Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Well, I read this book a while back and maybe even a couple more times after that. The reason for reading or buying this book was because of the celebrity affiliations around it. I remember it first came to my attention when a celebrity spoke about it on television, curiously enough I did some research on it and a couple more celebrities came up saying the book "changed" their lives. When I finally read it and it wasn't really that life-changing, well for me at least. However, a lot of lessons can be picked from this book. One being COURAGE. The courage to get up and follow your dreams. The thing with courage is that you really don't have to follow any religious belief to have it, it all comes down to a decision, disregarding anything that might be telling you otherwise. So in essence this book is about courage, the courage to leave all that you've known, the courage to begin, the courage to believe that your dreams are worth following, the courage to believe that you are just as worthy of being here that you are worthy of occupying space and personally for me, the courage to write this. Therefore I highly recommend this book and I will be reading it from time to time because it has those little reminders necessary for this life journey Thank you for catching up with me over this book -Arehone