ok, so... I applied way too much face moisturiser before filming this video. Oh well 😂 Get some motivational merch to encourage you towards your destiny: lauratry-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/
Many years ago it was decided that I would be a cabinet maker. This was a creative outlet but it didn’t make me happy. All my life and I mean all of the life that I can remember I loved to draw and paint. I made furniture, but I was never quite good enough. And I was always unhappy it came to a point where I could have died. But I didn’t and I made a decision to become a painter and go to university. It took me almost 10 years but I did it and my whole life changed. Now I’m a lecturer in the university Teaching painting and drawing and photography in Kazakhstan and I met my wife in India. This would not have happened if I had not made the decision to change. It was not always easy, but I always knew it was the right decision and nothing was going to stop me.
I really loved my time reading this book, but also found it didn't have the same impact on me that it did for some of my close friends that recommended it. Eitherway, thanks for the reminder to go back and reread sometime!
I read this book a couple of years ago and I LOVED it. Definitely recommend! 👍 Also, if I may, two other books that I absolutely love are, The Way of The Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman, and The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield.
🥰 synchronicity... I pulled this book out a few days ago to read before bed to open up my mind before I go to sleep. I love that you shared this video with us.. Thank you for being a beam of light for humanity🥰
I think your interpretation of ‘the alchemist’ is wonderful. My young adult children and I adore this book and have shared thoughts on it as well as the quotes from the book. Reading the book has resulted in my son to travel and work in Australia this year and took the alchemist in his back pack 😊 so it really has had an amazing impact on my family ❤ Well done to your dad on walking the Camino, what an achievement 🎉
I remember reading this book in my early 20s. I was away from home on an exchange program in the Netherlands living with a host family. I was a bit homesick but mainly, also lost a bit with my life unsure of myself, what to do or be in my life, in a different country…. The book was on a bedside table and I spent the entire night reading it. And crying. Lots of tears. It was brilliant and thought it just came at the right time at the right place. When I read it again many years later, it didn’t have the same impact. By then I may have changed as a person. I believe some books come into our lives at the right time. It had its time for me in my early 20s.
Added to my reading list! I look forward to giving it a read in the new year. I would higly encourage you to try a few more works of fiction. Good fiction really has the power to feed our soul and help us grow.
Thanks LT. This definitely resonates. The review of the book definitely brings more clarity and desire to get there faster with conviction and belief. Thank you so much for sharing.
I feel I have been stuck for decades going from uninspiring job to uninspiring job, never making progress and feel like I have wasted my life. Like your friend, my passion is photography. Thanks for these videos.
I love this book! I read it when I was in my 20s on a bike ride through Bordeaux in France and it was the most wonderful experience :) hugely recommend too!
I’ve been meaning to read this book for literally a couple of decades now and your video ✨just so happens✨to have come along at what is finally the right time for me to get my hands on a copy. ❤
One of the very first books I purchased as an adult, I read it from time to time. Ironically, it's been a bit since I have. I'm now at a point in life where you start questioning a lot of things, thanks for the reminder to read it again. Excellent description and explanation through your own story, thanks for posting this one!
I loved the 'story' of the foreword - the 'would be author' selling 2 copies and a cancelled contract to selling 65 million copies - that was so beautiful. Thanks for sharing Laura.
Great review. Hopefully thanks to you the will be many more people reading it for the first time or like me this year I read it again and felt incredibly happy and grateful for the world has given me since reading it.
Thanks Laura, I’ve just bought a copy and now really looking forward to reading it. I love the variety in your content, please keep doing what you do ❤
I guess coming across this video is an omen for me to read the alchemist. I was thinking of some books i could read over the Christmas break and an inner voice said repeatedly, " How about the Alchemist"? And I came across this video. It made me think what are the odds i think about reading this book and the universe reinforced the message via this video posted 18 hours ago though the book was published many years ago . 😮
Hi LT ❤ You need to read Dark nights of the soul by Thomas Moore and Acres of diamonds by Russell H Conwell! These books got me through some deep bouts of depression 🦋🙏💜💚
I loved your review of this book. I haven't read it yrt but I am definitely familiar with those feelings and hope it's not too late for me to change direction in the next year or two and follow a new dream.
I LOVE The Alchemist and re-read it every year to remind me of the messages. Weirdly, I was given it by my now partner. It had been on his book shelf for years but had never read it. This was after I listened to my heart and left a long term relationship. At the time I was worried if I had done the right thing, even though it felt right I had many people criticise my decision. Receiving this book from my partner was like a sign that I was right to follow my heart. I am now in a deeply loving relationship. Ps. I love getting deep Laura so I’m here for any deep videos ✨🙌 Also - if you enjoyed this I would highly recommend Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert ✨💗
The Alchemist is one of my all time favorites! Laura, do you know that Paulo Coelho also wrote a novel about The Camino? It's called The Pilgrimage. It's been many years since I read that one, so I don't remember it well, but I remember enjoying it.
Reserved this at the library, I shall give it a stab! I think you’d be surprised by how much self development potential there is in reading fiction and literature. It is said to increase empathy and emotional maturity. I’ve found having a healthy dose of prose helps me articulate thoughts in everyday life.
i was always told i'd be a failure, so, since i was a little kid, i ignored what others said and followed my heart. i now have the career of my dreams and the home of my dreams. and i'm in the process of birthing my next creation--ho, boy, are the challenges coming thick and fast!!--but i don't care! i don't care when or how or how long it takes to launch...all i know is that it *will* launch and that its timing will be perfect. 🌟 meanwhile, a nice man i know manifested the woman of his dreams and then ran for the hills when she actually showed up in his life! she was attracted to him at first, too, but i'm watching her grow more restless, bored, and doubtful of him by the day. will he listen to the omens and cash in on his destiny before she throws in the towel and walks? only time will tell!
Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together. -Plotinus c.260 AD
I think if someone has a strong pull to do something, they should definitely try to make it happen. The thing is, I believe that most people do not have that strong pull. I think a lot of it is about how children are brought up and what they are exposed to. There are many people I know that the 'idea' of destiny, has kind of held them back, because they wait for this inspiration or passion to come to them and it never does. Waawaa...
I actually didn't like that book, though all my friends loved it. I greatly enjoyed Veronia Decides to Die though! Same author. It's funny how books can touch people so differently :)
@LauraTryUK I think it was the way it was written? The topics I 100% loved. That author I either love a book or don't connect at all, I've read a lot of his stuff because I greatly enjoy how he invites you to view the world and people through his writing.
I read it many years ago. I don't think I was emotional mature enough to absorb the information. I can see it on my book shelf. I will give it another go.
Oh no, LT, you've spent years being fairly scientific about your self-development, and that's why I follow your videos. (I finally watched the magic truffle vid this morning and loved it.) But now you're suddenly ruining it with this hippy mumbo jumbo. 😟 The idea of an interventionist god (destiny, the universe "wants") is not compatible with your regular theme of creating your own reality. It's your reality, not created for you by some higher power. The universe doesn't care about you, and that's OK. Go walk the Camino, do what works for you, that's great, big respect to your dad. Don't let the world tell you what to do, the world doesn't care. Also, what about the graveyard? For every hero there is a field full of people who didn't survive the war. For every inspiring success story there is a hundred people who followed their heart and started a business that failed. Or married the wrong person. Or chased an opportunity but inadvertantly missed another one as a result. Which of those opportunities was the right one? Nobody knows until afterwards and the final answer always depends on a million variables. May I suggest you read The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb? It's all about managing your luck so that you have more good things happen to you and minimise the impact of bad things. It was published shortly before, and correctly predicted, the financial crisis of 2008 but it's not about money. It's about how to survive and thrive in an indifferent and random universe and how to be true to yourself.
Absolutely hated The Alchemist, literally only 12 yo can find this book such a revelation 🙄. I’m a big reader so this book was just cliche and stolen folklore stories. Coelho just ripped other books off and got famous.
ok, so... I applied way too much face moisturiser before filming this video. Oh well 😂
Get some motivational merch to encourage you towards your destiny: lauratry-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/
Oh you look beautiful
Nobody would have noticed if you hadn't said that :D
Don't worry, a glowy face is the current trend. It's called "Glazed Donut Skin".
🍩 😳
No one cares. You look gorgeous.
I nailed it!
Many years ago it was decided that I would be a cabinet maker. This was a creative outlet but it didn’t make me happy. All my life and I mean all of the life that I can remember I loved to draw and paint. I made furniture, but I was never quite good enough. And I was always unhappy it came to a point where I could have died. But I didn’t and I made a decision to become a painter and go to university. It took me almost 10 years but I did it and my whole life changed. Now I’m a lecturer in the university Teaching painting and drawing and photography in Kazakhstan and I met my wife in India. This would not have happened if I had not made the decision to change. It was not always easy, but I always knew it was the right decision and nothing was going to stop me.
This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing your story. It made my heart feel full 💖
love this story, thank you for sharing..
@@LauraTryUK because of your book review I bought this book for my wife for Christmas. She loved it so I also need to thank you.
I really loved my time reading this book, but also found it didn't have the same impact on me that it did for some of my close friends that recommended it. Eitherway, thanks for the reminder to go back and reread sometime!
I read this book a couple of years ago and I LOVED it. Definitely recommend! 👍 Also, if I may, two other books that I absolutely love are, The Way of The Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman, and The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield.
🥰 synchronicity... I pulled this book out a few days ago to read before bed to open up my mind before I go to sleep. I love that you shared this video with us.. Thank you for being a beam of light for humanity🥰
I think your interpretation of ‘the alchemist’ is wonderful. My young adult children and I adore this book and have shared thoughts on it as well as the quotes from the book. Reading the book has resulted in my son to travel and work in Australia this year and took the alchemist in his back pack 😊 so it really has had an amazing impact on my family ❤ Well done to your dad on walking the Camino, what an achievement 🎉
Wow, your comment gave me goosebumps ❤
@ ❤️
I remember reading this book in my early 20s. I was away from home on an exchange program in the Netherlands living with a host family. I was a bit homesick but mainly, also lost a bit with my life unsure of myself, what to do or be in my life, in a different country…. The book was on a bedside table and I spent the entire night reading it. And crying. Lots of tears. It was brilliant and thought it just came at the right time at the right place. When I read it again many years later, it didn’t have the same impact. By then I may have changed as a person. I believe some books come into our lives at the right time. It had its time for me in my early 20s.
Loveable Laura is turning into a guru! All the signs prove it.
Added to my reading list! I look forward to giving it a read in the new year. I would higly encourage you to try a few more works of fiction. Good fiction really has the power to feed our soul and help us grow.
I had to order immediately, after redundancy I am at this crossroads. Loved your review, more book reviews please 🙏
Keep me posted about what you think 🙏
Thanks LT. This definitely resonates. The review of the book definitely brings more clarity and desire to get there faster with conviction and belief. Thank you so much for sharing.
I feel I have been stuck for decades going from uninspiring job to uninspiring job, never making progress and feel like I have wasted my life. Like your friend, my passion is photography. Thanks for these videos.
P.S I have walked the Camino twice though. (Portugal and Spain)
I love this book! I read it when I was in my 20s on a bike ride through Bordeaux in France and it was the most wonderful experience :) hugely recommend too!
I totally enjoy watching your RUclips videos, I find you very inspiring, beautiful and full of energy….
Same here , i completely agree .
and the most soothing voice on the Internet, too!
Sounds like a great read, I'd imagine the publishing company who dropped him are kicking themselves.
I’ve been meaning to read this book for literally a couple of decades now and your video ✨just so happens✨to have come along at what is finally the right time for me to get my hands on a copy. ❤
One of the very first books I purchased as an adult, I read it from time to time. Ironically, it's been a bit since I have. I'm now at a point in life where you start questioning a lot of things, thanks for the reminder to read it again. Excellent description and explanation through your own story, thanks for posting this one!
❤️ that YOU follow your "callings" so beautifully. Thanks for that! And for this reminder for me to order the book. 🤗 😊
I loved the 'story' of the foreword - the 'would be author' selling 2 copies and a cancelled contract to selling 65 million copies - that was so beautiful. Thanks for sharing Laura.
This is now second YT channel talking about this book, I think I got the message. Brb, going to reserve the book from the library.
I really believe in what the book is advising us, and have experienced this myself over the years.
Great review. Hopefully thanks to you the will be many more people reading it for the first time or like me this year I read it again and felt incredibly happy and grateful for the world has given me since reading it.
Thanks Laura, I’ve just bought a copy and now really looking forward to reading it. I love the variety in your content, please keep doing what you do ❤
I listened to the audiobook of this last summer! It's narrated by Jeremy Irons
Love your videos Laura! looking forward to the next one! (update on your skin cream would also be fabulous, your skin is looking soo good!)
Sounds like a great holiday read. Thanks
Oh! It would be _perfect_ for a holiday read!
I can imagine it now …. ☀️ 🏖️
I read it 5 years ago... Very nice one! 👍🏻
Brilliant. Great to listen and be inspired by this. X
Been through that one multiple times. The history of that book is interesting as well.
Where do I find that?
I guess coming across this video is an omen for me to read the alchemist. I was thinking of some books i could read over the Christmas break and an inner voice said repeatedly, " How about the Alchemist"? And I came across this video. It made me think what are the odds i think about reading this book and the universe reinforced the message via this video posted 18 hours ago though the book was published many years ago . 😮
Hi LT ❤ You need to read Dark nights of the soul by Thomas Moore and Acres of diamonds by Russell H Conwell! These books got me through some deep bouts of depression 🦋🙏💜💚
I loved your review of this book. I haven't read it yrt but I am definitely familiar with those feelings and hope it's not too late for me to change direction in the next year or two and follow a new dream.
I think this book might be a bit too ‘out there’ for me as I’ve no idea how a quest for destiny should feel, but I love your enthusiasm for it!
I have it on my shelf, it’s been there for a month or so and I’ve not picked it up. I will now, thank you x
I LOVE The Alchemist and re-read it every year to remind me of the messages. Weirdly, I was given it by my now partner. It had been on his book shelf for years but had never read it. This was after I listened to my heart and left a long term relationship. At the time I was worried if I had done the right thing, even though it felt right I had many people criticise my decision. Receiving this book from my partner was like a sign that I was right to follow my heart. I am now in a deeply loving relationship. Ps. I love getting deep Laura so I’m here for any deep videos ✨🙌
Also - if you enjoyed this I would highly recommend Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert ✨💗
Love this side of you...I'll have to read the book now...😂
And your dad...amazing....I know what it is now.....❤
The Alchemist is one of my all time favorites! Laura, do you know that Paulo Coelho also wrote a novel about The Camino? It's called The Pilgrimage. It's been many years since I read that one, so I don't remember it well, but I remember enjoying it.
Reserved this at the library, I shall give it a stab!
I think you’d be surprised by how much self development potential there is in reading fiction and literature.
It is said to increase empathy and emotional maturity. I’ve found having a healthy dose of prose helps me articulate thoughts in everyday life.
Basically "If you really want something, it will happen". Good luck.
i was always told i'd be a failure, so, since i was a little kid, i ignored what others said and followed my heart. i now have the career of my dreams and the home of my dreams. and i'm in the process of birthing my next creation--ho, boy, are the challenges coming thick and fast!!--but i don't care! i don't care when or how or how long it takes to launch...all i know is that it *will* launch and that its timing will be perfect. 🌟
meanwhile, a nice man i know manifested the woman of his dreams and then ran for the hills when she actually showed up in his life! she was attracted to him at first, too, but i'm watching her grow more restless, bored, and doubtful of him by the day. will he listen to the omens and cash in on his destiny before she throws in the towel and walks? only time will tell!
Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other. Everything breathes together. -Plotinus c.260 AD
The pilgrimage is another book which catches my interest and desire to life.
Yes, great book 📕
I read a long time ago and after this one I read so many others books from this author.
I think if someone has a strong pull to do something, they should definitely try to make it happen. The thing is, I believe that most people do not have that strong pull. I think a lot of it is about how children are brought up and what they are exposed to. There are many people I know that the 'idea' of destiny, has kind of held them back, because they wait for this inspiration or passion to come to them and it never does. Waawaa...
Fantastic book 😊. Time for a re-read.
Your voice is very soothing. Do you have any podcasts on motivation like the rowing challenge you did? With a soothing voice of course.
I’m on it… 😊
Great book and so well explained. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho I read after the Alchemist and has to be one of my favourites of his.
Would you please do an update video on the pros and cons if any since your psilocybin retreat?
You have really sparkling eyes
Great video, thank you for sharing Laura! Great reminder to follow your heart, especially what brings you joy 😊
Best wishes for 2025 💫
Currently reading it I. The original , Spanish, slowly.
Your dad 👏
omg, walking the camino is goals!!
Great book , recommend it too.
I love this video
Because of my AD(H)D I have trouble reading books but I just ordered this one based on your video. Thanks 😊
It’s _very_ easy to read. Simple words and sentences and it flows well.
Please let me know what you think.
@@LauraTryUK Yes, that's nice to know.. It might take a while before I finish it 😅but Ill come back.
Would it work better with an audiobook?
I actually didn't like that book, though all my friends loved it. I greatly enjoyed Veronia Decides to Die though! Same author. It's funny how books can touch people so differently :)
Very interesting!
What wasn’t you keen on or couldn’t connect with?
@LauraTryUK I think it was the way it was written? The topics I 100% loved. That author I either love a book or don't connect at all, I've read a lot of his stuff because I greatly enjoy how he invites you to view the world and people through his writing.
Excellent.. Next read for your list 'The Power of Now'. Enjoy.
Eckhart Tolle changed my life. ❤
I read it many years ago. I don't think I was emotional mature enough to absorb the information.
I can see it on my book shelf. I will give it another go.
You are beautiful.
🎉🎉
Best book ever 😊❤
Oh no, LT, you've spent years being fairly scientific about your self-development, and that's why I follow your videos. (I finally watched the magic truffle vid this morning and loved it.) But now you're suddenly ruining it with this hippy mumbo jumbo. 😟
The idea of an interventionist god (destiny, the universe "wants") is not compatible with your regular theme of creating your own reality. It's your reality, not created for you by some higher power.
The universe doesn't care about you, and that's OK. Go walk the Camino, do what works for you, that's great, big respect to your dad. Don't let the world tell you what to do, the world doesn't care.
Also, what about the graveyard? For every hero there is a field full of people who didn't survive the war. For every inspiring success story there is a hundred people who followed their heart and started a business that failed. Or married the wrong person. Or chased an opportunity but inadvertantly missed another one as a result. Which of those opportunities was the right one? Nobody knows until afterwards and the final answer always depends on a million variables.
May I suggest you read The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb? It's all about managing your luck so that you have more good things happen to you and minimise the impact of bad things. It was published shortly before, and correctly predicted, the financial crisis of 2008 but it's not about money. It's about how to survive and thrive in an indifferent and random universe and how to be true to yourself.
It’s ok you think it’s mumbo jumbo.
Have you read the book?
It actually gives the message of what you’ve said - page 17.
Absolutely hated The Alchemist, literally only 12 yo can find this book such a revelation 🙄. I’m a big reader so this book was just cliche and stolen folklore stories. Coelho just ripped other books off and got famous.
The book is ok but basic. You dont NEED to read it...