Just finished with this highly enlightening read, * The Alchemist by *Paulo Coelho. It was a delightful read, coupled with many moments of realization. Splendid indeed! All thanks to Kai’s recommendation. :)
As I was reading the book, there were so many times that I just remarked, “How true is this!” and “I’m dying to blog about this!” So here are the stuff that left such a deep impression on this rather adolescent brain of mine.
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own”How true! Every single person on this world is guilty of that common mistake- being too judgmental or simply jumping to conclusions too quickly, before even seeing the whole picture. I am too guilty of this sin too many times. I see and I judge how people should lead their lives, what others should or should not do. But yet, I’m kind of clueless on how I should lead my life sometimes, clueless of the rights and wrongs that I’ve committed in my own life.
“….I’m afraid if my dream is realized, I’ll have no reason to go on living…”How true! Dreams might be what that will keep us going, perhaps all the time. This sentence strikes a cord with me, simply right on target about how I was feeling just a few days ago. Some dreams are meant to be kept intact, sans the realization, if not the magic of them would be long gone. And the film that I’ve seen this afternoon, *Eric Khoo’s *Be with Me, further strengthens this “belief”. The character in this film, Fatty who seemed to be slightly retarded was in love with this woman, Ann. He dreamt about her, watched her every move everyday… (Actually it seems freaky more than anything, 'cause he simply stalks her EVERYWHERE. But I do believe he’s truly in love with her somehow.) Fatty never had the courage to confess his love for Ann, until one day he decided to give her a letter that proclaims his love, alas he never got the chance to do so, due to a tragic incident that left him dead. Well, I’ll reckon if he never had decided to proclaim his love, he might not have died. Coward as I am, I guess some dreams are still better left untouched, just like my fascination with XXX. Heh…
“When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it”How true! Erm…actually this is a highly positive quote that will definitely lift my day up. As you would have known, since I am such a panicky and paranoid and depressive kiddie, how I would wish is for days to pass by as smoothly as possible, without any glitches at all if that was ever possible. Just today, something splendid happened… I was actually contemplating whether I should make a trip downstairs to buy some flowers for my mum for mother’s day. I didn’t really know what I should get for her, since she would have gotten whatever she needs by herself, haha, and what’s more she said that there’s no need for presents at all. But well, I still reckon it’ll be nice if I get at least a flower or what for her. So eventually, I got my butt off the couch and sped downstairs to get a stalk of carnation. And the most miraculous thing happened! It started to break into a rainstorm after I came home! The sky was waiting for me to get back home, before it started to rain!!! Well, okay, I can see you rolling your eyes and thinking “it’s just a coincidence la!” Hahaha…but hey I’ve decided to view this tiny incident as positively as possible!
“We make a lot of detours, but we’re always heading for the same destination…”How true! Look at us all, be it going to JC or POLY, going to good JCs or not so good JCs, don’t we all land in university anyhow? Whatever we do, don't we all make a lot of detours before we finally get our feet right on track and head towards that ultimate destination?
edited: just like how kai is now happily reunited with her childhood sweetheart after all these time, after all the tussles with unnecessary people..hee :p
“If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise. If bad things are, you will suffer greatly before they even occur…”How true! Good things will always be pleasant, wahaha…DOH! But well I just like the way how positivities are put across in this book. :)
“If you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.”I will make this come true! Yz is a *worry wart (qy said this! Haha). She has to stop worrying about what will NOT happen and concentrate on making her present as pleasant as possible.
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
This is simply sweet. If my prince charming says this to me, I will be swept right off my feet man!
“Listen to your heart…Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you’re thinking about life and about the world…”How true! Perhaps the heart will always have the truest answer to whatever situation which we are placed in. And yes the heart is that enormous place that houses all your emotions and memories, they will never ever disappear in that large space of your heart, never. Although our loved ones maybe gone, he will always remain in your heart forever, never vanishing a second. Whenever we are sad or happy, we will always remember the way he has always been. Papa, you’re always there, as if never been gone.
edited: falling in love needs alot of impulses as well, doesn't it? the mind tells you to be sensible, yet the heart does otherwise.
Last but not least,
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too…” How true! Things will be better, if we ourselves never give up hope. I hope that I will never lose hope and be daunted by the happenings around me. I want to live a happy life as best as I can.