Santiago is a shepherd of sheeps, who dreams with travel around the world. In his journey he met a lot of people.
First of all, Santiago meets a gypsy, and she interpret a dream of him. She said him that he should go to the Egyptian piramids, because in that place, he is going to find his Personal Story, a treasure. She makes him think about the importance of dreams. This relationship was short, but was deep, because she was the person who showed him the meaning of his dream. A dream that would bring him great aventures. Sometimes we need that someone tell us something that makes us take control of our lives.
The second person that he meets in a little town near of Andalucía city, was a King, Salem's King. This king teach him about his soul, he said to Santiago that he needs learning the world's language. Is a different way to know your self an know things such as the desert, the sheeps, the wind, the sky. And above all, he needs to learn trusting in his dream, because the universe is helping him now to realize his porpuse. In this relationship, Santiago find the courage and go to live his life as he always wanted. Almost all the time, we need that incentive.
The third relationship was with a guy who at the end was a thief. That happen in Santiago's first day in Africa. It were a bar, so Santiago came into that place, because he needed help. The thief taught him that he can not trust in everybody and no get depressed because someone steals everything you have. Santiago just think that he has two hands, two legs and he was strong to keep working. I think that in that way we can overcome our problems.
In his fourth relationship he met a glass seller. He was a loner and his store was going wrong, because de jars glass were dirty. Santiago worked with the seller, and the seller told to Santiago about his life. Satiago learn about the seller that some people are dreamers, and they live to dream. Some people need have dreams because without them, they do not have reason to live. At the beginning, Santiago did not understand why someone do not want to live his o her dream, but then he understood; some people are happy dreaming. This relationship in particular, caught my attention because it seems to me like my relationship with my mom. She always is dreaming, but she do not do anything to achieve it. Anyway, she is constantly pushing me the whole time because she knows that I am different, that I can make my dreams come true.
Generally, this book is about your capacity to realize your goals. It is about how we communicate with the world. Communication are not just words is about our souls, our ability to feel everything in this planet, and with the communication and could realize our dreams and never stop, because nobody is going to fight for our dreams, for our own story. Just we need keep moving foward. For us.
It's a great brook. Enjoy it!
