I love this little book, I feel it has a lot to teach me, so I re-read it about every year or so. I’m glad you found your answer, may it serve you well.

I actually had the book “The Alchemist” and read it a long time ago. It had been sitting on my bookshelf collecting dust. I took your comment as an “omen” , and at your prompting, decided to give the book another go.

Just this morning, I came to the passage about the heart, its inner workings and how it can’t be ignored. that gave me the answer I was looking for.

Thank you.

The rewards to me are invaluable, because they are aligned with (most of) my core values. These values are Authenticity, Love, Freedom and Fun. I use these values a lot to decide when it comes down to making decisions on the “big questions”. It took me quite a while to have a good grip on what these values were for me. I’ll be writing about how to discover your core values in the near future, as this is an important topic in my opinion.

But you are right, there are no guarantees. There’s only the path and the destination. Without a destination, any path will do. If you do not decide upon your destination (and this is where authenticity comes in), other people will do it for you. Either directly (e.g. relatives, employers) or indirectly (e.g. marketeers, journalists).

Paulo Coelho has written a lovely little book “The alchemist”. It’s about finding and living your own legend, and the dynamics of life if you do or don’t choose to live your legend. Maybe it’ll help you.

All the best, Lodewijk

i’m curious, how did you come to the conclusion that the reward with be worth the cost? this is a question that i am currently struggling with myself. there are no guarantees…you can’t predict the outcome beforehand. what makes you so certain that all the trouble will be worth it?

thanks in advance,
antoinette