I was reading about The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown on amazon.com recently. It's on the New York Times Best Seller list and has just been released in hardback. It's doing very well apparently in terms of sales.
On the side of the New York Times list I noticed an article on a book I read a while back called The Alchemist. I had actually not read this book for a long time, and I'd only heard about it. Then one day in Ludhiana I found a copy lying around so I picked it up. It only took me a day to finish the book. But I was mesmerised. Now I know, some of you may think - what is it about this book? After all, did you know that since its publication, it has sold 65 million copies? It was first published in Brazil in 1988.
The theme of the book is sort of like Byrne's The Secret. You are what you will yourself to be. If you work hard enough, you will get it. And the Universe will conspire to get it for you. If you think positively, positive things will happen.
Diwali is around the corner here in India and I think that one should pick up books just like The Alchemist around this time. It'll rejuvenate you for the rest of the year.
“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” - Paolo Coelho
"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
- Paolo Coelho
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