The search for a boys personal legend...

The Alchemist is a novel that truly touches me. Some have argued to me that this author is not as profound as he is made out to be due to the simple nature of his writing. I dissagre. I think that is part of what makes him so great. His novels were all written in pourtugeese originally and then translated into around sixty different languages world wide. I think the simple nature of his writing helps him get his message out across the world. I believe that people can relate to him in ways they never thought possible because they are able to understand him from the beginning. His message in the Alchemist is to follow ones personal legend. In this a boy has a dream and decides to follow that dream as far as it will take him. Now the goal of the dream is to find treasure so he may become rich and do as he pleases, but what makes this his own personal legend is the journey that he takes along the way. This is a profound book because it teaches to follow your dream no matter what but that one must always keep their eyes open along the way. If not then they will not learn what they need to learn in order to succeed. To me this book has opened my eyes and made me search for my personal legend. I am not really sure what it is since I do not have anyone telling me what it is. But I have felt a calling to a few places in my life and it does seem that the whole universe has been conspiring to help me achieve those calls. The first was to Baylor, the next two are what I have not fully understood yet. I have always wanted to be a lawyer and I am on the right path to become one, but I will not be going to the schools that I feel most called to go to. So it seems that the universe has been helping me realize that I must do and learn a few things first before I can go to the school that I want to go to. I feel the call but am not sure what to do yet.... if you want to know what that call is you will have to ask at another time, for I am still not completely sure myself.