Invisible madness

The Alchemist December 17, 2009

Some things here ring true for me.

“…When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.”

“He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have…There was nothing to hold himself back except himself.”

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

“It’s a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the world say,” continued the old man (Melchizedek). “It describes people’s inability to choose their own destinies. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world’s greatest lie.” “What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked, completely surprised. “It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.””It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.” “It (mysterious force) is a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and your will …… To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation.”