I listened to half of this audio book at work and the other half at home. I believe I would get a lot more value out of listening to it again all in one sitting. The book was about a shepherd who was looking for the meaning to life and ended up selling his sheep to go to the Egyptian pyramids. He met people along the way who helped him and others who changed to path to his personal legend. He encounters all kinds of set backs and sees other making excuses for not achieving their personal legend. One individual not making progress was a crystal merchant, who he ended up working for, who was waiting for retirement before achieving his personal legend. The boy eventually got to the desert on the way to the pyramids and stopped in the oasis. There he had a dream of war coming to the oasis which ended up occurring. He ended up meeting the alchemist who helped him to figure out what his personal legend was and to teach him the was of the world. They ended up being robbed and gave up all of their money as it is "rare that money can save your life and that money is of no use if you are dead." The boy ended up talking to the wind and the sun to "become the wind". The boy finally got the the pyramids and started digging for treasure only to have his money stolen and his life threatened once again. He finally found the treasure.
The boy was on a quest and did not allow what he was doing in life at the time to interfere with his goal of embarking on his personal legend. He also learned that being one with the universe is something anyone is able to do. He also learned that after he dies he will become one with the universe again. He learned the power of omens and how to tell which omens were important. He also learned from observing the lives of others what they were doing right but also what they were doing wrong.
It was an interesting audio book but due to the fact that it was an audio book and not a real book I was not as connected to it and definitely missed out on some parts of the book.
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