Searching For Happiness: Dreams can come true

I am now at work sailing along coast of Italy, just heading to Dubrovnik. Life is good at sea and here I have time to do some soul searching. I spent some time in Cartagena and also some time in Finland with my kids but now I am at sea at least the next 5 weeks.

I have been searching my inner peace by reading books.

All this is preparing for my next adventures.

I bought couple books before I joined this mighty ship and one of them was the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Dreams can come true.

I am now telling the whole story so if you don’t want to know what happens on that book please do not read further!! I will read this book at least one more time to really understand its meaning.

It is a story about a Spanish boy who was a shepherd, he has few sheep and he takes care of them and travels around Andalucía. He knows all the best places to feed his sheep and they become good friends. He provides them food and shelter and they provide him cotton. They live in perfect harmony, life is good. Or is it? The boy started seeing dreams about a treasure near pyramids and on that dream a man says follow the signs. He gets some signs, he meets a king who knew about his dreams and he starts pursuing his treasure, his dream. He doubts a lot can he leaves his good and safe life behind and pursues something which is just a dream. He gets more signs and he travels to Egypt and he gets rubbed. He lost all his money but with his amazing attitude he found a job which gives him great fortune and he have to decide to continue following his dream or get back to his old good life. More signs occur and he has learnt new amazing things about life and people. While travelling he has been observing the world and learning from it. People thought him new skills and new languages. It was hard decision to continue following his dream but he did continue. He had to cross the great desert but before that while in Egypt he met love of his life. Love on first sight. The girl was Muslim so they didn’t have any physical contact but they talked and talked. They both fell in love. The girl wanted him to follow his dream and she promise to wait. It was true love.

The boy continues his journey through desert, war against tribes was going on and he met a new friend who thought him about books. While travelling the boy studied the world, the nature, the wind and the people, he started to understand the language of the world. Soon he was able to talk with the world. He understood that only way to really understand the world was to listen it.

Their convoy reached an oasis and they stopped to rest and waited the war to end. The boy went for a walk and had a vision that the oasis will be attacked by the rebels. The oasis was under agreement that the tribes won’t attack there but the boy was sure about his vision and went to the leader of that oasis. First they didn’t believe the boy but they didn’t want to take any changes so they prepared themselves for a fight on condition that if no one will attack the boy will die. Next day there was an attempt to take over the oasis. The boy got rewarded and got offered a high position in the community.

The boy met the Alchemist who could transform led to cold; an ancient skill which required a motivation, understanding and patient. The alchemist has had a vision that a boy would come and he should teach him, that day came, the boy was there. Once again the boy had to decide which path he we would take, to return home as a wealthy man, stay in the community as a respected citizen or continue chasing his dream. He decided to continue his journey. More difficulties and challenges were on the way but the alchemist thought the boy to listen his heart. He learnt it. He was able to communicate with his heart and he realized that a heart guides and protects him.

They could almost see the pyramids when a warlord captured them. The Alchemist got them more time to live saying that the boy could transform into wind and fly away. The warlord was curious and gave them 3 days to prepare. The boy was scared; he didn’t know how to transform into wind. The day came and the boy was standing on a cliff trying to transform into wind. All the soldiers and the warlords were waiting a miracle to happen. The alchemist believed in him, he knew he was special. The boy started to listen and he realize that while travelling he had learnt the language of the world. He was able to speak with the wind. He asked the wind to transform him into wind but the wind didn’t know how, so the boy asked the sun and the desert. The sun was not able to help but it advised the boy that the only the ONE could help him. The boy started to pray but he didn’t ask anything for himself so the GOD almighty helped him and turned him into wind.

Finally the boy reached the pyramids and he got rubbed and mugged again but got his final sign which said that the treasure was where he first started his journey; it was where he has lived his whole life.

He founds the treasure and he gets the girl. Happy end! J

This was long story short.

Amazing story! That book gives something to think and it gives hope. Hope to pursue our own dreams.

It is a story that if we don’t pursue our dreams we will never be truly happy. With open heart and mind the world keeps us safe.

In the happiness point of few there was really good points. Let’s make a list.

Pursue your dreams.
Don’t give up (attitude)
Believe in love (family) THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD; LOVE!
Listen your heart it will guide and protect you (safety)
Believe in life (attitude)
Listen the world it will teaches you so amazing things (flow)
Smile and the world smiles back to you
Faith

The book is a love story but it’s also a story of hope and life. Challenges are part of life and we all get them but we shouldn’t give up, we should face them and learn from them. Life goes on whatever happens and there is a treasure waiting for all of us somewhere, we just have to follow the signs and listen our hearts and just keep going.

This story is for everybody but especially it is for all those people who are sitting at home thinking that they should chase their dreams but are too scared to leave everything behind.

GO, take a change!!!

There is only one life, one opportunity to feel and see. We are alive so let’s start living.

Life is not easy and lots of challenges are on our way but is makes us stronger, it makes us what we are and behind every corner there is something new and exciting waiting for us.

The book is also about power of love and pray, nothing can beat them!! Love makes the world.

I recommend this book for everybody. Amazing book!

I now preparing myself to my next step to ultimate happiness and I will do lot of reading and self-examination which I will share on my blog.

This book gave me power to continue doing things I do, it gave me support what I was thinking before. AMAZING!! J

Happy thinking!

Life is an adventure.