Chase your change.
“It is true that everything has its destiny, but one day that destiny will be realized.” (Coelho 143). In The Alchemist Santiago, a young shepherd boy leaves his home in the fields of Andalusia, Spain in search of his destiny. He overcomes many obstacles and decides what to do in times when he has to make the right decisions to move on and realize his destiny. During his journey he meets many noble people whose life stories make him realize what he must do. Santiago attains his destiny through being adventurous, through good judgment and through spirituality.
Before he began this expedition to pursue his destiny, the adventure hormones acted since he was a little boy, he was put through a choice of being a priest or a shepherd. Being such an adventurous boy he decided it would be more fun to be a shepherd since he can roam the world, as stated in this quote: “but I want to see the castles in the town where they live.” (pg. 8) this was the first boost that Santiago had gotten to realize that being a shepherd was the best way to ensure that he can travel and encounter new places in his journey. Also this so called “boost” was given to him by the king of Salem, Melchizedek. He tells Santiago about the principal of favorability. This really brings up Santiago's chances of attaining his destiny, which is another boost for him to continue the adventure of his life as stated in this quote: “Melchizedek watched a small ship that was plowing its way out of the port. He would never again see Santiago as he had never seen Abraham again after having charged him his one – tenth fee.” (pg. 31) the need for adventure and curiosity is very crucial for him to realize/ follow his destiny to where it leads him which most people are afraid to do.
Throughout his journey Santiago has to make many decisions that affect the path he is following to attain his destiny. Most of these decisions were already decided in his mind. For example when Santiago met the crystal merchant he had told the merchant that he will help him sell his crystals until he will have enough many to travel to Egypt, and then leave the merchant and proceed his journey. Also there were some decisions that were decided immediately but then changed. ‘“Before this, I always looked to the dessert with longing.” Said Fatima. “Now it will be with hope.”’ This quote is when Santiago had finally decided, out of a lot of reasoning, that he would leave Fatima and continue his journey. Santiago made a good decision to leave Fatima and continue his journey because he was able to attain his destiny by doing that. Making good decisions was a tough and easy task for Santiago to do throughout his journey to attain his destiny.
Throughout Santiago’s journey he has learnt to be more spiritually connected to the Soul of the World. This is because to realize his destiny he must first realize the Soul of the World. Also if he weren’t spiritual at all he would never even believe that there was something called a destiny. “The boy reached through to the soul of the world, and saw that it was part of the soul of god. And he saw that the soul of god is his own soul. And that he as, a boy, could perform miracles.”. Santiago began to realize that spirituality was important to attain his destiny since Melchizedek had told him about his destiny (the exact words of the gypsy women). Santiago also improved in being spiritual from the alchemist because he made Santiago do so many activities that had a spiritual touch to them. Santiago was spiritual because he needed to connect with the soul of the world.
Santiago commenced his journey in the fields of Andalusia, Spain and continues under the boiling sun in the Sahara desert, and eventually stops at the ruins of a church buried under a sycamore tree. Here is where Santiago finds the treasure and finally achieves his destiny. Santiago was able to fulfill his destiny because he was fearless, he made good decisions and he was always spiritually connected to god. After his journey around Africa Santiago is not what he was before the journey. He became a mature, wise, spiritually connected young man who has found love, treasure and found himself. Therefore, Santiago’s story is sending a message of courage. Everyone can attain their destiny, as long as they have courage to chase their change.
Before he began this expedition to pursue his destiny, the adventure hormones acted since he was a little boy, he was put through a choice of being a priest or a shepherd. Being such an adventurous boy he decided it would be more fun to be a shepherd since he can roam the world, as stated in this quote: “but I want to see the castles in the town where they live.” (pg. 8) this was the first boost that Santiago had gotten to realize that being a shepherd was the best way to ensure that he can travel and encounter new places in his journey. Also this so called “boost” was given to him by the king of Salem, Melchizedek. He tells Santiago about the principal of favorability. This really brings up Santiago's chances of attaining his destiny, which is another boost for him to continue the adventure of his life as stated in this quote: “Melchizedek watched a small ship that was plowing its way out of the port. He would never again see Santiago as he had never seen Abraham again after having charged him his one – tenth fee.” (pg. 31) the need for adventure and curiosity is very crucial for him to realize/ follow his destiny to where it leads him which most people are afraid to do.
Throughout his journey Santiago has to make many decisions that affect the path he is following to attain his destiny. Most of these decisions were already decided in his mind. For example when Santiago met the crystal merchant he had told the merchant that he will help him sell his crystals until he will have enough many to travel to Egypt, and then leave the merchant and proceed his journey. Also there were some decisions that were decided immediately but then changed. ‘“Before this, I always looked to the dessert with longing.” Said Fatima. “Now it will be with hope.”’ This quote is when Santiago had finally decided, out of a lot of reasoning, that he would leave Fatima and continue his journey. Santiago made a good decision to leave Fatima and continue his journey because he was able to attain his destiny by doing that. Making good decisions was a tough and easy task for Santiago to do throughout his journey to attain his destiny.
Throughout Santiago’s journey he has learnt to be more spiritually connected to the Soul of the World. This is because to realize his destiny he must first realize the Soul of the World. Also if he weren’t spiritual at all he would never even believe that there was something called a destiny. “The boy reached through to the soul of the world, and saw that it was part of the soul of god. And he saw that the soul of god is his own soul. And that he as, a boy, could perform miracles.”. Santiago began to realize that spirituality was important to attain his destiny since Melchizedek had told him about his destiny (the exact words of the gypsy women). Santiago also improved in being spiritual from the alchemist because he made Santiago do so many activities that had a spiritual touch to them. Santiago was spiritual because he needed to connect with the soul of the world.
Santiago commenced his journey in the fields of Andalusia, Spain and continues under the boiling sun in the Sahara desert, and eventually stops at the ruins of a church buried under a sycamore tree. Here is where Santiago finds the treasure and finally achieves his destiny. Santiago was able to fulfill his destiny because he was fearless, he made good decisions and he was always spiritually connected to god. After his journey around Africa Santiago is not what he was before the journey. He became a mature, wise, spiritually connected young man who has found love, treasure and found himself. Therefore, Santiago’s story is sending a message of courage. Everyone can attain their destiny, as long as they have courage to chase their change.
Care To Give
My special trait that allows me to attain my destiny is kindness towards living things. At the moment I want to be a veterinarian (vet) because I love to serve animals and love to take care of them. My sister tells me that I should first learn how to care for animals then do it, but i think that I should do what I can for animals now and improve on it after and during studies. Examples of my kindness is when no one out of my family took care of our family cat when it returned wounded from a fight. I stepped up and helped the cat feel more comfortable and snug. Another example was in ISKL when i saw one cat with a cold, and missing an eye. I called the SPCA and asked them to come pick up the poor cat. I think if I kept this loving nature going on then i can successfully attain my destiny.
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