We feel like we don’t deserve to be happy, to have such a meaningful, purpose-driven life.Ĭoelho helps us navigate these obstacles through the story of a humble Spanish shepherd boy who dreams of visiting the Great Pyramids of Egypt. It’s like survivor’s guilt: we survived-we succeeded-when so many others haven’t. We feel guilty and selfish for achieving success. Sometimes we fear success because so many others have failed. So what’s worse than the fear of failure? If you never try, it’s easier to claim you never cared about it or that, if you really wanted it, you could do it.
Most people would rather never try than risk failure because once you try and fail, it’s hard to rationalize why you failed. How often do you hear people claim they’d travel or take more risks if they weren’t “tied down” with a family? So we bury our dreams deep down until we forget about them. Obstacle #1: As we get older, we’re told it’s impossible for us to have what we truly want. He claims four obstacles stand in our way of a better life.
His conclusion? We don’t have the “courage to confront our own dream.”īut it makes sense. Paulo Coelho tackles this question in The Alchemist. Why don’t more of us lead a life of adventure-pursuing our passions and building a meaningful life?
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