"The Alchemist" -Paulo Coelho
A New York Times best seller, with over 65 million copies sold and Paulo Coelho, holds a spot in the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records for being being the most translated living author for, "The Alchemist".
This story of a shepherd boy and his journey will truly inspire, entertain and give you the courage to go after your own treasure. Join Santiago on his journey from his home in Spain to the Egyptian dessert in search of his treasure and you will come home feeling enriched, wiser, fulfilled and have your treasure in hand or in sight.
This story of a shepherd boy and his journey will truly inspire, entertain and give you the courage to go after your own treasure. Join Santiago on his journey from his home in Spain to the Egyptian dessert in search of his treasure and you will come home feeling enriched, wiser, fulfilled and have your treasure in hand or in sight.
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"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you'll never have to fear an unanticipated blow."
The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert. He came to understand its dodges and tricks, and to accept it as it was. He lost his fear, and forgot about his need to go back to the oasis, because, one afternoon, his heart told him that it was happy. "Even though I complain sometimes," it said, "it's because I'm the heart of a person, and people's hearts are that way. People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly.
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams..."
-Paulo Coelho
The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert. He came to understand its dodges and tricks, and to accept it as it was. He lost his fear, and forgot about his need to go back to the oasis, because, one afternoon, his heart told him that it was happy. "Even though I complain sometimes," it said, "it's because I'm the heart of a person, and people's hearts are that way. People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them. We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of treasures that might have been found but were forever hidden in the sands. Because, when these things happen, we suffer terribly.
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams..."
-Paulo Coelho
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