heart", the whole universe will help you achieve it if you only look for omens. A questionable idea in a world where people no longer want to work hard and achieve independently.
It reads like a really bad self-help book written for 8 year old children and disguised as a symbolic parable. I read a lot of books and I can safely say this is the worst book I have ever read. It's only saving grace was that it was mercifully short.
August 13, 2015
The problem with this book is not just that it's bad, which it certainly is, but that there are so many people out there who want to corner you at parties and tell you how it's totally changed their lives. In a way you might as well read it just so you can see how feeble-minded they must be to get any kind of philosophical nourishment out of this inexhaustible stream of clich茅s. The profound lessons you'll learn from this book amount to nothing more than several variations on the theme of "only the very ugly is truly beautiful, only the very stupid are really intelligent, only black is white, only up is down" etc etc.
The writing is too simple to be really bad, but it's the content that gets you. By the end of the book you'll want to track down the philosopher's stone yourself and carefully beat Coelho to death with it.
The writing is too simple to be really bad, but it's the content that gets you. By the end of the book you'll want to track down the philosopher's stone yourself and carefully beat Coelho to death with it.
March 28, 2021
(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Composed simply and scripture-like, it reads at times too much like a children's fable, but picks up steam by the end.
Notes: Composed simply and scripture-like, it reads at times too much like a children's fable, but picks up steam by the end.
February 3, 2025
Whenever I felt lost, depressed, sad, numb, conflicted, frustrated, exhausted, I get this book into my hands and follow the journey of young shepherd Santiago who is looking for a worldly treasure. As like T.S. Eliot says: 鈥� The journey not the arrival matters.鈥�
This journey is about self discovery, fighting with your own demons, letting your heart being your own eyes and leading you throughout the dark and threatening roads of life. It鈥檚 epic, uplifting, motivational, inspirational,heartfelt, poignant!
Here are my favorite quotes of the book:
鈥淲hen we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.鈥�
鈥淭he simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.鈥�
鈥淩emember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.鈥�
鈥淒on't give in to your fears. If you do, you won鈥檛 be able to talk to your heart.鈥�
鈥淭here is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.鈥�
鈥淎nd, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.鈥�
This journey is about self discovery, fighting with your own demons, letting your heart being your own eyes and leading you throughout the dark and threatening roads of life. It鈥檚 epic, uplifting, motivational, inspirational,heartfelt, poignant!
Here are my favorite quotes of the book:
鈥淲hen we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.鈥�
鈥淭he simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.鈥�
鈥淩emember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.鈥�
鈥淒on't give in to your fears. If you do, you won鈥檛 be able to talk to your heart.鈥�
鈥淭here is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.鈥�
鈥淎nd, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.鈥�
September 10, 2023
Coelho鈥檚 finest?
Andalusia, Spain. Young poor shepherd Santiago has a very vivid dream in which he finds some lost treasure in a remote unknown location. After consulting a fortune teller, he learns that in order to find it he may need to travel as far as the Egyptian pyramids. A practically impossible task, since he doesn鈥檛 have a map, any rational reason, or even the means to fulfil it. This is the story of his fantastic journey, and how he attempts to fulfill a wild quest, that could potentially change his life.
Coelho鈥檚 most acclaimed masterpiece and famed work hands down; a very short allegorical tale about listening to your heart, and following your dreams, no matter what. I particularly enjoyed the exchanges with the mysterious old king, the time spent with the crystal merchant, and meeting Fatima, the desert girl. The oasis and the encounter with the Alchemist was good, but felt a bit farfetched, and his teachings somewhat repetitive. Still, a considerable amount of quotes and moments to remember by; with some very nice plot twists, a sublimely satisfying ending, and a spiritually uplifting message. I remember enormously enjoying this novella back in the day, the wowing feeling sadly gradually diminishing over the years. Still, I don鈥檛 regret reading it; this was overall a worthy read, and memorable, despite de glaring self-help vibes. I liked learning about the 鈥淧ersonal Legend鈥�, among other curious esoteric concepts. Recommendable, for the right audience.
Personally I must admit I enjoyed Veronika Decides to Die a lot more; but if you ever had in mind picking up Coelho someday, this is a good choice too. A highly uplifting story with a very memorable message, for those willing to listen to it.
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PERSONAL NOTE : The introduction also mentions this story is plagued with symbolisms. I wouldn鈥檛 be able to point out a single one, but that鈥檚 because I simply don鈥檛 register them. Yes, I鈥檓 that stupid; for certain things.
[1988] [182p] [Classics] [3.5] [Recommendable] ["When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.鈥漖
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Veronika Decides to Die
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� The Alchemist [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� The Fifth Mountain [2.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� The Pilgrimage [2.5]
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驴Lo mejor de Coelho?
Andaluc铆a, Espa帽a. El joven y pobre pastor Santiago tiene un sue帽o muy v铆vido en el que encuentra un tesoro perdido en un remoto y desconocido lugar. Despu茅s de consultar una adivinadora, descubre que para hallarlo necesitar铆a viajar tan lejos como hasta las pir谩mides egipcias. Una tarea pr谩cticamente imposible, ya que no posee un mapa, ni una raz贸n racional, o los medio para completarla. Esta es la historia de su fant谩stico viaje, y c贸mo intenta lograr una alocada misi贸n, que potencialmente podr铆a cambiar su vida.
La obra maestra m谩s aclamada y famosa de Coelho por lejos; un muy corto relato aleg贸rico sobre escuchar tu coraz贸n, y seguir tus sue帽os, sin importar qu茅. Particularmente disfrut茅 los intercambios con el misterioso viejo rey, el tiempo que transcurri贸 con el mercader de cristales, y el encuentro con F谩tima, la chica del desierto. El oasis y el encuentro con el Alquimista fue bueno, pero se sinti贸 un poco demasiado incre铆ble, y sus ense帽anzas un tanto repetitivas. Aun as铆, una considerable cantidad de citas y momentos para el recuerdo; con unas muy interesantes vueltas de trama, un sublimemente satisfactorio final, y un mensaje espiritualmente elevador. Recuerdo disfrutar esta novela corta enormemente en su d铆a, la maravillosa sensaci贸n de asombro lamentablemente gradualmente disminuyendo con el correr de los a帽os. Sin embargo, no me arrepiento de haberla le铆do; esta fue por sobre todo una valiosa lectura, y memorable, a pesar del llamativo tinte de autoayuda. Me gust贸 conocer la 鈥淟eyenda Personal鈥�, entre otros curiosos conceptos esot茅ricos. Recomendable, para la audiencia correcta.
Personalmente debo admitir que disfrut茅 鈥淰eronika Decide Morir鈥� mucho m谩s; pero si alguna vez tuviste en mente leer Coelho alg煤n d铆a, 鈥淓l Alquimista鈥� es tambi茅n una buena elecci贸n. Una historia altamente elevadora con un mensaje muy memorable, para aquellos dispuestos a escucharla.
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NOTA PERSONAL : La introducci贸n tambi茅n menciona que la historia est谩 plagada de simbolismos. Yo no podr铆a se帽alar ni uno s贸lo, pero eso es porque simplemente no los registro. S铆, soy as铆 de idiota; para ciertas cosas.
[1988] [182p] [Cl谩sicos] [3.5] [Recomendable] [鈥淐uando realmente quieres una cosa, todo el universo conspira para ayudarte a conseguirla.鈥漖
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Andalusia, Spain. Young poor shepherd Santiago has a very vivid dream in which he finds some lost treasure in a remote unknown location. After consulting a fortune teller, he learns that in order to find it he may need to travel as far as the Egyptian pyramids. A practically impossible task, since he doesn鈥檛 have a map, any rational reason, or even the means to fulfil it. This is the story of his fantastic journey, and how he attempts to fulfill a wild quest, that could potentially change his life.
Coelho鈥檚 most acclaimed masterpiece and famed work hands down; a very short allegorical tale about listening to your heart, and following your dreams, no matter what. I particularly enjoyed the exchanges with the mysterious old king, the time spent with the crystal merchant, and meeting Fatima, the desert girl. The oasis and the encounter with the Alchemist was good, but felt a bit farfetched, and his teachings somewhat repetitive. Still, a considerable amount of quotes and moments to remember by; with some very nice plot twists, a sublimely satisfying ending, and a spiritually uplifting message. I remember enormously enjoying this novella back in the day, the wowing feeling sadly gradually diminishing over the years. Still, I don鈥檛 regret reading it; this was overall a worthy read, and memorable, despite de glaring self-help vibes. I liked learning about the 鈥淧ersonal Legend鈥�, among other curious esoteric concepts. Recommendable, for the right audience.
Personally I must admit I enjoyed Veronika Decides to Die a lot more; but if you ever had in mind picking up Coelho someday, this is a good choice too. A highly uplifting story with a very memorable message, for those willing to listen to it.
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PERSONAL NOTE : The introduction also mentions this story is plagued with symbolisms. I wouldn鈥檛 be able to point out a single one, but that鈥檚 because I simply don鈥檛 register them. Yes, I鈥檓 that stupid; for certain things.
[1988] [182p] [Classics] [3.5] [Recommendable] ["When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.鈥漖
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Veronika Decides to Die
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� The Alchemist [3.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� The Fifth Mountain [2.5]
鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� The Pilgrimage [2.5]
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驴Lo mejor de Coelho?
Andaluc铆a, Espa帽a. El joven y pobre pastor Santiago tiene un sue帽o muy v铆vido en el que encuentra un tesoro perdido en un remoto y desconocido lugar. Despu茅s de consultar una adivinadora, descubre que para hallarlo necesitar铆a viajar tan lejos como hasta las pir谩mides egipcias. Una tarea pr谩cticamente imposible, ya que no posee un mapa, ni una raz贸n racional, o los medio para completarla. Esta es la historia de su fant谩stico viaje, y c贸mo intenta lograr una alocada misi贸n, que potencialmente podr铆a cambiar su vida.
La obra maestra m谩s aclamada y famosa de Coelho por lejos; un muy corto relato aleg贸rico sobre escuchar tu coraz贸n, y seguir tus sue帽os, sin importar qu茅. Particularmente disfrut茅 los intercambios con el misterioso viejo rey, el tiempo que transcurri贸 con el mercader de cristales, y el encuentro con F谩tima, la chica del desierto. El oasis y el encuentro con el Alquimista fue bueno, pero se sinti贸 un poco demasiado incre铆ble, y sus ense帽anzas un tanto repetitivas. Aun as铆, una considerable cantidad de citas y momentos para el recuerdo; con unas muy interesantes vueltas de trama, un sublimemente satisfactorio final, y un mensaje espiritualmente elevador. Recuerdo disfrutar esta novela corta enormemente en su d铆a, la maravillosa sensaci贸n de asombro lamentablemente gradualmente disminuyendo con el correr de los a帽os. Sin embargo, no me arrepiento de haberla le铆do; esta fue por sobre todo una valiosa lectura, y memorable, a pesar del llamativo tinte de autoayuda. Me gust贸 conocer la 鈥淟eyenda Personal鈥�, entre otros curiosos conceptos esot茅ricos. Recomendable, para la audiencia correcta.
Personalmente debo admitir que disfrut茅 鈥淰eronika Decide Morir鈥� mucho m谩s; pero si alguna vez tuviste en mente leer Coelho alg煤n d铆a, 鈥淓l Alquimista鈥� es tambi茅n una buena elecci贸n. Una historia altamente elevadora con un mensaje muy memorable, para aquellos dispuestos a escucharla.
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NOTA PERSONAL : La introducci贸n tambi茅n menciona que la historia est谩 plagada de simbolismos. Yo no podr铆a se帽alar ni uno s贸lo, pero eso es porque simplemente no los registro. S铆, soy as铆 de idiota; para ciertas cosas.
[1988] [182p] [Cl谩sicos] [3.5] [Recomendable] [鈥淐uando realmente quieres una cosa, todo el universo conspira para ayudarte a conseguirla.鈥漖
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February 19, 2019
This is either a beautifully written and fable-like illustration of simple and universal truths or a load of crap.
I have a bad feeling it鈥檚 the later, but then I consider that there could also be a third option.
I read once that Sting, when he wrote the classic Police song Every Breath You Take, mixed up a series of banal clich茅s about love and loss and just put them all together, and so this cool tune has some satire about it. Similarly, the Credence Clearwater Revival song Looking Out My Backdoor, a clunky but loveable country western tune, was actually begun as a facetious parody of slide guitar yokel lyricism.
I also think of the comedy / performance art of Andy Kaufman and the constant, uncomfortable tension about what he was doing and why. Was it really so bad it was funny? If it was so obviously corny and insincere, was that not funny? Or was it? Was he really wrestling women and then getting beaten up by Jerry Lawler? That was a joke right?
So ...
Was Paulo Coelho鈥檚 1988 fantasy / magical realism parable of truths found in nature and subtle messages from God told straight or was there a wink and a nod told with some fun?
Now 鈥� think about it for a second. The whole 鈥渓ost gold鈥� theme and the discussions with the alchemist about a supposed elixir of life and 鈥渇ollow your heart鈥� rhetoric. Was Coelho telling this straight or pulling our leg?
I have to say that I doubt it, but I did laugh a few times and the over the top syrupy delivery made me wonder, and maybe I liked it better considering this twinkle of a third possibility.
I will say that this could go either way. I can absolutely see where someone could find hidden treasure and deeply meaningful messages in the short novel. And I can see someone rolling their eyes and sticking their finger down their throat in a gag gesture.
I鈥檒l cast a Cheshire cat smirk and like for another reason.
I have a bad feeling it鈥檚 the later, but then I consider that there could also be a third option.
I read once that Sting, when he wrote the classic Police song Every Breath You Take, mixed up a series of banal clich茅s about love and loss and just put them all together, and so this cool tune has some satire about it. Similarly, the Credence Clearwater Revival song Looking Out My Backdoor, a clunky but loveable country western tune, was actually begun as a facetious parody of slide guitar yokel lyricism.
I also think of the comedy / performance art of Andy Kaufman and the constant, uncomfortable tension about what he was doing and why. Was it really so bad it was funny? If it was so obviously corny and insincere, was that not funny? Or was it? Was he really wrestling women and then getting beaten up by Jerry Lawler? That was a joke right?
So ...
Was Paulo Coelho鈥檚 1988 fantasy / magical realism parable of truths found in nature and subtle messages from God told straight or was there a wink and a nod told with some fun?
Now 鈥� think about it for a second. The whole 鈥渓ost gold鈥� theme and the discussions with the alchemist about a supposed elixir of life and 鈥渇ollow your heart鈥� rhetoric. Was Coelho telling this straight or pulling our leg?
I have to say that I doubt it, but I did laugh a few times and the over the top syrupy delivery made me wonder, and maybe I liked it better considering this twinkle of a third possibility.
I will say that this could go either way. I can absolutely see where someone could find hidden treasure and deeply meaningful messages in the short novel. And I can see someone rolling their eyes and sticking their finger down their throat in a gag gesture.
I鈥檒l cast a Cheshire cat smirk and like for another reason.
July 28, 2021
O Alquimista = The Alchemist鈥�, Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure.
His quest will lead him to riches far different鈥攁nd far more satisfying鈥攖han he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丿乇 賲丕賴 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 1996賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 讴蹖賲蹖丕诏乇貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 倬丕卅賵賱賵 讴賵卅蹖賱賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨爻蹖賳 賳毓蹖賲蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲貙 1374貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 孬丕賱孬貙 1377貨 丿乇 283氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9646404465貨 趩丕倬 卮卮賲 1379貨 賴賮鬲賲 1380貨 賴卮鬲賲 1381貨 賳賴賲 1386貨 卮丕亘讴 9789646404465貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇夭蹖賱 - 爻丿賴 蹖 20賲
鬲乇噩賲賴 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丕夭 禺丕賳賲賴丕 賵 丌賯丕蹖丕賳 芦丌乇卮 丨噩丕夭蹖禄貨 芦丿賱 丌乇丕 賯賴乇賲丕賳禄貨 芦賲蹖鬲乇丕 賲蹖乇卮讴丕乇禄貨 芦爻賵爻賳 丕乇丿讴丕賳蹖禄貨 芦賲乇鬲囟蹖 爻毓蹖丿蹖禄貨 芦丕蹖賱蹖丕 丨乇蹖乇蹖禄貨 芦賳丿丕 賳賵蹖丿賳蹖丕禄貨 芦賴乇賲蹖賳賴 卮亘丕賳蹖禄貨 芦亘賴乇丕賲 噩毓賮乇蹖禄貨 芦賲乇蹖賲 丕賲蹖乇蹖禄貨 芦賮乇夭丕賳賴 賮乇夭丕丿禄貨 芦賲蹖賳丕 丨蹖丿乇蹖禄 賵 芦毓丕胤賮賴 夭蹖賳賱蹖禄貨 芦丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱 睾賮賵乇蹖 孬丕賳蹖禄 賵 芦乇囟丕 丕亘賵毓胤丕禄貨 芦賮乇蹖亘丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賲馗賱賵賲蹖禄貨 芦诏蹖爻賵 倬丕乇爻丕蹖禄貨 芦卮賴乇夭丕丿 賮鬲賵丨蹖禄貨 芦毓賱蹖 賳丕丿乇蹖禄貨 芦賲丕讴丕賳 讴蹖丕賳禄貨 賵 芦賳丕賴蹖丿 丕蹖乇丕賳 賳跇丕丿禄貨 賵 ...貨
丿乇 賴夭丕乇 賵 蹖讴卮亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲貙 讴賴 賲乇丿蹖 丿乇 芦亘睾丿丕丿禄貙 賴賲丕賳 禺賵丕亘蹖 乇丕 賲蹖亘蹖賳丿貙 讴賴 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦讴賵卅蹖賱賵禄貙 趩賵倬丕賳 芦丕爻倬丕賳蹖丕蹖蹖禄 丿蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 芦賲孬賳賵蹖 賲毓賳賵蹖 賲賵賱丕賳丕禄 賳蹖夭貙 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 賵丕跇賴 賴丕蹖 卮毓乇 丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲貨
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賳賯賱 丕夭 芦丕爻讴丕乇 賵丕蹖賱丿禄: (噩賵蹖亘丕乇 蹖丕 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 倬乇爻蹖丿: 賲诏乇 芦賳乇诏爻禄 夭蹖亘丕 亘賵丿責 诏賱賴丕 蹖丕 倬乇蹖賴丕 卮诏賮鬲 夭丿賴 倬乇爻蹖丿賳丿: 趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖丿丕賳丿責 丕賵 賴乇 乇賵夭 丿乇 爻丕丨賱 鬲賵 賲蹖賳卮爻鬲貙 賵 亘賴 乇賵蹖 鬲賵 禺賲 賲蹖卮丿貨 噩賵蹖亘丕乇 蹖丕 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 爻丕讴鬲 賲丕賳丿貙 賵 爻倬爻 诏賮鬲 賲賳 亘乇丕蹖 芦賳乇诏爻禄 诏乇蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 丕賲丕 賴乇诏夭 賲鬲賵噩賴 夭蹖亘丕卅蹖 丕賵 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿賲貙 賲賳 亘乇丕蹖 芦賳乇诏爻禄 诏乇蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 夭蹖乇丕 賴乇 亘丕乇 讴賴 亘賴 乇賵蹖 賲賳 禺賲 賲蹖卮丿貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 丿乇 跇乇賮丕蹖 趩卮賲丕賳卮貙 亘丕夭鬲丕亘 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕貙 亘亘蹖賳賲)貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 22/05/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 05/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure.
His quest will lead him to riches far different鈥攁nd far more satisfying鈥攖han he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丿乇 賲丕賴 跇賵卅賳 爻丕賱 1996賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 讴蹖賲蹖丕诏乇貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 倬丕卅賵賱賵 讴賵卅蹖賱賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨爻蹖賳 賳毓蹖賲蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲貙 1374貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 孬丕賱孬貙 1377貨 丿乇 283氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9646404465貨 趩丕倬 卮卮賲 1379貨 賴賮鬲賲 1380貨 賴卮鬲賲 1381貨 賳賴賲 1386貨 卮丕亘讴 9789646404465貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇夭蹖賱 - 爻丿賴 蹖 20賲
鬲乇噩賲賴 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丕夭 禺丕賳賲賴丕 賵 丌賯丕蹖丕賳 芦丌乇卮 丨噩丕夭蹖禄貨 芦丿賱 丌乇丕 賯賴乇賲丕賳禄貨 芦賲蹖鬲乇丕 賲蹖乇卮讴丕乇禄貨 芦爻賵爻賳 丕乇丿讴丕賳蹖禄貨 芦賲乇鬲囟蹖 爻毓蹖丿蹖禄貨 芦丕蹖賱蹖丕 丨乇蹖乇蹖禄貨 芦賳丿丕 賳賵蹖丿賳蹖丕禄貨 芦賴乇賲蹖賳賴 卮亘丕賳蹖禄貨 芦亘賴乇丕賲 噩毓賮乇蹖禄貨 芦賲乇蹖賲 丕賲蹖乇蹖禄貨 芦賮乇夭丕賳賴 賮乇夭丕丿禄貨 芦賲蹖賳丕 丨蹖丿乇蹖禄 賵 芦毓丕胤賮賴 夭蹖賳賱蹖禄貨 芦丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱 睾賮賵乇蹖 孬丕賳蹖禄 賵 芦乇囟丕 丕亘賵毓胤丕禄貨 芦賮乇蹖亘丕 乇蹖丕囟蹖 賲馗賱賵賲蹖禄貨 芦诏蹖爻賵 倬丕乇爻丕蹖禄貨 芦卮賴乇夭丕丿 賮鬲賵丨蹖禄貨 芦毓賱蹖 賳丕丿乇蹖禄貨 芦賲丕讴丕賳 讴蹖丕賳禄貨 賵 芦賳丕賴蹖丿 丕蹖乇丕賳 賳跇丕丿禄貨 賵 ...貨
丿乇 賴夭丕乇 賵 蹖讴卮亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲貙 讴賴 賲乇丿蹖 丿乇 芦亘睾丿丕丿禄貙 賴賲丕賳 禺賵丕亘蹖 乇丕 賲蹖亘蹖賳丿貙 讴賴 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦讴賵卅蹖賱賵禄貙 趩賵倬丕賳 芦丕爻倬丕賳蹖丕蹖蹖禄 丿蹖丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 芦賲孬賳賵蹖 賲毓賳賵蹖 賲賵賱丕賳丕禄 賳蹖夭貙 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 賵丕跇賴 賴丕蹖 卮毓乇 丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲貨
賴卮丿丕乇 丕诏乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 賳禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕蹖丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕賴蹖丿 禺賵丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賳蹖夭 亘禺賵丕賳蹖丿貙 鬲賳賴丕 倬丕乇诏乇丕賮 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 賳诏丕乇賴 丕賲 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳蹖丿貙 讴賴 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇亘胤蹖 賳丿丕乇丿貨
丕賲丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘: 趩賵倬丕賳蹖 芦丕爻倬丕賳蹖丕蹖蹖禄貙 亘賴 賳丕賲 芦爻丕賳鬲蹖丕诏賵禄貙 丿乇 乇丐蹖丕蹖 禺賵丿貙 賲丨賱 诏賳噩蹖 賲丿賮賵賳 丿乇 丨賵丕賱蹖 芦丕賴乇丕賲 賲氐乇禄 乇丕貙 亘賴 禺賵丕亘 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗀� 賵 亘賴 賯氐丿 丌賳 乇丐蹖丕貙 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 丕賮爻丕賳賴 蹖 卮禺氐蹖 禺賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 賲賵胤賳卮 乇丕 丿乇 芦丌賳丿賱爻禄貙 乇賴丕貙 賵 乇賴爻倬丕乇 芦卮賲丕賱 丌賮乇蹖賯丕禄 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丿乇 丌賳 爻賮乇 倬乇禺胤乇貙 亘丕 賲乇丿蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 芦賲賱讴 氐丿賯禄貙 倬丕丿卮丕賴 芦爻丕賱賲禄 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 賵 亘丕 蹖讴 芦讴蹖賲蹖丕诏乇禄 丌卮賳丕貙 賵 亘賴 芦賮丕胤賲賴禄 丿禺鬲乇 芦氐丨乇丕禄貙 丿賱 賲蹖鈥屫ㄙ嗀� 賴賲诏丕賳 芦爻丕賳鬲蹖丕诏賵禄 乇丕貙 丿乇 賲爻蹖乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖卮 蹖丕乇蹖貙 賵 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 乇丕賴貙 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳貙 芦爻丕賳鬲蹖丕诏賵禄 倬爻 丕夭 爻丕賱賴丕 爻賮乇 胤丕賯鬲 賮乇爻丕貙 诏賳噩 乇丕 賳賴 丿乇 賮乇爻賳诏賴丕 丿賵乇鬲乇貙 亘賱讴賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丌睾賱 诏賵爻賮賳丿丕賳 禺賵蹖卮貙 丿乇 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屰屫жㄘ� 诏賳噩蹖 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 鬲賳賴丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 丿乇 丿乇賵賳 禺賵蹖卮 噩爻鬲
賳賯賱 丕夭 芦丕爻讴丕乇 賵丕蹖賱丿禄: (噩賵蹖亘丕乇 蹖丕 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 倬乇爻蹖丿: 賲诏乇 芦賳乇诏爻禄 夭蹖亘丕 亘賵丿責 诏賱賴丕 蹖丕 倬乇蹖賴丕 卮诏賮鬲 夭丿賴 倬乇爻蹖丿賳丿: 趩賴 讴爻蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖丿丕賳丿責 丕賵 賴乇 乇賵夭 丿乇 爻丕丨賱 鬲賵 賲蹖賳卮爻鬲貙 賵 亘賴 乇賵蹖 鬲賵 禺賲 賲蹖卮丿貨 噩賵蹖亘丕乇 蹖丕 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 賱丨馗賴 丕蹖 爻丕讴鬲 賲丕賳丿貙 賵 爻倬爻 诏賮鬲 賲賳 亘乇丕蹖 芦賳乇诏爻禄 诏乇蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 丕賲丕 賴乇诏夭 賲鬲賵噩賴 夭蹖亘丕卅蹖 丕賵 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿賲貙 賲賳 亘乇丕蹖 芦賳乇诏爻禄 诏乇蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲貙 夭蹖乇丕 賴乇 亘丕乇 讴賴 亘賴 乇賵蹖 賲賳 禺賲 賲蹖卮丿貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賲 丿乇 跇乇賮丕蹖 趩卮賲丕賳卮貙 亘丕夭鬲丕亘 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕貙 亘亘蹖賳賲)貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 22/05/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 05/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
October 4, 2022
丕賮賯 !!丕爻鬲賷賯馗 ..丕賳鬲亘賴
..賷賮賵鬲賰 丕賱賰孬賷乇
乇賵丕賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵賮丕鬲賳丞 ..鬲丨孬賰 毓賱賶 毓賷卮 丨賷丕鬲賰 賴賳丕 賵丕賱丕賳
鬲匕賰乇賰 賲乇丕乇丕 : 丕賳 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賴賷 丕賱賴丿賮 賵 賱賷爻鬲 賲噩乇丿 賵爻賷賱丞
..賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮囟賱賵賳 賯囟丕亍 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賳丕卅賲賷賳
賵 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮賴賲賵賳 賲亘賰乇丕..丿丕卅賲丕 賷賳亘賴賳丕 亘丕賵賱賵 亘乇賮賯..丕賳 爻乇 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱賯胤丕乇 賵 賱賷爻 丕賱賲丨胤丕鬲
毓賱賶 毓賰爻 賲丕 賴賵 卮丕卅毓. .
.賯乇丕鬲賴丕 亘丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賵 賰賳鬲 丕賵丿 賱賵 鬲毓賱賲鬲 丕賱亘乇鬲睾丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕噩賱 賮賴賲賴丕 鬲賲丕賲丕 . .賴賳丕賰 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇丞 賵 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞..賵 賱賰賳賴丕 氐丕乇鬲 賲賳 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丕鬲 ..賮賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賰 爻賳噩丿 賳賮爻賰 鬲賯乇兀賴丕 丨鬲賲丕
..賵 賱賰賳 ..爻丕馗賱 丿丕卅賲丕 丕鬲匕賰乇 賲賱毓賯丞 丕賱夭賷鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩賵賱 亘賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賯氐乇 ..賮賱丕 鬲卮睾賱賰 丕賱賲賱毓賯丞 毓賳 賲乇丕賯亘丞 賲丕 丨賵賱賰 賲賳 乇賵丕卅毓 賵 賱丕鬲匕賴賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕卅毓 毓賳 賲乇丕賯亘丞 丕賱賲賱毓賯丞 ..賵鬲賱禺氐賴 賱睾鬲賳丕 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞 賮賷 毓亘丕乇丞
"賱丕 丕賮乇丕胤 賵賱丕鬲賮乇賷胤"..
..賷賮賵鬲賰 丕賱賰孬賷乇
乇賵丕賷丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賵賮丕鬲賳丞 ..鬲丨孬賰 毓賱賶 毓賷卮 丨賷丕鬲賰 賴賳丕 賵丕賱丕賳
鬲匕賰乇賰 賲乇丕乇丕 : 丕賳 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賴賷 丕賱賴丿賮 賵 賱賷爻鬲 賲噩乇丿 賵爻賷賱丞
..賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮囟賱賵賳 賯囟丕亍 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賳丕卅賲賷賳
賵 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮賴賲賵賳 賲亘賰乇丕..丿丕卅賲丕 賷賳亘賴賳丕 亘丕賵賱賵 亘乇賮賯..丕賳 爻乇 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱賯胤丕乇 賵 賱賷爻 丕賱賲丨胤丕鬲
毓賱賶 毓賰爻 賲丕 賴賵 卮丕卅毓. .
.賯乇丕鬲賴丕 亘丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賵 賰賳鬲 丕賵丿 賱賵 鬲毓賱賲鬲 丕賱亘乇鬲睾丕賱賷丞 賲賳 丕噩賱 賮賴賲賴丕 鬲賲丕賲丕 . .賴賳丕賰 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇丞 賵 丕賱亘爻丕胤丞..賵 賱賰賳賴丕 氐丕乇鬲 賲賳 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丕鬲 ..賮賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賰 爻賳噩丿 賳賮爻賰 鬲賯乇兀賴丕 丨鬲賲丕
..賵 賱賰賳 ..爻丕馗賱 丿丕卅賲丕 丕鬲匕賰乇 賲賱毓賯丞 丕賱夭賷鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩賵賱 亘賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賯氐乇 ..賮賱丕 鬲卮睾賱賰 丕賱賲賱毓賯丞 毓賳 賲乇丕賯亘丞 賲丕 丨賵賱賰 賲賳 乇賵丕卅毓 賵 賱丕鬲匕賴賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕卅毓 毓賳 賲乇丕賯亘丞 丕賱賲賱毓賯丞 ..賵鬲賱禺氐賴 賱睾鬲賳丕 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞 賮賷 毓亘丕乇丞
"賱丕 丕賮乇丕胤 賵賱丕鬲賮乇賷胤"..
March 12, 2022
All those negative reviews are baffling to me. Where does it say this is a self help book? People are bashing the "lessons" as if this is some philosophical or religious work. It's a fictional story that can be enjoyed by yourself or with your kids for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. It's a fun story filled to the brim with quirks and marvels. I was curious the entire time how following one's legend blindly would turn out for the boy. Am I going to now follow my dreams without logic and reason as in the story? No. Because I'm not a crazy person. Get over it. It's just a story and a good one at that.
EDIT: My first 100+ likes review. Thank you everyone!
EDIT: My first 100+ likes review. Thank you everyone!
March 18, 2014
There are too many things one can learn from 鈥淭he Alchemist鈥�. Its 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 u decide to follow your dreams the entire universe conspires in your favour which he called as the 鈥渂eginners luck鈥� and we all have been witness to this beginners luck at one or other 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 (i.e. our usual daily life which we get used to) this is actually the time when we are being tested for one last time and it means also that we are really close to our objective. The example given was really great and yes nothing new but we forget simple things in our life like "the darkest hour of the night is just before the dawn". It is actually true that so many of us just leave the struggle when it gets really tough and the chips are really low, whereas actually we were so close to the objective, if only we would have had a little more patience we would have been there. In one of the episodes he talks about death, yes the fact we always forget, the only reality about our life, it is a constant which is not going to change rest everything is uncertain. There are a lot of us who either think that it happens to others and then there are others, who are so busy running after the materials that they don鈥檛 have time to think about anything, leave alone death. Yes, and those who do think about death, mostly fear it, some fear death because of the physical pain attached to it (such people actually fear the pain rather than the death, I am one of them) and there are some who think they do not want to die because its not time yet for them to go. Ironically but true, this decision about timings has thankfully not been left to us. So, how do we get over the fear of death or make it our friend, a companion? And not waste our beautiful life worrying about dying all the time. One of the possible solutions lies in this book, it reads "if i have to fight, it will be just as good a day to die as any other". Yes very much right, one would never know when he or she wakes up in the morning that if it was the last day of his or her life and in fact, that day would not be any different from all the other days already spent. So, why not take everyday as the last day of our lives and live it up. Frankly speaking i really know what i am talking about, because I am in a profession which involves a lot of risk and death doesn鈥檛 have to look for reasons, it can just spring up from any bush in form of a small little piece of metal called a bullet coming out of the darkness of the night or just a deafening sound from under a culvert that I cross everyday. Here, everyday can be the last day of my life, every meal can be my last, every call to my wife can be the last time I would hear her sweet and loving voice and the kids鈥� Anyways, so what I personally follow is, everyday when I wake up or every time when I move out on an operation, I say to myself "what a beautiful day to die" and there on, I just do what I have to and what I have been taught in all these years in the army and go through all the motions and concentrate on the job at hand rather than worrying about my death and I am really at peace with the fear of death. Another beautiful thought which I came across about death was in the novel by the author called "Confessions of a pilgrim". I derived from it that death can be visualized as a beautiful person who is always sitting besides us, so close to us that it travels with us wherever we go and it also accompanies us to our bed. Its a beautiful companion, a faithful companion, the only one who will never be unfaithful to us, rest all the companions are just lesser mortals and have been unfaithful at one point or other. Death always stays with us and actually speaking that鈥檚 the only companion who would accompany us all through our lives right from the moment we acquired some shape in our mother鈥檚 womb to the moment when we would get the vision of that white light and that feeling of lightness when we would finally leave this body also sometimes expressed as "VASTRA" (clothes) in the Indian mythology. As per the Indian mythology, the soul never dies, it is indestructible, it only changes a body just like we change clothes. Our soul is a part of God and it goes back to him. We can find the mention of the mighty soul of ours around the last portion of 'The Alchemist' where the shepherd realizes that ultimately it his own soul which is the 鈥渉and that wrote all鈥� and his own soul was the part of soul of God. I firmly believe that there is no fiction involved in this story of the shepherd, but this is a true expression of mysteries and realities of our life, which we never pause to discover. There is message that this book wants to convey to us!!! I have never been into writing anything ever in my life, yes not even a personal dairy, but since the time I actually started writing which was just a month back, I realized that if we just write our thoughts as they occur, the resultant has a touch of mystery, because what we wrote with all our heart and soul, sometimes tends to surprise us. We tend to learn from what we ourselves wrote. We never realized that we had so much inside us and we don鈥檛 know from where, it all came. 鈥淭he hand that wrote all鈥�, yes I think its our soul that speaks out, the soul we never recognized, the one we never knew, the one which is part of soul of God鈥�. 鈥ll religions have over all the years have preached a man 鈥淜now thyself, you will find God鈥�, 鈥渓ook within yourself u will find all the answers鈥�, these words are so common but how many of us actually are ready to pause and give it a try. It may sound crazy, may be the book has a effect that may appear really crazy but I am sure there are some people who would identify with me. May be when Paulo Coelho wrote this book his soul was revealing itself and that鈥檚 why some of us can identify with it because our souls are the part of same soul of God, just like his is. May be these lines of his novel were written by the 鈥淗and that wrote all鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€�
September 9, 2008
Timing is everything. If I'd read 'The Alchemist' four years ago, I'm sure I would have loved it. It deals in big, bold pronouncements of 'follow your dreams' et cetera et cetera, and it certainly makes you think about your own life and the pursuit of your own "Personal Legend" if you will. But maybe I'm older and more cynical now, or maybe it's not cynicism so much as just seeing a reality that isn't so mystical and black and white as Paulo Coelho's, but in any event, I just wasn't buying what 'The Alchemist' was selling.
It's a good, quick read, I'll give it that. I enjoyed myself, and I definitely thought a little bit about my own life in the process, which I appreciate from my literature. And while I was more or less with it for a while, I just couldn't stay on board with an ending that left me saying, "that's it? Really?" Be forewarned, there will be spoilers after this point . The whole book Santiago is in pursuit of his "Personal Legend", which he is told is a great treasure found in the pyramids of Egypt. Along the way he befriends many people and makes a great sum of money, while also meeting a beautiful young woman who agrees to more or less be his life-partner, Romeo and Juliet-style (which is stupid in and of itself, but more on that later). It is at this point that he determines he has achieved a greater treasure than any he had ever dreamed of, and would go no further. Beautiful. Cue the music and themes of recognizing treasure in all its forms. Santiago has a wonderful, fulfilling life laid out before him, and would most likely die a happy man by the side of his lovely wife and adoring children, all while living comfortably as village counselor of a beautiful desert oasis. Sounds pretty nice, no?
Well, that's where the book lost it's footing. Santiago is urged, coerced even, into continuing to follow his "Personal Legend", leaving behind his "love" (who, it should be mentioned is a "woman of the desert" and so is completely fine being abandoned by her "love" and will simply wait and wait and wait for him, whether he ever returns or not) traversing the desert and (bizarrely) evading a hostile army along the way by turning himself into the wind (it makes about as much sense as it sounds). In the end though, Coelho reveals to us that Santiago does, indeed, reach his "Personal Legend" in a two and a half page epilogue, where it is shoddily revealed that Santiago's long-sought after treasure is...treasure. Literally. Buried treasure. A box in the sand filled with gold coins and diamonds and jewelry and crowns, and all the other cliche treasure images you can think up. What the hell?
So what message are we supposed to take from this book then? Money is the most important thing in the world? Women are objects meant to be seen and valued for their beauty, there to serve you and wait around forever while you go on wild goose chases across continents in search of money?
Obviously I'm being facetious, and Coelho intended to say that one should follow their dreams no matter what, even if it transcends a nice, content life, so long as you are in pursuit of a life that would be even greater than you can ever imagine, sacrificing what is good now for what can be great later. But he did so in an extremely simplistic way, and the revelation of the Santiago's treasure being literally treasure was a major disappointment.
The thing was, despite his simplicity, the book had a nice message going for a while. If Fatima was Santiago's treasure, that I could have gotten behind, even if it shows a good deal of contempt for the role of women in relationships (beauty being the most important factor in deciding on a mate, as Santiago is struck by her beauty and immediately professes his love; Fatima more or less acquiesces immediately and pledges herself to Santiago no matter what, even if he must travel the desert forever in selfish pursuit of his own dreams, with no regard for her), because that is something intangible that is meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of financial standing. But then Coelho basically goes on to say that that is just a roadblock in the way of real achievement, and that one should selfishly pursue their own dreams with no regard for those closest to them.
How a book can go on and on talking about seeing the everyday symbols and omens in life and taking heed of them, presumably leaving metaphors for life all along the way, and then have what was presumably the biggest metaphor of them all, Santiago's treasure, turn out not to be a metaphor at all, but just money? To me, that summed up everything. I suppose Coelho realizes this, as he begins the book with a brief fable about Narcissus falling into the river because he loved staring at his reflection, and the river's disappointment in this, as the river loved gazing into Narcissus's eyes and seeing the reflection of itself. This is a horrible little story implying that everyone is obsessed only with themselves, a sad, empty little thought that Coelho spends 167 pages endorsing wholeheartedly, under the guise of following your dreams.
I understand that other people love this book and find it inspiring, and I think I would have felt the same way years ago, when I was just out of college and it appeared I had my whole life ahead of me and a lifetime to live it. I'm older now, and I've found someone who I consider to be a real treasure, and while I still have dreams, I'm not willing to sacrifice the happiness that this life brings me every day in a single-minded pursuit of something that I want for selfish reasons (fame, fortune, etc.). If I was Santiago, I would have never left Fatima in the first place if she truly made me happy, as Santiago claimed she did. Perhaps that makes me a coward in Coelho's eyes, not unlike the Crystal merchant from the story. But it'd also make me not the sad Englishman, whose single-minded pursuit of his "personal legend" had cost him all his money, friends, and family and left him alone in an oasis burning lead in a tent in the vain hopes it will turn to gold.
I guess what I'm trying to say in this long-winded review, is that this book is all about being selfish and doing what you think will make you happy, regardless of everything else. I can see why that appeals to people, especially those who want to show the doubters and find their own treasure beneath a sycamore tree, but it's sad, in a way. We live in a culture where everyone wants selfish things like fame or money or power, just to satisfy some gaping hole in their own souls, ignoring the real problems that lead to these compulsions in the first place. To me, this book feeds and even encourages that misplaced ideal, and that's a shame.
It's a good, quick read, I'll give it that. I enjoyed myself, and I definitely thought a little bit about my own life in the process, which I appreciate from my literature. And while I was more or less with it for a while, I just couldn't stay on board with an ending that left me saying, "that's it? Really?" Be forewarned, there will be spoilers after this point . The whole book Santiago is in pursuit of his "Personal Legend", which he is told is a great treasure found in the pyramids of Egypt. Along the way he befriends many people and makes a great sum of money, while also meeting a beautiful young woman who agrees to more or less be his life-partner, Romeo and Juliet-style (which is stupid in and of itself, but more on that later). It is at this point that he determines he has achieved a greater treasure than any he had ever dreamed of, and would go no further. Beautiful. Cue the music and themes of recognizing treasure in all its forms. Santiago has a wonderful, fulfilling life laid out before him, and would most likely die a happy man by the side of his lovely wife and adoring children, all while living comfortably as village counselor of a beautiful desert oasis. Sounds pretty nice, no?
Well, that's where the book lost it's footing. Santiago is urged, coerced even, into continuing to follow his "Personal Legend", leaving behind his "love" (who, it should be mentioned is a "woman of the desert" and so is completely fine being abandoned by her "love" and will simply wait and wait and wait for him, whether he ever returns or not) traversing the desert and (bizarrely) evading a hostile army along the way by turning himself into the wind (it makes about as much sense as it sounds). In the end though, Coelho reveals to us that Santiago does, indeed, reach his "Personal Legend" in a two and a half page epilogue, where it is shoddily revealed that Santiago's long-sought after treasure is...treasure. Literally. Buried treasure. A box in the sand filled with gold coins and diamonds and jewelry and crowns, and all the other cliche treasure images you can think up. What the hell?
So what message are we supposed to take from this book then? Money is the most important thing in the world? Women are objects meant to be seen and valued for their beauty, there to serve you and wait around forever while you go on wild goose chases across continents in search of money?
Obviously I'm being facetious, and Coelho intended to say that one should follow their dreams no matter what, even if it transcends a nice, content life, so long as you are in pursuit of a life that would be even greater than you can ever imagine, sacrificing what is good now for what can be great later. But he did so in an extremely simplistic way, and the revelation of the Santiago's treasure being literally treasure was a major disappointment.
The thing was, despite his simplicity, the book had a nice message going for a while. If Fatima was Santiago's treasure, that I could have gotten behind, even if it shows a good deal of contempt for the role of women in relationships (beauty being the most important factor in deciding on a mate, as Santiago is struck by her beauty and immediately professes his love; Fatima more or less acquiesces immediately and pledges herself to Santiago no matter what, even if he must travel the desert forever in selfish pursuit of his own dreams, with no regard for her), because that is something intangible that is meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of financial standing. But then Coelho basically goes on to say that that is just a roadblock in the way of real achievement, and that one should selfishly pursue their own dreams with no regard for those closest to them.
How a book can go on and on talking about seeing the everyday symbols and omens in life and taking heed of them, presumably leaving metaphors for life all along the way, and then have what was presumably the biggest metaphor of them all, Santiago's treasure, turn out not to be a metaphor at all, but just money? To me, that summed up everything. I suppose Coelho realizes this, as he begins the book with a brief fable about Narcissus falling into the river because he loved staring at his reflection, and the river's disappointment in this, as the river loved gazing into Narcissus's eyes and seeing the reflection of itself. This is a horrible little story implying that everyone is obsessed only with themselves, a sad, empty little thought that Coelho spends 167 pages endorsing wholeheartedly, under the guise of following your dreams.
I understand that other people love this book and find it inspiring, and I think I would have felt the same way years ago, when I was just out of college and it appeared I had my whole life ahead of me and a lifetime to live it. I'm older now, and I've found someone who I consider to be a real treasure, and while I still have dreams, I'm not willing to sacrifice the happiness that this life brings me every day in a single-minded pursuit of something that I want for selfish reasons (fame, fortune, etc.). If I was Santiago, I would have never left Fatima in the first place if she truly made me happy, as Santiago claimed she did. Perhaps that makes me a coward in Coelho's eyes, not unlike the Crystal merchant from the story. But it'd also make me not the sad Englishman, whose single-minded pursuit of his "personal legend" had cost him all his money, friends, and family and left him alone in an oasis burning lead in a tent in the vain hopes it will turn to gold.
I guess what I'm trying to say in this long-winded review, is that this book is all about being selfish and doing what you think will make you happy, regardless of everything else. I can see why that appeals to people, especially those who want to show the doubters and find their own treasure beneath a sycamore tree, but it's sad, in a way. We live in a culture where everyone wants selfish things like fame or money or power, just to satisfy some gaping hole in their own souls, ignoring the real problems that lead to these compulsions in the first place. To me, this book feeds and even encourages that misplaced ideal, and that's a shame.
September 24, 2017
If books were pills, Alchemist would be a sugarcoated placebo with no real effect. Let's call it a feel-good homily. I have never read a book as meretricious as this one. Many reviewers have pointed out the problems with this 'celebrated' novel so I'd rather not expend any more words. Suffice it so say that this is a good example of portentous writing that is best avoided if your benchmark is quality literature.
February 9, 2018
~~~ T h e ~ A l c h e m i s t ~~ 丕賱賭禺賭賷賭賭賭賲賷丕卅賭賭賭賷 ~~~
Half-full Cauldron of Clever Story 賯丿乇 亘賴 賯氐丞 賲丨賰賷丞 亘亘乇丕毓丞
2 Measures of Legends of Wisdom 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 兀爻丕胤賷乇 丨賰賷賲丞
1 Bundle of Self-Help Motivations 丨夭賲丞 賲賳 丿賵丕賮毓 鬲賳賲賷丞 匕丕鬲賷丞
1 Measure of Spiritual Experiences 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 丕賱乇賵丨賷丞
Some Drops of Love ~~~ 賯胤乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱丨賭賭賭賭賭亘
A Bunch of Magic ~~~ 丨賮賳丞 賲賳 丕賱爻賭賭賭丨乇
陆 Cub of Philosophy ~~~ 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞
录 Scoop of Thriller ~~~ 乇亘毓 賲睾乇賮賴 賲賳 丕賱兀孬丕乇丞
Mix it all together in the Cauldron..
兀禺賱胤賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕 賮賷 丕賱賯丿乇
With Drops of an Oasis' Springs Water 賲毓 賲丕亍 賲賳 賷賳丕亘賷毓 賵丕丨丞 氐丨乇丕賵賷丞
And Bunch of Golden Desert's Sands 賵 丨賮賳丞 賲賳 乇賲丕賱 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 丕賱匕賴亘賷丞
Let it all Stir by The Desert's Winds 丿毓 丕賱禺賱賷胤 賷賯賱亘賴 乇賷丕丨 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍
賽And Heat up by the Heat of the Sun rays 賵賷爻禺賳賴 丨乇丕乇丞 兀卮毓丞 丕賱卮賲爻
賽And Then you'll got the Treasure... 賵爻鬲丨氐賱 毓賳丿賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱賰賳夭
A Gold,even the Philosopher's Stone 匕賴賭賭亘貙 亘賱 丨噩乇 丕賱賮賷賱爻賵賮
A Great Charming Story, A brilliant literature 賯氐丞 爻丕丨乇丞貙 兀丿亘 賱丕賲毓
The Alchemist --------- 丕賱賭禺賷賲賷賭賭丕卅賭賷
By the Master --------- 賱賱丕爻鬲賭賭丕匕
Paulo Coelho --------- 亘丕賵賱賵 賰賵賷賱賱賵
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賷 24 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013
賯乇丕亍賴 賲賳 25 丕睾爻胤爻 2012
丕賱賷 2 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2012
漏The Cauldron picture from
Half-full Cauldron of Clever Story 賯丿乇 亘賴 賯氐丞 賲丨賰賷丞 亘亘乇丕毓丞
2 Measures of Legends of Wisdom 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 兀爻丕胤賷乇 丨賰賷賲丞
1 Bundle of Self-Help Motivations 丨夭賲丞 賲賳 丿賵丕賮毓 鬲賳賲賷丞 匕丕鬲賷丞
1 Measure of Spiritual Experiences 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 丕賱乇賵丨賷丞
Some Drops of Love ~~~ 賯胤乇丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱丨賭賭賭賭賭亘
A Bunch of Magic ~~~ 丨賮賳丞 賲賳 丕賱爻賭賭賭丨乇
陆 Cub of Philosophy ~~~ 賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞
录 Scoop of Thriller ~~~ 乇亘毓 賲睾乇賮賴 賲賳 丕賱兀孬丕乇丞
Mix it all together in the Cauldron..
兀禺賱胤賴賲 噩賲賷毓丕 賮賷 丕賱賯丿乇
With Drops of an Oasis' Springs Water 賲毓 賲丕亍 賲賳 賷賳丕亘賷毓 賵丕丨丞 氐丨乇丕賵賷丞
And Bunch of Golden Desert's Sands 賵 丨賮賳丞 賲賳 乇賲丕賱 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 丕賱匕賴亘賷丞
Let it all Stir by The Desert's Winds 丿毓 丕賱禺賱賷胤 賷賯賱亘賴 乇賷丕丨 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍
賽And Heat up by the Heat of the Sun rays 賵賷爻禺賳賴 丨乇丕乇丞 兀卮毓丞 丕賱卮賲爻
賽And Then you'll got the Treasure... 賵爻鬲丨氐賱 毓賳丿賴丕 毓賱賷 丕賱賰賳夭
A Gold,even the Philosopher's Stone 匕賴賭賭亘貙 亘賱 丨噩乇 丕賱賮賷賱爻賵賮
A Great Charming Story, A brilliant literature 賯氐丞 爻丕丨乇丞貙 兀丿亘 賱丕賲毓
The Alchemist --------- 丕賱賭禺賷賲賷賭賭丕卅賭賷
By the Master --------- 賱賱丕爻鬲賭賭丕匕
Paulo Coelho --------- 亘丕賵賱賵 賰賵賷賱賱賵
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賷 24 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2013
賯乇丕亍賴 賲賳 25 丕睾爻胤爻 2012
丕賱賷 2 爻亘鬲賲亘乇 2012
漏The Cauldron picture from
December 10, 2021
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賾賷 爻亘賾亘鬲 .. 馗丕賴乇丞 丕賱廿丨鬲亘丕爻 丕賱丨乇丕乇賷 :
賯丿 賷亘丿賵丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 睾乇賷亘丕 賳賵毓丕 賲丕.. 賵賱賰賳 氐乇丕丨丞 兀丨亘賾 丕賱毓賳丕賵賷賳 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 " 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱匕賾賷 丨爻亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賯亘毓丞 " 貙 " 丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丨賲丕乇 " 賵 毓賳丕賵賷賳 兀禺乇賶 睾乇賷亘丞 賷夭禺乇 亘賴丕 毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲兀賱賷賮 賵丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賵賱賰賳 賲丕 爻亘亘 丕禺鬲賷丕乇賷 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 責
丨爻亘 賵賰賷亘賷丿賷丕 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賲賾鬲 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 丨賵丕賱賷 67 賱睾丞 .. 賵亘賷毓 賲賳賴丕 65 賲賱賷賵賳 賳爻禺丞 賮賷 150 亘賱丿貙 賵賮賷 賲賯丕賱 丌禺乇 .. 賷賯賵賱賵賳 兀賳賾賴 賱氐賳丕毓丞 胤賳 賲賳 丕賱賵乇賯 賳丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賯胤毓 17 卮噩乇丞 胤賵賱 賰賱 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳賴丕 賴賵 11 賲鬲乇 .. 賴匕丕 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 毓賲賱賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲氐賳賷毓 賵丕賱賳賯賱 賵賲丕 賷氐丕丨亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賳亘毓丕孬丕鬲 睾丕夭賷丞. 爻賷賯賵賲 賲丨亘賾賵丕 丕賱乇賷丕囟賷丕鬲 賵丕賱廿丨氐丕卅賷丕鬲 亘丨爻丕亘 毓丿丿 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱胤賳 丕賱賵丕丨丿 孬賲賾 毓賲賱賷丞 囟乇亘 賴匕賴 丕賱兀胤賳丕賳 賮賷 毓丿丿 丕賱兀卮噩丕乇 丕賱賱丕夭賲丞 賱氐賳丕毓鬲賴丕 .. 賵賷囟賷賮 廿賱賷賴丕 鬲賯丿賷乇丕 賳爻亘賷丕 賱賰賲賷丞 丕賱丕賳亘毓丕孬丕鬲 丕賱睾丕夭賷丞 兀孬賳丕亍 毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱賳賾賯賱 賵丕賱氐賾賳丕毓丞 .. 孬賲 賷賯賵賲 亘鬲賯爻賷賲 丕賱賳賾丕鬲噩 毓賱賶 毓丿丿 丕賱亘賱丿丕賳 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賲賾 賮賷賴丕 胤亘毓 兀賵 亘賷毓 賴匕賴 丕賱賳爻禺 . 賱賳噩丿 兀賳賾 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 兀賵 亘丌禺乇 賰丕賳鬲 爻亘亘丕 賮賷 丕乇鬲賮丕毓 丿乇噩丞 丨乇丕乇丞 丕賱兀乇囟 賲爻亘賾亘丞 馗丕賴乇丞 丕賱廿丨鬲亘丕爻 丕賱丨乇丕乇賷 .
賮賷 丕賱賳賾賴丕賷丞.. 賲丕匕丕 毓爻丕賳丕 賳賯賵賱 賷丕 賰賵賷賱賴賵責 賱賯丿 睾賷賾乇鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕賱亘卮乇 亘爻亘亘 乇賵丕賷鬲賰.. 賲賱丕賷賷賳 丕賱亘卮乇 鬲睾賷乇鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 亘爻亘亘 馗丕賴乇丞 丕賱廿丨鬲亘丕爻 丕賱丨乇丕乇賷貙 匕賵亘丕賳 丕賱賯胤亘賷賳 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷 賵丕賱噩賳賵亘賷 亘爻亘亘 丕乇鬲賮丕毓 丿乇噩丞 丕賱丨乇丕乇丞 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賵鬲丿丕禺賱賴丕 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴.. 丕賱兀毓丕氐賷乇 丕賱賯賵賷賾丞 賵丕賱毓賵丕氐賮 丕賱賲鬲賯賱亘丞 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴丕 .. 孬賯亘 胤亘賯丞 丕賱兀賵夭賵賳 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 丕噩鬲孬丕孬 兀卮噩丕乇 睾丕亘丞 丕賱兀賲丕夭賵賳 ( 賵兀賳鬲 賲賳 丕賱亘乇丕夭賷賱 賵鬲毓乇賮 賯賷賲丞 賴匕賴 丕賱睾丕亘丞 ) 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 賱賯丿 賯鬲賱鬲賳丕 賷丕 賰賵賷賱賴賵 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賰 賴匕賴 .
兀禺賷乇丕丕 :
賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯賱賷賱丞 噩丿丕 丕賱鬲賾賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 亘爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 賲乇鬲賮毓 .. 賵賱賰賳 賱賱兀爻賮 禺丕亘 馗賳賾賷 賵丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賾 兀賳丕 賵賱賷爻 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 胤亘毓丕
毓賳 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 :
" I did it my way "
- Frank Sinatra .
賯丿 賷亘丿賵丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 睾乇賷亘丕 賳賵毓丕 賲丕.. 賵賱賰賳 氐乇丕丨丞 兀丨亘賾 丕賱毓賳丕賵賷賳 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 " 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱匕賾賷 丨爻亘 夭賵噩鬲賴 賯亘毓丞 " 貙 " 丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丨賲丕乇 " 賵 毓賳丕賵賷賳 兀禺乇賶 睾乇賷亘丞 賷夭禺乇 亘賴丕 毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲兀賱賷賮 賵丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賵賱賰賳 賲丕 爻亘亘 丕禺鬲賷丕乇賷 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 責
丨爻亘 賵賰賷亘賷丿賷丕 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賲賾鬲 鬲乇噩賲鬲賴丕 廿賱賶 丨賵丕賱賷 67 賱睾丞 .. 賵亘賷毓 賲賳賴丕 65 賲賱賷賵賳 賳爻禺丞 賮賷 150 亘賱丿貙 賵賮賷 賲賯丕賱 丌禺乇 .. 賷賯賵賱賵賳 兀賳賾賴 賱氐賳丕毓丞 胤賳 賲賳 丕賱賵乇賯 賳丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賯胤毓 17 卮噩乇丞 胤賵賱 賰賱 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳賴丕 賴賵 11 賲鬲乇 .. 賴匕丕 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 毓賲賱賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲氐賳賷毓 賵丕賱賳賯賱 賵賲丕 賷氐丕丨亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賳亘毓丕孬丕鬲 睾丕夭賷丞. 爻賷賯賵賲 賲丨亘賾賵丕 丕賱乇賷丕囟賷丕鬲 賵丕賱廿丨氐丕卅賷丕鬲 亘丨爻丕亘 毓丿丿 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱胤賳 丕賱賵丕丨丿 孬賲賾 毓賲賱賷丞 囟乇亘 賴匕賴 丕賱兀胤賳丕賳 賮賷 毓丿丿 丕賱兀卮噩丕乇 丕賱賱丕夭賲丞 賱氐賳丕毓鬲賴丕 .. 賵賷囟賷賮 廿賱賷賴丕 鬲賯丿賷乇丕 賳爻亘賷丕 賱賰賲賷丞 丕賱丕賳亘毓丕孬丕鬲 丕賱睾丕夭賷丞 兀孬賳丕亍 毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱賳賾賯賱 賵丕賱氐賾賳丕毓丞 .. 孬賲 賷賯賵賲 亘鬲賯爻賷賲 丕賱賳賾丕鬲噩 毓賱賶 毓丿丿 丕賱亘賱丿丕賳 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲賲賾 賮賷賴丕 胤亘毓 兀賵 亘賷毓 賴匕賴 丕賱賳爻禺 . 賱賳噩丿 兀賳賾 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 兀賵 亘丌禺乇 賰丕賳鬲 爻亘亘丕 賮賷 丕乇鬲賮丕毓 丿乇噩丞 丨乇丕乇丞 丕賱兀乇囟 賲爻亘賾亘丞 馗丕賴乇丞 丕賱廿丨鬲亘丕爻 丕賱丨乇丕乇賷 .
賮賷 丕賱賳賾賴丕賷丞.. 賲丕匕丕 毓爻丕賳丕 賳賯賵賱 賷丕 賰賵賷賱賴賵責 賱賯丿 睾賷賾乇鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕賱亘卮乇 亘爻亘亘 乇賵丕賷鬲賰.. 賲賱丕賷賷賳 丕賱亘卮乇 鬲睾賷乇鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 亘爻亘亘 馗丕賴乇丞 丕賱廿丨鬲亘丕爻 丕賱丨乇丕乇賷貙 匕賵亘丕賳 丕賱賯胤亘賷賳 丕賱卮賲丕賱賷 賵丕賱噩賳賵亘賷 亘爻亘亘 丕乇鬲賮丕毓 丿乇噩丞 丕賱丨乇丕乇丞 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賵鬲丿丕禺賱賴丕 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴.. 丕賱兀毓丕氐賷乇 丕賱賯賵賷賾丞 賵丕賱毓賵丕氐賮 丕賱賲鬲賯賱亘丞 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴丕 .. 孬賯亘 胤亘賯丞 丕賱兀賵夭賵賳 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 丕噩鬲孬丕孬 兀卮噩丕乇 睾丕亘丞 丕賱兀賲丕夭賵賳 ( 賵兀賳鬲 賲賳 丕賱亘乇丕夭賷賱 賵鬲毓乇賮 賯賷賲丞 賴匕賴 丕賱睾丕亘丞 ) 兀賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賴 .. 賱賯丿 賯鬲賱鬲賳丕 賷丕 賰賵賷賱賴賵 亘乇賵丕賷鬲賰 賴匕賴 .
兀禺賷乇丕丕 :
賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯賱賷賱丞 噩丿丕 丕賱鬲賾賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 亘爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 賲乇鬲賮毓 .. 賵賱賰賳 賱賱兀爻賮 禺丕亘 馗賳賾賷 賵丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷賾 兀賳丕 賵賱賷爻 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 胤亘毓丕
毓賳 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 :
" I did it my way "
- Frank Sinatra .
August 2, 2024
Welcome to the best game show on 欧宝娱乐, the pre-review game Who Said That? [Insert audience applause] Guess if the following quotes are from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho OR from a CEO/inspirational memoir:
1. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
2. The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.
3. Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
4. Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
5. Sometimes theres a sign that something really great is about to happen. You鈥檙e about to grow and learn a lot more about yourself.
6. Life is fragile. We鈥檙e not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you鈥檝e got.
7. People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
8. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
9. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
10. Pessimists may be right in the end, but an optimist has a much better time getting there.
11. Without passion, you don鈥檛 have any energy, and without energy, you simply have nothing.
12. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
Answers
Jokes aside, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is an endlessly quotable book. It reads like a fable, with very catchy and accessible writing that is meant to empower and make you feel good. This really works for a lot of people鈥擨 mean this was a widely successful novel鈥攁nd I鈥檓 happy that so many people could be moved and inspired by a book. Especially a book that unites people around the world by being an international success. Unfortunately, for myself at least, it all comes across as a pristine facade without much behind it, offering something that can be quickly digested but isn鈥檛 actually filling. This is a book that I recall enjoying enough when I read it as a teen but haven鈥檛 thought of since, so when someone picked it as our next read for our book club I was excited to revisit it seeing as I remembered literally nothing about it. I hate to say it, but being fun but forgettable is my takeaway from it again.
鈥�There is only one way to learn... It's through action.鈥�
Coelho said the book was written very quickly because 鈥�the book was already written in my soul,鈥� and in the forward he discusses how this novel was his own Personal Legend. 鈥�I was living my own metaphor,鈥� he said, being thrilled just to get it picked up by a Brazilian publisher who, in 1988, only ran 900 copies assuming it would not be a big success. The book ended up taking off, with the 1993 English translation becoming a massive hit and lead to numerous further translations. Coelho even holds a Guinness World Record for 鈥渕ost translations of a single title signed by the author in 1 sitting鈥�, signing his book in 53 different translated editions at a book event in Germany. So I can really appreciate that aspect, and his own personal journey into publishing and believing in himself is honestly better than the book itself.
Fun fact: The Alchemist had a big boost in sales when then-President Bill Clinton was photographed reading it.
For those who don鈥檛 know, the story follows a young boy, Santiago, as he journeys across the desert and meets a lot of interesting people along the way. Literally every person has a pearl of positive wisdom to share it seems, and it becomes a rapid fire of empowerment quotes that could all go on one of those inspirational posters made for office walls in the 90s. Actually, I鈥檓 fairly certain I鈥檝e seen one that quoted this book. The characters all feel like a mouthpiece for Coehlo to pass along his positive message, or wisdom, and one can easily imagine this being a self-help book had he not decided to attach a fictional narrative to it. It is a nice message, that you have to believe in yourself and in your goals and, if you truly do (鈥渙nly those who are true of heart鈥� vibes like in fairy tales) the universe will conspire to help you achieve your goal. Which is a nice inspirational message and sometimes that is what you need to hear to break free from self doubt. Particularly as another primary message is that we must overcome fear to accomplish what we need to do. 鈥�Don't give in to your fears,鈥� Coelho writes, 鈥�If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.鈥� So great, yea, believe in yourself. I dig that.
鈥�To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation.鈥�
I do, however, see it as a bit of a back-patting perspective. Like yes, if you are successful it is nice to feel like it is because you are pure of heart. He tells us that those who don鈥檛 follow their dreams end up in ruin and sadness. This is sort of a success fallacy in a way, as it implies that if things are bad its because you just didn鈥檛 try hard enough. Which鈥hhhhh鈥 mean there are a lot of forces acting in society that gatekeep and sometimes it鈥檚 more than just not overcoming adversity. And I get it, keep trying, yea, but it feels a bit like shaming? Which is honestly overthinking it though as this book is not that nuanced or deep (something I kept saying during debates over minor details during book club: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think he even considered that and its beside the point because it鈥檚 not actually that deep鈥�). It is meant to be a fun and empowering story that paints in broad strokes and yea, I get why it means a lot to many people. For me it just seemed a bit flat and like a snack when I wanted a meal.
鈥�Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.鈥�
Okay, fine, I don鈥檛 know how to write a good book or how to live my life either, but I just know this one wasn鈥檛 it for me.
I did appreciate how it was aimed at a general positive idea of spirituality that, while using different religions, was not necessarily religious. Spiritual, or mystic would seem the better term. I liked the idea of the universe, the sand, the wind, etc as conscious entities that can collaborate with you. While I really disliked the deus ex machina ending, the whole idea of the world as a spiritual presence was well done. Coelho does sort of pull an orientalism in his depiction as an outsider of the region as this wild and savage land full of wise sages and cutthroat robbers, but it does seem with the aim of capturing the feel of One Thousand and One Nights or other tales of adventure and 鈥榝inding yourself鈥� in exotic locale. Which I think is a topic that people have had a more nuanced discussion on since this book was written.
鈥�It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,鈥� Coelho writes, and this I can agree with. However, in The Alchemist, the general tone of the book is that dreams seem a thing only for men. Fatima, Santiago鈥檚 love interest, lacks much agency in the tale and is more or less written as a prize for following his Personal Legend. She is an element of his journey, while I guess he is all her journey gets to be. He tells her 鈥�I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you,鈥� which鈥sn鈥檛 all that romantic or great? Hey, the universe popped you into my life, guess you鈥檒l do for a bride. C鈥檓on, man, does she have any personality or intelligence you enjoy and don鈥檛 just tell me how beautiful she is. Didn鈥檛 vibe with any of that aspect of the book.
I also didn鈥檛 really like the ending. Sure it is riffing on the whole 鈥渋t鈥檚 the journey not the destination鈥� aspect but it felt a bit flat for me with the deus ex machina moment. It is a happy ending though, and one full of success and rewards. As a bookclub member pointed out, it sort of resonates with a quote by : 鈥�We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.鈥�
So in the end, I鈥檓 mostly ambivalent to this book. I see why people enjoy it and it is admittedly pretty and sweet and uplifting. It鈥檚 a good vibe to be in. It didn鈥檛 do much for me, but that鈥檚 alright too.
2.5/5
1. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
2. The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.
3. Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
4. Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
5. Sometimes theres a sign that something really great is about to happen. You鈥檙e about to grow and learn a lot more about yourself.
6. Life is fragile. We鈥檙e not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you鈥檝e got.
7. People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.
8. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
9. There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
10. Pessimists may be right in the end, but an optimist has a much better time getting there.
11. Without passion, you don鈥檛 have any energy, and without energy, you simply have nothing.
12. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.
Answers
Jokes aside, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is an endlessly quotable book. It reads like a fable, with very catchy and accessible writing that is meant to empower and make you feel good. This really works for a lot of people鈥擨 mean this was a widely successful novel鈥攁nd I鈥檓 happy that so many people could be moved and inspired by a book. Especially a book that unites people around the world by being an international success. Unfortunately, for myself at least, it all comes across as a pristine facade without much behind it, offering something that can be quickly digested but isn鈥檛 actually filling. This is a book that I recall enjoying enough when I read it as a teen but haven鈥檛 thought of since, so when someone picked it as our next read for our book club I was excited to revisit it seeing as I remembered literally nothing about it. I hate to say it, but being fun but forgettable is my takeaway from it again.
鈥�There is only one way to learn... It's through action.鈥�
Coelho said the book was written very quickly because 鈥�the book was already written in my soul,鈥� and in the forward he discusses how this novel was his own Personal Legend. 鈥�I was living my own metaphor,鈥� he said, being thrilled just to get it picked up by a Brazilian publisher who, in 1988, only ran 900 copies assuming it would not be a big success. The book ended up taking off, with the 1993 English translation becoming a massive hit and lead to numerous further translations. Coelho even holds a Guinness World Record for 鈥渕ost translations of a single title signed by the author in 1 sitting鈥�, signing his book in 53 different translated editions at a book event in Germany. So I can really appreciate that aspect, and his own personal journey into publishing and believing in himself is honestly better than the book itself.
Fun fact: The Alchemist had a big boost in sales when then-President Bill Clinton was photographed reading it.
For those who don鈥檛 know, the story follows a young boy, Santiago, as he journeys across the desert and meets a lot of interesting people along the way. Literally every person has a pearl of positive wisdom to share it seems, and it becomes a rapid fire of empowerment quotes that could all go on one of those inspirational posters made for office walls in the 90s. Actually, I鈥檓 fairly certain I鈥檝e seen one that quoted this book. The characters all feel like a mouthpiece for Coehlo to pass along his positive message, or wisdom, and one can easily imagine this being a self-help book had he not decided to attach a fictional narrative to it. It is a nice message, that you have to believe in yourself and in your goals and, if you truly do (鈥渙nly those who are true of heart鈥� vibes like in fairy tales) the universe will conspire to help you achieve your goal. Which is a nice inspirational message and sometimes that is what you need to hear to break free from self doubt. Particularly as another primary message is that we must overcome fear to accomplish what we need to do. 鈥�Don't give in to your fears,鈥� Coelho writes, 鈥�If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.鈥� So great, yea, believe in yourself. I dig that.
鈥�To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation.鈥�
I do, however, see it as a bit of a back-patting perspective. Like yes, if you are successful it is nice to feel like it is because you are pure of heart. He tells us that those who don鈥檛 follow their dreams end up in ruin and sadness. This is sort of a success fallacy in a way, as it implies that if things are bad its because you just didn鈥檛 try hard enough. Which鈥hhhhh鈥 mean there are a lot of forces acting in society that gatekeep and sometimes it鈥檚 more than just not overcoming adversity. And I get it, keep trying, yea, but it feels a bit like shaming? Which is honestly overthinking it though as this book is not that nuanced or deep (something I kept saying during debates over minor details during book club: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think he even considered that and its beside the point because it鈥檚 not actually that deep鈥�). It is meant to be a fun and empowering story that paints in broad strokes and yea, I get why it means a lot to many people. For me it just seemed a bit flat and like a snack when I wanted a meal.
鈥�Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.鈥�
Okay, fine, I don鈥檛 know how to write a good book or how to live my life either, but I just know this one wasn鈥檛 it for me.
I did appreciate how it was aimed at a general positive idea of spirituality that, while using different religions, was not necessarily religious. Spiritual, or mystic would seem the better term. I liked the idea of the universe, the sand, the wind, etc as conscious entities that can collaborate with you. While I really disliked the deus ex machina ending, the whole idea of the world as a spiritual presence was well done. Coelho does sort of pull an orientalism in his depiction as an outsider of the region as this wild and savage land full of wise sages and cutthroat robbers, but it does seem with the aim of capturing the feel of One Thousand and One Nights or other tales of adventure and 鈥榝inding yourself鈥� in exotic locale. Which I think is a topic that people have had a more nuanced discussion on since this book was written.
鈥�It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting,鈥� Coelho writes, and this I can agree with. However, in The Alchemist, the general tone of the book is that dreams seem a thing only for men. Fatima, Santiago鈥檚 love interest, lacks much agency in the tale and is more or less written as a prize for following his Personal Legend. She is an element of his journey, while I guess he is all her journey gets to be. He tells her 鈥�I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you,鈥� which鈥sn鈥檛 all that romantic or great? Hey, the universe popped you into my life, guess you鈥檒l do for a bride. C鈥檓on, man, does she have any personality or intelligence you enjoy and don鈥檛 just tell me how beautiful she is. Didn鈥檛 vibe with any of that aspect of the book.
I also didn鈥檛 really like the ending. Sure it is riffing on the whole 鈥渋t鈥檚 the journey not the destination鈥� aspect but it felt a bit flat for me with the deus ex machina moment. It is a happy ending though, and one full of success and rewards. As a bookclub member pointed out, it sort of resonates with a quote by : 鈥�We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.鈥�
So in the end, I鈥檓 mostly ambivalent to this book. I see why people enjoy it and it is admittedly pretty and sweet and uplifting. It鈥檚 a good vibe to be in. It didn鈥檛 do much for me, but that鈥檚 alright too.
2.5/5
April 26, 2023
tl;dr - important message, disappointing execution.
for this to have been described as a story that changes lives, im a little let down. whilst this certainly had the potential to be 鈥榣ife changing,鈥� i felt there were many aspects which kept the story from delivering what could have been a meaningful experience.
firstly, this is told like a parable. i would consider this story to fall more along the lines of religious allegory than philosophical text. that, in itself, is neither here nor there. however, i read somewhere that effective parables should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. unfortunately, this book does neither of those things - it pampers to the egos of the self-righteous and chastises those who dont adhere to certain values. which is a shame, because this was supposed to be a story about following ones heart by chasing dreams and passions. too bad that message got lost somewhere along the way.
secondly, i didnt connect with the any of characters, as i found them to be very two-dimensional. for a story that was meant to be about personal growth, i did not get any sense of emotion in the writing. a boy sells his entire livelihood, sets sail for distant continent, and crosses an entire desert in search of something he desperately desires - and yet, i couldnt care less about his journey. also, the portrayal of women in this is frustratingly poor.
anyways, i liked the idea. i personally try to live my life by many of the lessons and teachings in this book - i believe it is important for one to follow their dreams, to always listen to their heart, and to never give up on something they are passionate about (as much as realistically possible). but i think the effectiveness of those messages was lost in this story.
鈫� 2.5 stars
for this to have been described as a story that changes lives, im a little let down. whilst this certainly had the potential to be 鈥榣ife changing,鈥� i felt there were many aspects which kept the story from delivering what could have been a meaningful experience.
firstly, this is told like a parable. i would consider this story to fall more along the lines of religious allegory than philosophical text. that, in itself, is neither here nor there. however, i read somewhere that effective parables should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. unfortunately, this book does neither of those things - it pampers to the egos of the self-righteous and chastises those who dont adhere to certain values. which is a shame, because this was supposed to be a story about following ones heart by chasing dreams and passions. too bad that message got lost somewhere along the way.
secondly, i didnt connect with the any of characters, as i found them to be very two-dimensional. for a story that was meant to be about personal growth, i did not get any sense of emotion in the writing. a boy sells his entire livelihood, sets sail for distant continent, and crosses an entire desert in search of something he desperately desires - and yet, i couldnt care less about his journey. also, the portrayal of women in this is frustratingly poor.
anyways, i liked the idea. i personally try to live my life by many of the lessons and teachings in this book - i believe it is important for one to follow their dreams, to always listen to their heart, and to never give up on something they are passionate about (as much as realistically possible). but i think the effectiveness of those messages was lost in this story.
鈫� 2.5 stars
February 23, 2016
Superficially deep (ie deep on the surface and shallow underneath), but actually rather pretentious new age waffle - yet somehow manages to be beautiful despite that. I would have enjoyed it in my late teens/early 20s (when I enjoyed Jonathan Livingston Seagull), but reading this as an adult, I found it annoyingly unsubtle.
Reading, and disliking this, was something of a watershed: a few years earlier and I'd probably have loved it, but as it was, I realised I'd turned into a cynical adult (and I know where I get that from!).
Reading, and disliking this, was something of a watershed: a few years earlier and I'd probably have loved it, but as it was, I realised I'd turned into a cynical adult (and I know where I get that from!).
September 25, 2019
Homework for "Introductory Course For Irony Disposal And Sarcasm Removal (ICFIDASR)", lesson one, re-submission number 47.
I once read a book that inspired me to change my whole attitude towards reading. It was a medicine of universal, cosmic impact. Before, I had thought that books existed to enrich me, giving me knowledge, pleasure and understanding.
After reading the introductory pages of this "enchanting novel" however, I learned that more wisdom can be gained from the companionship of sheep than from books, as stated by the wise young protagonist, a shepherd who uses books for a pillow and sheep for dialogue partners (it is a one-way road, with the sheep as teachers, for the sheep don't learn anything from him). In simple, unsophisticated prose, which seems to be carefully following the rubric of a Grade 6 descriptive writing assignment, I read:
"The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. As long as the boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be his friends. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hours between sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their young lives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of the cities. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, they generously gave of their wool, their company, and - once in a while - their meat."
Learning to take everything literally is part of my course, so I try not to see a metaphor in the fact that the boy learns more from sheep than from books. But I do have a question or two:
If the sheep are only his"friends" as long as he brings them food, do they really count as friends? Are they not just following their needs?
Is it not quite self-evident that they have not read any books in their young lives - they are sheep after all, and won't read in their old age either, I assume?
Do they really "generously offer their wool, their company, and -ONCE IN A WHILE - their meat? At least as far as the meat is concerned, I am sure they offer it once, and not again, and not by free choice, and generously?
As this book is to be taken seriously, I beg to accept my apology if my questions sound like sarcasm. That is not my intention. I am really just asking "all universe to conspire to help me achieve my goal" (another piece of wisdom the book offers) - of understanding how anyone can take this seriously! I just wonder how all universe deals with opposing wishes, which must occasionally occur, even in a small place like our earth. If I for example wish to have my neighbour's garden chair, and my neighbour wishes to keep it, who does "all universe" side with, and how does it conspire to help me get it, and at the same time to help my neighbour to keep it?
Things that happen once can never happen again, I also learn. Before I can even ask why, I get another piece of information: Things that happen twice will always happen again. How does that go together? If things have happened once (which is a prerequisite for happening twice in my world) they won't happen again?!? Whatever is meant, things can NEVER happen twice, that is sure. I can't travel to Italy twice. If I do it anyway (which is not possible) I will definitively do it again. That is nice!
When I do travel to Italy (once, or three times), my life and my path will always provide me with enough omens. That is interesting, and I do not know why I all of a sudden associate this with the sheepish followers in Life Of Brian, who found omens in sandals.
Call me literal-minded, but I do have some issues with the idea of omen provision. Can I order them online nowadays? What do they cost?
To close my reflection on learning more from sheep than books, I have to say: In some cases, that is very true! What a bitter medicine!
As with all medicines, there are some side effects, and it is very important to read the warning before you take this drug:
Please do not read this book if you are in danger of thinking too rationally.
When you read this Grade 6 essay, be careful to check if you show behaviours that you would define as out of character, as they might be symptoms of acute drivel reading allergy.
Symptoms include: anger, frustration, ridicule, frowning, nausea, meaningless giggling, dreams about book burning, urge to throw the book in the bin or out the window. Symptoms may vary, but in all cases, it is recommended to suspend reading until the brain is reset in adequate sheep mode again.
If symptoms do not diminish after enjoying a couple of good, real books, please see your librarian for memory removal surgery or therapy.
I once read a book that inspired me to change my whole attitude towards reading. It was a medicine of universal, cosmic impact. Before, I had thought that books existed to enrich me, giving me knowledge, pleasure and understanding.
After reading the introductory pages of this "enchanting novel" however, I learned that more wisdom can be gained from the companionship of sheep than from books, as stated by the wise young protagonist, a shepherd who uses books for a pillow and sheep for dialogue partners (it is a one-way road, with the sheep as teachers, for the sheep don't learn anything from him). In simple, unsophisticated prose, which seems to be carefully following the rubric of a Grade 6 descriptive writing assignment, I read:
"The only things that concerned the sheep were food and water. As long as the boy knew how to find the best pastures in Andalusia, they would be his friends. Yes, their days were all the same, with the seemingly endless hours between sunrise and dusk; and they had never read a book in their young lives, and didn't understand when the boy told them about the sights of the cities. They were content with just food and water, and, in exchange, they generously gave of their wool, their company, and - once in a while - their meat."
Learning to take everything literally is part of my course, so I try not to see a metaphor in the fact that the boy learns more from sheep than from books. But I do have a question or two:
If the sheep are only his"friends" as long as he brings them food, do they really count as friends? Are they not just following their needs?
Is it not quite self-evident that they have not read any books in their young lives - they are sheep after all, and won't read in their old age either, I assume?
Do they really "generously offer their wool, their company, and -ONCE IN A WHILE - their meat? At least as far as the meat is concerned, I am sure they offer it once, and not again, and not by free choice, and generously?
As this book is to be taken seriously, I beg to accept my apology if my questions sound like sarcasm. That is not my intention. I am really just asking "all universe to conspire to help me achieve my goal" (another piece of wisdom the book offers) - of understanding how anyone can take this seriously! I just wonder how all universe deals with opposing wishes, which must occasionally occur, even in a small place like our earth. If I for example wish to have my neighbour's garden chair, and my neighbour wishes to keep it, who does "all universe" side with, and how does it conspire to help me get it, and at the same time to help my neighbour to keep it?
Things that happen once can never happen again, I also learn. Before I can even ask why, I get another piece of information: Things that happen twice will always happen again. How does that go together? If things have happened once (which is a prerequisite for happening twice in my world) they won't happen again?!? Whatever is meant, things can NEVER happen twice, that is sure. I can't travel to Italy twice. If I do it anyway (which is not possible) I will definitively do it again. That is nice!
When I do travel to Italy (once, or three times), my life and my path will always provide me with enough omens. That is interesting, and I do not know why I all of a sudden associate this with the sheepish followers in Life Of Brian, who found omens in sandals.
Call me literal-minded, but I do have some issues with the idea of omen provision. Can I order them online nowadays? What do they cost?
To close my reflection on learning more from sheep than books, I have to say: In some cases, that is very true! What a bitter medicine!
As with all medicines, there are some side effects, and it is very important to read the warning before you take this drug:
Please do not read this book if you are in danger of thinking too rationally.
When you read this Grade 6 essay, be careful to check if you show behaviours that you would define as out of character, as they might be symptoms of acute drivel reading allergy.
Symptoms include: anger, frustration, ridicule, frowning, nausea, meaningless giggling, dreams about book burning, urge to throw the book in the bin or out the window. Symptoms may vary, but in all cases, it is recommended to suspend reading until the brain is reset in adequate sheep mode again.
If symptoms do not diminish after enjoying a couple of good, real books, please see your librarian for memory removal surgery or therapy.
October 23, 2023
賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賲賳匕 毓丕賲賷賳貙 賵丕賳丕 丕賯乇兀賴丕 賰賳鬲 丕丨爻 亘兀賳賳賷 丕毓乇賮 乇賵丨賷丞 丕賱賳氐 賵亘兀賳賳賷 賯乇兀鬲賴 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 丌禺乇.....
賵亘毓丿 爻賳鬲賷賳 賰賳鬲 丕賯乇兀 亘毓囟 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賲賳 "丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞"(丨賰丕賷丞 廿賮賱丕爻 乇噩賱 賲賳 亘睾丿丕丿)貙 賮毓乇賮鬲 丕賷賳 賯乇兀鬲 "丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷" 賵賱賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘乇賵丨賷丞 丕賱賳氐貙 賮丿丕賮毓 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 (丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞) 賮賷 乇丨賱鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丨賱賲 (賲孬賱 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 賮賷 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷)貙 爻丕賮乇 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 丕賱賶 賲氐乇 (賵賰匕賱賰 賮毓賱 亘胤賱 賰賵賷賱賵)貙 鬲毓乇囟 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 賱賱賲禺丕胤乇 賵丕賱鬲賳賰賷賱 亘賴 (賵賰匕賱賰 亘胤賱 賰賵賷賱賵)貙 鬲賰匕賷亘 丕賱丨賱賲 賵丕賱廿爻鬲賴夭丕亍 亘氐丕丨亘賴 (丕賱賵丕賱賷 毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲賰賱賲 賲毓 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 賮賷 丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞貙 賵丕賱夭毓賷賲 賱爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 賮賷 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷 賵賴賵 賷丨賮乇 丕賱賳賮賯)貙 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱賲囟丕丿 (丕賱賵丕賱賷 賱賱亘睾丿丕丿賷: 賴賳丕賰 亘賷鬲 賮賷 亘睾丿丕丿 賵氐賮賴 賰匕丕 賵賰匕丕 賮賷賴 賰賳夭 (亘賲毓賳丕賴)貙 賵丕賱夭毓賷賲 賱爻賳鬲賷丕睾賵: 賮賷 丕爻亘丕賳賷丕 賰賳賷爻丞 賷乇毓賶 賮賷賴丕 丕賱乇毓賷丕賳..丕賱禺 (賳賮爻 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷乇毓賶 亘賴丕 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵)貙 丕賱毓賵丿丞 賵丕賷噩丕丿 丕賱賰賳夭 (賮賷 賰賱丕 丕賱賯氐鬲賷賳) 賵 "丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞 賯亘賱 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷 亘賲卅丕鬲 丕賱爻賳賷賳!!!!
賵亘毓丿 爻賳鬲賷賳 賰賳鬲 丕賯乇兀 亘毓囟 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賲賳 "丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞"(丨賰丕賷丞 廿賮賱丕爻 乇噩賱 賲賳 亘睾丿丕丿)貙 賮毓乇賮鬲 丕賷賳 賯乇兀鬲 "丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷" 賵賱賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘乇賵丨賷丞 丕賱賳氐貙 賮丿丕賮毓 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 (丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞) 賮賷 乇丨賱鬲賴 賴賵 丕賱丨賱賲 (賲孬賱 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 賮賷 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷)貙 爻丕賮乇 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 丕賱賶 賲氐乇 (賵賰匕賱賰 賮毓賱 亘胤賱 賰賵賷賱賵)貙 鬲毓乇囟 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 賱賱賲禺丕胤乇 賵丕賱鬲賳賰賷賱 亘賴 (賵賰匕賱賰 亘胤賱 賰賵賷賱賵)貙 鬲賰匕賷亘 丕賱丨賱賲 賵丕賱廿爻鬲賴夭丕亍 亘氐丕丨亘賴 (丕賱賵丕賱賷 毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲賰賱賲 賲毓 丕賱亘睾丿丕丿賷 賮賷 丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞貙 賵丕賱夭毓賷賲 賱爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵 賮賷 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷 賵賴賵 賷丨賮乇 丕賱賳賮賯)貙 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱賲囟丕丿 (丕賱賵丕賱賷 賱賱亘睾丿丕丿賷: 賴賳丕賰 亘賷鬲 賮賷 亘睾丿丕丿 賵氐賮賴 賰匕丕 賵賰匕丕 賮賷賴 賰賳夭 (亘賲毓賳丕賴)貙 賵丕賱夭毓賷賲 賱爻賳鬲賷丕睾賵: 賮賷 丕爻亘丕賳賷丕 賰賳賷爻丞 賷乇毓賶 賮賷賴丕 丕賱乇毓賷丕賳..丕賱禺 (賳賮爻 丕賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷乇毓賶 亘賴丕 爻丕賳鬲賷丕睾賵)貙 丕賱毓賵丿丞 賵丕賷噩丕丿 丕賱賰賳夭 (賮賷 賰賱丕 丕賱賯氐鬲賷賳) 賵 "丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞 賯亘賱 丕賱禺賷賲賷丕卅賷 亘賲卅丕鬲 丕賱爻賳賷賳!!!!
June 9, 2016
賰鬲丕亘 丿乇賲丕賳賶
亘賴 賰爻丕賳賶 賰賴 賴賳賵夭 賲孬賱 賲賳 亘賴 诏乇丿丕亘 鬲賱禺 丕賳丿賷卮賶 (賷丕 丌賳 胤賵乇 賰賴 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 鬲賱賯蹖賳 讴賳賲: 賵丕賯毓 亘賷賳賶) 丿趩丕乇 賳卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 亘丕 噩賲賱丕鬲賶 賲孬賱 "丕诏乇 趩賷夭賶 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賴賶貙 鬲賲丕賲 賰丕卅賳丕鬲 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 賲賶 丿賴丿 鬲丕 丌乇夭賵賷鬲 乇丕 亘乇丌賵乇丿賴 賰賳丿"貙 鬲賴 鬲賴 丿賱卮丕賳 賳賵乇賶 卮蹖乇蹖賳 賵 诏乇賲 賵 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 賲賶 丿乇禺卮丿. 亘賴 丕賷賳 賴丕 丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 乇丕 鬲賵氐賷賴 賲賶 賰賳賲貙 賵 丕夭卮丕賳 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 賲賶 賰賳賲 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賰鬲丕亘 賴丕賶 賳賵乇讴購卮貙 賲丕夭賵禺賷爻鬲 诏賵賳賴 鬲賱丕卮 賳賰賳賳丿 丕賷賳 賳賵乇 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 賰賳賳丿. 亘毓丿 丕夭 賳賵乇貙 趩蹖夭蹖 噩夭 馗賱賲鬲 賳蹖爻鬲. 诏乇丕蹖卮 賴丕蹖 丕賳鬲賱讴鬲賵卅賱蹖 賮賯胤 丕爻賲 卮丕賳 禺賵亘 丿乇 乇賮鬲賴.
賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘
倬賷乇賳诏 丕氐賱賶 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 丕夭 丨賰丕賷鬲賶 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕賶 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 卮丿賴. 禺賵丿 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 丿乇 賲賯丿賲賴 賶 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賲賶 賰賳丿 賰賴 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 賶 丌乇跇丕賳鬲賷賳賶 禺賵乇禺賴 賱賵賷賷爻 亘賵乇禺爻 賳賷夭 丕夭 賴賲賷賳 丨賰丕賷鬲 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賶 亘乇 丕爻丕爻卮 賳賵卮鬲賴.
禺賱丕氐賴 賶 丨賰丕賷鬲 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 趩賳賷賳 丕爻鬲:
丌賵乇丿賴 丕賳丿 賰賴 丿乇 亘睾丿丕丿 賲乇丿賶 賮賯賷乇 卮亘賶 丿乇 禺賵丕亘 丿賷丿 賰賴 诏賵賷賳丿賴 丕賶 賴賲賶 诏賵賷丿: 乇賵夭蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 賲氐乇 丕爻鬲.
丌賳 賲乇丿 亘賴 賲氐乇 爻賮乇 賰乇丿. 卮亘賶 丿乇 賲爻噩丿 噩丕賲毓 賯丕賴乇賴 禺賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賰賴 丿夭丿丕賳 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 賶 賲鬲賵賱賶 賲爻噩丿 丿乇 丌賲丿賳丿 賵 賳丕賱賴 賵 賮乇賷丕丿 丕賴賱 禺丕賳賴 亘賱賳丿 卮丿. 趩賵賳 卮丨賳賴 丿乇 乇爻賷丿貙 噩夭 丌賳 賲乇丿 賮賯賷乇 賰爻賶 乇丕 賳丿賷丿. 丕賵 乇丕 亘诏乇賮鬲 賵 鬲丕夭賷丕賳賴 亘夭丿 賵 亘賴 夭賳丿丕賳 亘賷賳丿丕禺鬲.
亘毓丿 爻賴 乇賵夭 丕賵 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 爻亘亘 丌賲丿賳 鬲賵 丕夭 亘睾丿丕丿 亘賴 賲氐乇 趩賴 亘賵丿責
诏賮鬲: 丿乇 禺賵丕亘 丿賷丿賲 賰賴 賰爻賶 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲 乇賵夭蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 賲氐乇 丕爻鬲.
卮丨賳賴 亘禺賳丿賷丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 丕賶 賰賲 禺乇丿! 賲賳 爻賴 爻丕賱 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕亘 賲賶 亘賷賳賲 賰賴 诏賵賷賳丿賴 丕賶 賲賶 诏賵賷丿 賰賴 丿乇 亘睾丿丕丿貙 丿乇 賮賱丕賳 賲丨賱鬲貙 丿乇 賮賱丕賳 禺丕賳賴貙 丨賵囟賶 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 夭賷乇卮 賲丕賱賶 賮乇丕賵丕賳. 賵賱賶 禺賵丕亘 乇丕 亘丕賵乇 賳賰乇丿賴 丕賲. 鬲賵 亘賴 爻亘亘 丕囟睾丕孬 丕丨賱丕賲 丕夭 卮賴乇賶 亘賴 卮賴乇賶 卮丿賴 丕賶責!
賵 丌賳 禺丕賳賴 賰賴 氐賮鬲 賰乇丿貙 禺丕賳賴 賶 賴賲丕賳 賲乇丿 賮賯賷乇 亘賵丿. 亘賴 亘睾丿丕丿 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 賵 亘賴 夭賷乇 丨賵囟 禺賵賷卮 诏賳噩 賮乇丕賵丕賳 賷丕賮鬲.锘�
亘賴 賰爻丕賳賶 賰賴 賴賳賵夭 賲孬賱 賲賳 亘賴 诏乇丿丕亘 鬲賱禺 丕賳丿賷卮賶 (賷丕 丌賳 胤賵乇 賰賴 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賲 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 鬲賱賯蹖賳 讴賳賲: 賵丕賯毓 亘賷賳賶) 丿趩丕乇 賳卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 亘丕 噩賲賱丕鬲賶 賲孬賱 "丕诏乇 趩賷夭賶 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賴賶貙 鬲賲丕賲 賰丕卅賳丕鬲 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賴賲 賲賶 丿賴丿 鬲丕 丌乇夭賵賷鬲 乇丕 亘乇丌賵乇丿賴 賰賳丿"貙 鬲賴 鬲賴 丿賱卮丕賳 賳賵乇賶 卮蹖乇蹖賳 賵 诏乇賲 賵 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 賲賶 丿乇禺卮丿. 亘賴 丕賷賳 賴丕 丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 乇丕 鬲賵氐賷賴 賲賶 賰賳賲貙 賵 丕夭卮丕賳 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 賲賶 賰賳賲 亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 賰鬲丕亘 賴丕賶 賳賵乇讴購卮貙 賲丕夭賵禺賷爻鬲 诏賵賳賴 鬲賱丕卮 賳賰賳賳丿 丕賷賳 賳賵乇 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 賰賳賳丿. 亘毓丿 丕夭 賳賵乇貙 趩蹖夭蹖 噩夭 馗賱賲鬲 賳蹖爻鬲. 诏乇丕蹖卮 賴丕蹖 丕賳鬲賱讴鬲賵卅賱蹖 賮賯胤 丕爻賲 卮丕賳 禺賵亘 丿乇 乇賮鬲賴.
賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘
倬賷乇賳诏 丕氐賱賶 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 丕夭 丨賰丕賷鬲賶 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕賶 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 卮丿賴. 禺賵丿 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 丿乇 賲賯丿賲賴 賶 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賲賶 賰賳丿 賰賴 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 賶 丌乇跇丕賳鬲賷賳賶 禺賵乇禺賴 賱賵賷賷爻 亘賵乇禺爻 賳賷夭 丕夭 賴賲賷賳 丨賰丕賷鬲 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賶 亘乇 丕爻丕爻卮 賳賵卮鬲賴.
禺賱丕氐賴 賶 丨賰丕賷鬲 賴夭丕乇 賵 賷賰 卮亘 趩賳賷賳 丕爻鬲:
丌賵乇丿賴 丕賳丿 賰賴 丿乇 亘睾丿丕丿 賲乇丿賶 賮賯賷乇 卮亘賶 丿乇 禺賵丕亘 丿賷丿 賰賴 诏賵賷賳丿賴 丕賶 賴賲賶 诏賵賷丿: 乇賵夭蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 賲氐乇 丕爻鬲.
丌賳 賲乇丿 亘賴 賲氐乇 爻賮乇 賰乇丿. 卮亘賶 丿乇 賲爻噩丿 噩丕賲毓 賯丕賴乇賴 禺賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賰賴 丿夭丿丕賳 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 賶 賲鬲賵賱賶 賲爻噩丿 丿乇 丌賲丿賳丿 賵 賳丕賱賴 賵 賮乇賷丕丿 丕賴賱 禺丕賳賴 亘賱賳丿 卮丿. 趩賵賳 卮丨賳賴 丿乇 乇爻賷丿貙 噩夭 丌賳 賲乇丿 賮賯賷乇 賰爻賶 乇丕 賳丿賷丿. 丕賵 乇丕 亘诏乇賮鬲 賵 鬲丕夭賷丕賳賴 亘夭丿 賵 亘賴 夭賳丿丕賳 亘賷賳丿丕禺鬲.
亘毓丿 爻賴 乇賵夭 丕賵 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 爻亘亘 丌賲丿賳 鬲賵 丕夭 亘睾丿丕丿 亘賴 賲氐乇 趩賴 亘賵丿責
诏賮鬲: 丿乇 禺賵丕亘 丿賷丿賲 賰賴 賰爻賶 亘賴 賲賳 诏賮鬲 乇賵夭蹖 鬲賵 丿乇 賲氐乇 丕爻鬲.
卮丨賳賴 亘禺賳丿賷丿 賵 诏賮鬲: 丕賶 賰賲 禺乇丿! 賲賳 爻賴 爻丕賱 丕爻鬲 禺賵丕亘 賲賶 亘賷賳賲 賰賴 诏賵賷賳丿賴 丕賶 賲賶 诏賵賷丿 賰賴 丿乇 亘睾丿丕丿貙 丿乇 賮賱丕賳 賲丨賱鬲貙 丿乇 賮賱丕賳 禺丕賳賴貙 丨賵囟賶 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 夭賷乇卮 賲丕賱賶 賮乇丕賵丕賳. 賵賱賶 禺賵丕亘 乇丕 亘丕賵乇 賳賰乇丿賴 丕賲. 鬲賵 亘賴 爻亘亘 丕囟睾丕孬 丕丨賱丕賲 丕夭 卮賴乇賶 亘賴 卮賴乇賶 卮丿賴 丕賶責!
賵 丌賳 禺丕賳賴 賰賴 氐賮鬲 賰乇丿貙 禺丕賳賴 賶 賴賲丕賳 賲乇丿 賮賯賷乇 亘賵丿. 亘賴 亘睾丿丕丿 亘丕夭诏卮鬲 賵 亘賴 夭賷乇 丨賵囟 禺賵賷卮 诏賳噩 賮乇丕賵丕賳 賷丕賮鬲.锘�
January 8, 2025
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Notes: On chasing dreams, don't settle themes, enjoying silver linings, but too clich茅 and child's play, relies on stars aligning.
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February 24, 2025
The moral of this story is absolutely intrinsic!!!!!!
I highly recommend reading this short novel and opening your eyes to more than just the world in front of you. This is the kind of read that leaves you pondering about life and the choices we make, well after you鈥檝e finished reading. It鈥檚 the kind of book you read more than once.
Written exceptionally well, it鈥檚 an effortless and comfortable read that warms you like a cozy blanket. It left me thinking silently for quite awhile after I closed the book. I honestly just lost myself in thought and how we can so easily lose sight of what鈥檚 important in life. How we can be quick to assume instead of coming from curious.
This isn鈥檛 just a novel, it鈥檚 a lesson. If you like books that leave you enlightened, this is a good one to read.
I highly recommend reading this short novel and opening your eyes to more than just the world in front of you. This is the kind of read that leaves you pondering about life and the choices we make, well after you鈥檝e finished reading. It鈥檚 the kind of book you read more than once.
Written exceptionally well, it鈥檚 an effortless and comfortable read that warms you like a cozy blanket. It left me thinking silently for quite awhile after I closed the book. I honestly just lost myself in thought and how we can so easily lose sight of what鈥檚 important in life. How we can be quick to assume instead of coming from curious.
This isn鈥檛 just a novel, it鈥檚 a lesson. If you like books that leave you enlightened, this is a good one to read.
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