26 April 2007

The Alchemist

If you have not read The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho, go read it today. As a matter of fact, buy it. You will want to re-read it often.

The Alchemist is a fable about someone in search of something. Santiago travels the world searching for treasure. He has had a dream that there is treasure buried in Egypt. He makes an amazing journey from his home in Spain to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert. At the end of this journey he finds the alchemist.

This is the story that enlightens. It shows that the journey is as important, if not more so, than the destination.

Coelho, Paulo. (1998). The Alchemist. New York: HarperFlamingo.


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