THE ALCHEMIST
In the search of meaning of life, purpose of living I recollected the books that I had archived. In the book the alchemist, Paulo Coelho described that every person will have to fulfil their personal legend/calling. Your personal legend is the reason that you are here, the miracle of life. The reason that you are here is the only thing that gives you enthusiasm. You will know you are betraying your personal legend when you do something without enthusiasm. The term ‘I am not ready, is an excuse, ‘I have to wait for the right moment’, ‘now I have to feed my family’ is all an excuse. Your family wants to see you happy, do things you love for when you will know that you are on the path of fulfilling your calling.
What is your personal legend/ personal calling ? You know you are on the path when you have enthusiasm. All of us have a reason to be here, but we are not sure if we have taken the right steps. God will recognise your purity and put you back in track if you think so. I can give you 10000 good/convincing explanations of why we are here, but none of it will be true to you. The reason that we are here is a mystery and will remain so. Probably that day when we are facing god we will know. God is going to ask you, ‘did you love enough ?’, if yes - welcome to heaven. What do you mean by ‘Did you love enough ?’ It is not romantic love. Did you open your heart to embrace every single moment, did you love fully every moment and everybody you have encountered?
The world’s greatest lie is that you lose control of life. There is a system and an establishment says that you cannot control anything. The moment that you believe that you have to obey some rules, your dream fogs up. When you do not conform to the norms (that are set by the society), they will punish you for it and try to control you, name you things. Not out of hatred but they cannot see beyond their point of understanding, especially family when you don’t conform to what they think you should be. Don’t give in to you fears, if you do, you would not be able to talk to your heart. You heart is like a flower, can be very brave but can be easily hurt. Talk to your heart as a brave person, fear is sensed by nature. So are we in control of our destiny ? Not always. Fate – is when someone thinks there is no choice anymore. Destiny – everybody is going to die at the end and how you get there is up to you, your destiny is along the way to your fate.
Before a dream is realised, the soul of the world, test everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we have learned as we move toward that dream. That is the point at which most people give up. It is the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert , one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon’. “Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested. It is said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.