Life really is generous to those who pursue their
destiny.When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve
it. This book is about omens and the destiny. And how men should do in facing
their fates. An Andalusian shepherd sold all his sheep in order to start a
journey to the pyramids that appeared always in his recurring dreams. The
decision making is only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision,
he is just like diving into a strong current that carries him to somewhere he had
never dreamed of when he first made the decision. And so do the shepherd. He
was robbed and thus lost all his money. Then, he met a crystal merchant and
worked for him for some time. After that, he continued his journey to the
dessert. There is a mysterious chain that links one thing to another, from the
beginning to the end of story. The shepherd never abandoned his belief and in
the end, he managed to find the hidden treasure that he has been looking for.
What
happened on the shepherd seems to happen on every one of us, even though the
reaction given may be different. Some people want something but never start taking
action to materialize what he has been dreaming and just go through life
wanting to do so. On the other hand, in spite of the difficulties and possible
failure, some people see the limitless possibilities and they believe in
miracles. And because of all these, they dare to pursue their destinies. Even
that they will die in the midst of trying to realize their destiny. For them,
it is still a lot better than dying like millions of other people, who never even
knew what their destinies were.
For me,
I really regretted that I had not taken advantages of the situation and pursued
my destiny a few months back. I was afraid because I was not confident whether I
was able to achieve them and the opportunity seemed too good to be true that I felt
I don’t deserve it. Thinking back what happened that time, now it seemed to me
that without what happened then, perhaps I still didn’t realize how important
and how determined I could be to pursue something that I am really interested
in. Perhaps this is one link of the mysterious chain that mentioned in the
book.
This
is actually the first Paulo Coelho’s book that I read a few years ago and I decided
to read it again this time, simply because I think that there are some intriguing
sentences that deserve more time to savor in order to find out the implicit ideas
which may be helpful to personal growth.
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