Start: Last week I read a review on The Alchemist from Sujata and I just loved it. But again I thought that I might be captivated by her fabulous writing so let’s check some other review on this book. I checked the review by another friend Snigdha and she had mentioned that this book has changed her life. Then I decided I will surely read this book. This Sunday I was doing nothing so I started reading this book and amazingly I finished it in just one go. Here is my experience with this book.
Love: You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love, the love that speaks the language of world. I have taken this statement from this book itself. It says any kind of love which is true, will never stop you to pursue your destiny. This can be applicable to your familial love, friendly love, romantic love or sacrificial love, all forms of love which is true.
Dream: This book is all about your dream. It says if you believe in your dream and you have courage to achieve your dream, the entire world will help you to accomplish it. It talks about a boy’s dream from his first crush till achieving his treasure. It talks about the struggle which one face in the way of achieving his/her dream. It talks about the power of dream, the dimension of dream, the meaning of dream and the hidden inspiration behind dream. Every person who believes in his/her dream and work towards it will definitely love this book.
Life: Each individual’s life is full of adventure, full of excitement and full of surprises within it. If you want to experience all of these just chase your dreams. Anything is possible and you can achieve anything. You just have to listen, the language of your soul. You just have to talk with your heart. This books talks about all the adventure and surprises of one’s life in the form of a nice story. If you love to live a big life, go for it.
Soul: Everything in this world has a soul within it. If you can learn the language of this soul, you can really talk to anything. You can understand the language of the mountains, the wind, the sun, the sand just everything. There is also a concept of universal language which you can use any where in this world and which you can learn only if you believe in you dream and listen to your heart.
Heart: You should always try to listen your heart because wherever your heart is that is where you will find your treasure. There is one treasure which is reserved for each individual and you can also achieve that treasure. You just have to listen your heart’s voice and understand it.
This is book very short and sweet. You would love reading each and individual line of this book. It falls under the category of fiction but believe me it’s more than just a fiction. It talks about life. It talks about dream. It talks about soul and it talks about heart. Below are few statements which I loved in this book.
Statements (I loved in this book):
If what one finds is matter of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you find nothing on your return.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
Before this I always looked to the desert with longing and now it will be with hope.
I’m a woman of desert but above all I’m a woman.
Boy: My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer.
The Alchemist: Tell your heart that fear of suffering is worst than the suffering itself.
Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.
There is only one way to learn and it’s through action.
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