Essay About Real Life Lessons And Ones Life

The Alchemist Written by Paulo Coelho
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The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho
Learning real life lessons and finding your place on Earth through your actions
and thoughts is believed to be one of the most important things in life. For example, in
the book “The Alchemist” written by Paulo Coelho the excerpt “whoever you are, or
whatever it is you do, when you really want something, its because the desire originated
in the soul of the universe. Its your mission on Earth.” The main point of the quote is
too allow the reader to think about ones life and apply his/hers thoughts, feelings and
actions to the characters in the book. The issue which must be focused on, which has
been presented in the book, is of finding ones inner self, and finding ones place on Earth
and the reasons why the individual has been put on this planet.
This book isnt only a piece of writing, literature or a bunch of letters on a piece
of paper. This book teaches an individual about life and helps an individual learn about
life by teaching valuable lessons. Many people believe that they lose control over their
lives and themselves. In the “Alchemist”, the boy asked the old man what is the worlds
greatest lie, the old man answered; “Its this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lost
control of whats happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. Thats the
worlds greatest lie.”(Author 20). This is important because many people in todays
society believe that at some point in their lives they hit a brick wall and are not able to
move forwards with their lives so they decide to let fate take over. Thats where they
mistake is made, the only reason some individuals believe that they lose control is
because their will power isnt as strong as needed or that they dont believe in themselves
enough to see that they are capable of doing anything that they put their minds to. Even
though fate sets up part of the life that each person is going to live, it cannot control lives
completely. For example, when ones life is bad and he/she decides to give up, thats a
mistake theyre making. Its a mistake because even though fate exists, human beings are
a part of fate. Fate doesnt control people, people control people or oneself. Fate – itself –
doesnt have that big of an impact on peoples lives – because its unknown. While others
who one interacts on daily basis do have a major impact on the lives of