The alchemist is a little book full of words of wisdom. The story started from a shepherd who loved a merchant's daughter. Love is a motif that always draws our interest. It leaded me to explore another important topic, destiny. When we were born, it was likely that everyone of us has a destiny given by God.
Knowing my own destiny is the first important task I should tackle with in my life. As time passes, searching my own destiny becomes less important than doing jobs the society respects for. The shepherd loved to travel and therefore he became a shepherd despite of expectation from his parents of being a priest. But he was confused because he loved the merchant's daughter. A shepherd was unstable that a merchant will not let his daughter marry to. At the time he was about to give up, a King appeared and hinted the shepherd his destiny of searching treasure in pyramids in Egypt. Then the adventure started.
I admit I have oversimplified the story here. When one is searching for his own destiny, knowing it and implementing it, he should struggle endlessly. He may first deny his destiny. If he finally choose to pursue, he knows he should first sacrifice what he now owns. During the trip of searching, some failures are devastating but success can also make him stop on the mid way, especially the afterward success of a big failure. The fear of losing again is so real and makes one perceive himself that he have already reached the goal. There are many reasons to retreat, for example, love. We may stop our dreams for lovers. But the writer reminded that a true love will not impede one to pursue his destiny. Don't let love and lover to be our excuse.
This is a great book deserves to read several times. This should be a prominent novel for humans even after 100 years.
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