The Alchemist 2

The shepherd gets a dream  about treasure and he follows his dreams. In this journey life takes him to various places and he encounters many unexpected things. One very interesting part is, this shepherd will be working with crystal merchant. When the merchant was young all he wanted to do was set up a shop, earn money to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca.  The conversation between the boy and the merchant is follows.

"Well, why don't you go to Mecca now ?" asked the boy.

"Because it's the thought of the Mecca that keeps me alive. That's what help me face these days that are al the same….  I'm afraid that if my dream is realized. I will have no reason to go on leaving"

 

I would like to bring forth two points , one is a powerful dream keeps you "alive", that bring you sense of purpose, action and energy.  Observe how you will be when you are joining a new job, getting married or starting new business or planning to go for trek/vacation . That dream keeps you awake.   There is a experience of life that is adventurous. 

Second one more important, we don't want to realize many dreams that are very important.  We have a fear that if that dream is realized you will have no reason to go on leaving.  This may not be present for you but I invite you look into it.  Some things like you may want to build a beautiful house. Now financially if it is possible to build such house, you will not do it. Or there might be some relationships which are not working many times you don't go and resolve because you don't know how it will be once it is resolved.  So create a future that inspires you.

 Again some of the good sentences from the book …

• To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation
• If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll loose your desire to work toward getting it
•  He gad to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something wanted to have
• I'm like everyone else- I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not actually does  
• He had not a cent in his pocket, but he had faith