Book of the books, the most important for me, Paulo Coelho “O Alquimista”. I read this book at first maybe for 4 years ago in English. I still lived with my son and I was so impressed that I told him to read it too. He never reads books, but I said “You don’t have to read any books in your life any more but you have to read THIS book, it has all the wisdom that a person needs, a creative person at least.” He read it for one day. I have just read it in it’s original language, Portuguese. Usually I get disappointed when I compare the original and translation, this one doesn’t lose in translation at all in my opinion because it’s full of substance. That is what makes it so special.
This book is about following your Lenda Pessoal (personal legend), you destiny, your dream, something that makes you - you. Your dream is VERY important, the most important of everything for You, your dream is what you really are. The way to your dream has a certain pattern. Your way is full of signs and you have to learn to read them in order to go your “right” way. It is easy from the start, “the beginner’s luck”, it is very hard at the end, you almost stop hoping when you are getting really close. Some people give up their dream and just live every day life and will never be fulfilled and happy, even if they have money. We all have our individual reason for life, it is important to follow your dream, that makes you a special unique individual. Not wait, follow your “personal legend” NOW, as much is it works for the moment. The journey to our dream which is our “treasure” is as important as a treasure (gold, or love) itself. This is not a dream in the sense of acquiring things and become rich, it’s about to become and live who you really are, even if it is hard sometimes.
This book is about a young boy “The alchemist” of real life, who is looking for his treasure, actually turning his life into a treasure as alchemists do, turning dirt into gold. He is travelling far, going trough obstacles and he finally finds his treasure in his own country, where he started, at the place where he has been many times before. But it was the journey that was important, he learned a lot through his journey and found himself and his love.
I personally think that I live my “Lenda Pessoal” and also my son, even if it is not easy all the time, often very hard, but it is the only way that is possible for us. I know some people from CS who do it too, Hammockman and Rizlared, probably Saskia, she seems to have a remarkable unusual life. (there are surely more but those show that clear individual pattern)
Do you have a book that influenced your life very much, or showed you that you are in the right way?(no Bible, or other religious stuff, I do respect religious people who are not pushy, but I don’t want this to turn into a religious discussion)
When it is the hardest you should think not in the way, “oh nothing is working and I am so sorry for myself”, but “I am an adventurer, looking for treasure”
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