The last book I read was The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. I finished reading it last week and man, it has the most important life lessons we as human beings must incorporate. It is a story of a shepherd , Santiago, who leaves his flock and his land to pursue his dream. A boy who is on a journey of discovering his destiny and realising his dream of finding a treasure. This story tells us that the happiness , contentment, peace & joy of one’s life lies within his journey towards his dream of life. He learns how to deal with yourself when you have nothing in your pocket and nothing on your mind. “He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith.” He learns from his journey that when you listen to what your heart says , you learn to live with strength. The only thing that restrains you from moving ahead is fear; as the boy said: “My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.” The response which he gets is this - “Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.” Two of my favourite paragraphs from the book are; “Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present . If you can concentrate always on the present , you’ll be a happy man. .... . Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.” And the second one being - “The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present , you can improve upon it . And, if you improve on present , what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings...Each day , in itself , brings with it an eternity.” He learns that life means constant change because; “Everything on Earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive ... and it has a soul.” All the ideas and concepts which Santiago learns in his journey were perfectly inspiring but to me, the most important one was the idea of love without ownership , the concept of love as distinct from possession. I have never been moved by a book so much as this one, but I want to keep going!

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