This story about a boy named Santiago is timeless,entertaining,exotic yet simple,breaks down the journey we all take to find the most meaningful treasures in our lives into steps that are at once magical and natural.It is about the faith,power,and courage we all have within us to persue the intricate path of a Personal Legend,a path charted by the mysterious magnet of destiny but obscured by distractions. FOUR OBSTACLES TO REACHING OUR PERSONAL LEGEND 1) "We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible" 2) "LOVE.We know what we want to do,but are afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order to persue our dream" 3) "FEAR.We who fight for our dream suffer far more when it doesn't work out because we cannot fall back on the old excuse of saying we don't really want it anyway but in reality we did.The fear of realizing the DREAMS WE FOUGHT OUR LIVES "THE SECRET OF LIFE,though,is to fall seven times and to get up eight times" "It is important to live our personal calling even if we are only going to suffer more than other people because,once we have overcome the defeats-and we always do-we are filled by greater sense of euphoria (intense feeling of happiness and contentment) and confidence" "the mere possibility of getting what we want fills the sould of the ordinary person with guilt.We look around at all those who failed to get what we want either.We forgot all the obstacles we over come,all the sufferings we have endured,all the things we had to give up in order to get this far.I have known a lot of people who,when their personal calling within their grasp,went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal-when it was only a step away"
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