Pride. Humility. Success.
My wonderful Aunt Nini called me up excited several nights back after watching a TED Talk that had been recommended by a co-worker, the name of which she couldn’t remember. After describing it and piquing my interest, she texted me some time later with the name.
After 48 hours of unnecessary procrastination, I watched it…and was predictably inspired.
As I told you yesterday, I recently decided to re-read The Alchemist, the book I always cite as my favorite of all-time.
I finished Read #2 yesterday, and while the words and lessons contained in this marvelous little tale are obviously the same, I found myself relating to them much differently now than I did five years ago in 2006 when I read the book for the first time.
There are many, many different angles I could take for a blog post about The Alchemist, and it is somewhat daunting trying to choose one. How do you accurately yet succinctly capture the multitudes of lessons contained in this simple yet rich tale of a young dreamer named Santiago?
Solution: just sit down and start writing.
I didn’t take notes while reading through the second time, nor did I highlight or mark up the book. I just read. And enjoyed. And learned. And thought. So without any notes to go off of, I anticipate that by “just writing” I’ll allow the most prominent lessons learned to surface to the screen.
So here goes. Let’s see what comes out.
Yesterday I decided to re-read the book that I always respond with whenever anyone asks me what my favorite book is: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
Re-reading this splendid little novel is something I’ve been meaning to do ever since I first read it back in the summer of 2006. Yet something always got in the way of me doing so, usually my own ability to procrastinate or some silly fear that the second reading could not possibly compare with how sublime I felt reading it the first time.
Silly indeed.
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