Reading for Fun

I love school. I love learning. Don't get me wrong. But I also love to read, and not read textbooks but read for fun. Once the school year starts, reading just for the enjoyment of it doesn't make it on my list of priorities. The last book I read this summer was "The Alchemist" by Paula Coelho. Great, easy, deep, meaningful, short read.
It is about a young man trying to pursue his personal legend. He meets numerous people, has many challenges and learns 'the language of the world.' At the end he and The Alchemist are captured and The Alchemist tells their captors that in 3 days the boy will turn into wind, and if he does then they have to let them go. The boy doesn't think he can do it. On the appointed day he climbs up a mountain, talks to the wind, the sun, and eventually God himself. There is a huge wind storm and the boy ends up miraculously off the mountain. That was sign enough for his captors to let them go.

"The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles."

It's all about the journey. It's who we meet, what we learn and our goals that we are fighting to achieve. We can accomplish so much, we just need to put ourselves in those situations and follow our dreams. With God's help, we can perform miracles. No matter how great or small.

"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon."