My Pursuit Of Happiness In 'The Alchemist'

“Happiness is not a goal... it’s a by-product of a life well lived.”As much as I love Eleanor Roosevelt-I personally think that she was an inspiring First Lady- this quote holds no correlation to me. It is simply easier said than done. It is hard to wrap around the fact that happiness is a measurement of a wholesome life because I always used to think that being happy and having a good life are two separate entities. As a side thought, there were some moments I was biased towards obtaining wealth over happiness because becoming wealthy is challenging whereas expressing happiness is commonplace. I strived to break the ideology of this separation; combining happiness and prosperity is my main goal. Similarly, my main goal connects with Santiago’s Personal Legend in The Alchemist because we want to obtain joy during our journeys. Hence, one main goal I want to achieve is an ideal balance between art and science, however I fear that science is empowering art because of my vacillating opinion on money and happiness. My inception of developing this goal, likewise with Santiago’s introduction to his dream, was during adolescence. When I was around five years old, I was an art fanatic. …show more content…
Although most people would respond that their parents or someone close are their guides, I chose technology as my mentor. Even though I admire my parents and look up to my friends, technology, in general, impacted my main goal. To start off, I would do research on organic molecules and homologous structures on the computer. It strengthens the areas I am weak at in a certain scientific topic- and like a true guide-it would not help me when I am ready : for example, in a biology test. In terms of art, it strengthens my techniques by illustrating other artists’ main advice and how to start a new art form. The immense information and advice in technology removes any biases and establishes a unity on all topics of