#growth <!-- https://willfullyliving.com/blog/learning-to-follow-the-omens --> I believe > When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. > ― _The Alchemist_ by [Paulo Coelho](https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2020/12/) The world is filled with omens that help guide us on our path, and if we can see well enough to read them then we will make the most of our [[Spirituality and Faith|journey]]. So many [[What is Entrepreneurship|opportunities]] exist in our life to teach us and lead us down the right path, we just have to be willing and able to recognize them. Once you start to recognize these opportunities to learn and act, you start see them all over the place. <!-- TODO: --> Omens are intricately linked to gratitude, somehow. I don't quite have the words for it yet though. I didn't have the words to explain omens until I read _[[The Alchemist|The Alchemist]]_. Reading it was an eye opening experience in many ways, and the story itself is fantastic. I started paying attention to my personal legend, to the truest things I wanted to do in this world. <!-- > > In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left you. --> You can't see the omens until you can see your personal legend. Omens are linked to entrepreneurship. We all have that one thing that, deep down inside, we really want to do. Most of the time we have no idea what it is, it's so hidden in our subconscious that it's invisible to us, and the words to describe it don't exist. If we say what our personal legend to another person - or even whisper it to ourselves - it's terrifying because all of a sudden it's real and we can fail at it. _"What if I go my whole life and never accomplish it?"_ What if I try and get beaten down? This fear, of starting and trying and failing in front of the world, stops us not only from starting our personal journey but also of even seeing it. Because if we see it, if we allow ourselves to see enough of it that it becomes real in our heads, then so does the possibility of failing at it. (This note is a [[Work in Public]].)