Thursday, July 16, 2009

THE ALCHEMIST BY PAULO COELHO

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

AS I GLANCED OVER THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK, I PICKED UP SOME PEARLS WRITTEN ON THIS BOOK:

I WROTE THIS DOWN FOR THE BENEFIT FOR THE READERS...



HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEARLS WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK:


1. WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING, ALL THE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES IN HELPING YOU TO ACHIEVE IT.

2. YOU MUST ALWAYS KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU WANT.

3. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE.

4. AND YOU OUGHT TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WORLD.

5. EVERYTHING ON EARTH IS BEING CONTINUOUSLY TRANSFORMED,
BECAUSE THE EARTH IS ALIVE, AND IT HAS A SOUL.

WE ARE PART OF THAT SOUL, SO WE RARELY RECOGNIZE
THAT IT IS WORKING FOR US.

6. IT'S ONLY THOSE WHO ARE PERSISTENT, AND WILLING TO STUDY THINGS DEEPLY,
WHO ACHIEVE THE MASTER WORK.

7. I LEARNED THE WORLD HAS A SOUL, AND THAT WHOEVER UNDERSTANDS THAT SOUL CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF THINGS.

8. EVERYONE HAS HIS OR HER WAY OF LEARNING THINGS.

9. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE NEVER KEEPS A MAN FROM PURSUING HIS DESTINY.

10. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO LEARN. IT'S THROUGH ACTION. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOU HAVE LEARNED THROUGH YOUR JOURNEY.

11. THE WISE MEN UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS NATURAL WORLD IS ONLY AN IMAGE AND A COPY OF PARADISE.

THE EXISTENCE OF THIS WORLD IS SIMPLY A GUARANTEE THAT THERE EXISTS A WORLD THAT IS PERFECT.

GOD CREATED THE WORLD SO THAT, THROUGH ITS VISIBLE OBJECTS, MEN COULD UNDERSTAND HIS SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS AND THE MARVELS OF HIS WISDOM.

THAT IS WHAT I MEAN BY ACTION.

12. LISTEN TO YOUR HEART. IT KNOWS ALL THINGS, BECAUSE IT CAME FROM THE SOUL OF THE WORLD, AND IT WILL ONE DAY RETURN HERE.

13. WHY DO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO OUR HEARTS?

BECAUSE WHEREVER YOUR HEART IS, THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL FIND YOUR TREASURE.


14. 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, BECAUSE EVERY SECOND OF THE SEARCH IS A SECOND'S ENCOUNTER WITH GOD AND WITH ETERNITY.

15. WHEN YOU POSSESS GREAT TREASURES WITHIN YOU, AND TRY TO TELL OTHERS OF THEM, SELDOM ARE YOU BELIEVED.

16. EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE EVOLVED.

17. ANYONE WHO INTERFERES WITH THE DESTINY OF ANOTHER THING WILL NEVER DISCOVER ITS OWN.

18. DON'T GIVE IN TO YOUR FEARS. IF YOU DO, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOUR HEART.

19. IF A PERSON IS LIVING OUT HIS DESTINY, HE KNOWS EVERYTHING HE NEEDS TO KNOW.

20. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING THAT MAKES A DREAM IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE: THE FEAR OF FAILURE.

21. WHEN YOU ARE LOVED, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IN CREATION.

WHEN YOU ARE LOVED, THERE'S NO NEED AT ALL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAPPENS WITHIN YOU.

22. LOVE IS THE FORCE THAT TRANSFORMS AND IMPROVES THE SOUL OF THE WORLD.


HOPE THIS WOULD BE OF HELP.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.

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