I just finished reading the Alchemist. The second time. And thank God I gave it another shot. Last time when I read it , it was a long 6 years back – when I thought I am all worldly and wise. Now I know , hardly did I understand the book then.
Back then , I felt it a complete waste of Santiago’s time in search of his treasure which he had finally to find where he started from and in the process mine .. waste of time I mean.
But today I am close to believing in the word “Maktub” … “its written” … You were meant to visit all the places you visited and are about to ..you somewhere already belonged to them …and the people ..you were destined to meet every single person u meet in life.
And that’s what makes the process – it was finding a treasure for Santiago , and leading the life for us… interesting !!
On the side note –Maktub doesn’t mean , you will get everything for free since its meant to be yours – no. It probably means that knowing its written , you should be able to be at peace with self in every moment of pain , fear , uncertainty and darkness. Because then you are aware that it is just a part of the process and well at the end it is all Maktub
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nice post. some people discouraged me from reading the book, saying its too cliched. i will give it a shot.
AB ..Thanks for stopping by :)
But again , its a complete philosophical read :) and it striked me more maybe because I came across it just when I needed to read something like tat !!
It's not the destination that matters; it's the journey!
Too cliched, but too true I guess. It's all written, but you can't jump pages. You just have to go on reading each line as it appears, whether you get the meaning or not; you will get it one day.
Enjoy reading :)
@ Amit - Your comment is more interesting and meaningful than my entire post. Why dont u get back to writing again? Or else I can invite you as a Guest Writer here :)
And good to know that you still visit Big Picture :) Keep posting the comments.
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