Alchemist

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” The Alchemist, Coelho.

It's been a while since I met someone who can continue a story where I left off. At some points, I was giving up in finding someone who share the same idea of being a wanderer in this universe. But then again, the Universe works it magic. I met a person who remembered details of The Alchemist. So when I wanted to express the complexity of my feeling, we could refer to different situations of what Santiago has to face during his journey. I don't know whether our intersection means something more permanent or nothing but sometimes, when you are down, you only need a small sign to convince you that you are alright, your quirkiness has a place in this mundane world. It does not matter whether the person is there for a long run or not, what matter is that on a certain period of your life, you are happy.

I always thought that life works in a continuous space. But the more I think of it, the more I think it's a discrete space, a set of events that define what we called as life. There are events in life that appear in front of you out of the blue, a random possibilities that materialize without a reason but somehow it warms your heart. Or the way you are able to move on from someone, one day you were still crying when you remembered how things went left, but the next day, the memories has no meaning to you anymore (shout out to Taylor Swift for this perfect song). In the moments like that, I really feel that we are living in a discrete life where things can be switch on and off.

This realization makes me become more grateful of what I have. Living in the moment instead of thinking what I did wrong or what the future may lead. Be nice, doing the right thing and allowing my self to be surprised.