By Lauri Schoenfeld
A few years back, I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, coming home from a road trip, wondering why I’ve never stumbled upon this book before. I needed a new perspective, a different outlook, and his words sang to my heart. I felt them. They resonated with me. My highlighter couldn’t go fast enough as I colored page after page of some of my favorite paragraphs. Ones I have come back and read again. I’m not sure if he knew when he was writing this book that it would have this impact, but it changed me!
I always have a plan set in motion in my personal life, knowing exactly where I’m going to go. I can see it, feel it, and even breathe the excitement of the next chapter. Until life happens and a bump in the road leaves me flying on the asphalt. I promise you, that’s never in my agenda for my story as I know that’s not in yours either. That’s the thing with life—much like writing a book—it never entirely goes the way you start planning it to be.
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