The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


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This year this is my first book and what a way to start really......

A Spanish shepherd boy Santiago has these recurring dreams about a treasure hidden at the foot of the Egyptian pyramids. He leaves Spain to find it and journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert, guided along the way by a camel driver, an alchemist and other spiritual guides, and he discovers a far greater treasure (greater than any earthly gold): wisdom, self knowledge and enlightenment. Though the Alchemist is not about Santiago at all. It's an inspirational fable; it's about our own self discovery; it's about awakening your passions; it's about following your heart; embracing life as a journey and finding the courage to chase your dreams. This book is very inspiring and what I really need right now to motivate myself with my everyday endeavours. In the end the boy in the story who was searching for his treasure, despite the long travels and experiences, find his treasure not in the place where he suspected it to be, but in the place where he came from. It's just pretty ironic that what have you looking for is in the end is just beside you right from the beginning. It's just that what he learned and discovered from his travel is another treasure that he should realize in order to appreciate himself and the things around him. A very inspiring and positive book, it actually gives me hope that the things that I aspire for will in the end I would achieve if only I strive hard and don't lose hope until I get it. Sometimes the detours and the problems that we face now were later on in our life will make sense and when you remember that moment especially if you had overcome it you will know that you are thankful for that to happen because in the end you would learn something from it.

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  1. EuphoriaMay 6, 2015 at 10:17 AM

    keep up the good spirit K.
    this book is said to have inspired lot many people.

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  2. EuphoriaMay 6, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    keep up the good spirit K.
    this book is said to have inspired lot many people.

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