Friday, August 7, 2009

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho


OMG! Have you read this book? I just did.

The Alhemist follows the journey of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, decides to travel to a Romani in a nearby town to discover its meaning. The gypsy tells him that there is a treasure in the Pyramids in Egypt.
Early into his journey, he meets an old king, Melchizedek, who tells him to sell his sheep to travel to Egypt and introduces the idea of a Personal Legend (which is always capitalized in the book). Your Personal Legend "is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is".[3] He adds that "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it". This is the core theme of the book.
Along the way, he encounters love, danger, opportunity, disaster and learns a lot about himself and the ways of the world. During his travels, he meets a beautiful Arabian woman named Fatima, who explains to him that if he follows his heart, he shall find what it is he seeks.
Santiago then encounters a lone alchemist who also teaches him about personal legends. He says that people want to find only the treasure of their personal legends but not the personal legend itself. Santiago feels unsure about himself as he listens to the alchemist's teachings. The alchemist states: "Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings". It also states that treasure is more worthy than gold.
 

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Isn't Life Wonderful

Pregnant Or Not?


At 27, a lady is expected to know her left from her right, what's wrong from what's right....hmmm, that's a story for another day.

An unmarried young lady feels she would miss her period and is scared hmmmm....I don't blame her 'cos a missed period comes with plenty questions. Going back to the age issue, at 29, Gbemi a young bubbling lady who is a clerical staff in a small organization is looking weary today after a long weekend. According to her co-worker, Gbemi thinks she is pregnant; lately she has been experiencing fatigue and a bit of fever, though, without a missed period.

Her co-worker has walked up to me asking that I talk to Gbemi and advise her on the next steps. And i'm wondering to myself 'Gbemi did not say a word to me, should I then interfere? And even if she did, my advise will be go for a check-up right now and afterwards we will think about the rest.

What if she is pregnant and doesn't want to keep the child, what do i say to her?