
By Bonnie Moss
The Power of the Heart
The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo, writes about a boy and an alchemist
travelling across the desert to the pyramids, where the boy hopes to find his
treasure. Being a man of wisdom, the alchemist tells the boy to learn to listen
to his heart. But why, asks the boy. He answers because wherever your heart is,
that is where you'll find your treasure. As they travelled on, the boy gets
confused messages as he tries to listen to his heart. He feels his heart is
agitated, gets emotional, even scared. At one point, the boy believes that his
heart is a traitor. The alchemist tells him that is good, his heart is alive.
The wise man adds that treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know
your...