The Alchemist

Since school got out, I decided it was time to read a book. After talking to people about book suggestions. My Boss told me about The Alchemist. It tells of a Shepard Boys journey to find out "his own Personal Legend." Though a short read of a 167 pages it was AWESOME!!!

This book was very uplifting read. there were so many quotes that I got from it. here are a few that I liked.

- making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision

- Today I understand something, every blessing ignored becomes a curse

- People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of what they need or want.

- it's only those who are persistent, and are willing to study things deeply, who understand the masters work.

- Don't be impatient, eat when it's time to eat, and move along when it's time to move along.

- You must not let up, even after having come so far. You must love the desert, but never trust it completely. Because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted

- When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person realize his dream

- It's not what enters into a man's mouth that is evil, it's what comes out of their mouth's that is

- where ever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

- Life attracts life

- one is loved because one is loved. no reason is needed for loving

- if what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. If what you find is only a moment of light, like an explosion of a star,you would find nothing on your return.

- there is only one way to learn, it's through action. everything you need to know you've learned on your journey.

- listen to your heart, it knows all things. because it came from the soul of the world. and it will one day return there.

- you'll 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.

- 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.

- every search begins with beginners luck, and every search ends with the victor's being severely tested.

- Don't give into your fear, if you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

So, that concludes some of the quotes that I liked, but there are many more!

I know I should put this at the beginning of this post but I was to excited to share the quotes. but the book is about a Shepard boy who has a dream of him and his sheep in a field, and there was a boy who enters the dream and tells the Shepard boy that there is a treasure waiting for him in Egypt near the pyramids. The boy takes him by the hand and just as he is about to arrive the dream ends.

As this dream keeps recurring he finally comes to a city and talks to a gypsy who tells him to follow his dream and go to the pyramids. He then meets a old king who is named Melchizedek, He tells him to also follow his dream and gives him a lot of wise council. He then asks the Shepard to give him 10% of his sheep. He gives him 10% of his sheep the next day and in return the king gives him his Urim and Thummim. Along the Shepard's journey he gets robbed in a town called Tanger which stopped his journey for about a year, during that year he finds a job working as a crystal cleaner/salesman and was able to earn enough money to continue on his journey. He then, goes with a caravan of people to an Oasis where he meets a girl he falls in love with and a very wise Alchemist. The Alchemist teaches him about the desert and how to communicate with nature and read the signs of nature. In the end he does find his treasure and he is truly tested and tried and he does become a victor of his own "Personal Legend."

After having read this book I want to become a better person and follow my own ambitions and become closer to my Heavenly Father and learn to trust in him and follow his guidance. The End!