“It’s a book that says the same thing all other books in the world say,” continued the old man. “It describes people’s inability to choose their own Personal Legends. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world’s greatest lie.”
“What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked, completely surprised.
“It’s this: that a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.”
It is of no moment that Coelho’s been repeating himself in his later books, that his plots have worn thin, and his characters have turned predictable. For is it not sufficient that he has shown us how to discover our Personal Legends – that which we have always wanted to accomplish - and reminded us that when we want something, all the universe will conspire to help us achieve the same?
Coelho warns us that as time passes, a mysterious force will begin to convince us, however, that it will be impossible for us to realize our Personal Legend. It’s a force that appears to be negative, but actually will show us how to realize our Personal Legend. It prepares our spirit and will, because there in one great truth on this planet: Whoever we are, or whatever it is we do, when we really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s our mission on earth.
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