some reflection on El Chemista

Reading El Chemista. The section after the boy meets the al chemist in the desert and was given a speech on life.

I agree, and wish that things in my life would also work out to be the same. Things and people help you get to where you are supposed to go. Any maybe everything that happens is a part of a larger plan to get me to where I am supposedly going. But I wonder how the boy started, and if he was simply told what his destiny is versus figuring it out himself. Yes, there was a dream and that it was the gypsy and the king who told him where to go and what to do. But what did he want? It just seems like he was also making up his mind as he went. Is that how it’s supposed to be? Are we supposed to have a bigger goal and understanding where we are going then go toward it, and make smaller decision to get us there everyday? Or, do we just make it up as we go?

Certainly, reminders are needed every so often once you figure out where you want to go, but I think figuring out where you want to go is more important, and certainly challenging.

I still haven’t figured out what my goal is.