Personal Legend

Rereading The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlho with my Honors English 10 students while preparing for the Reynolds Institute causes a bizarre train of thought. I think mostly of how the words of Santiago and his guides and mentors will hit my students, but now and then I think of them for myself. In a way I am new enough at my pursuit (teaching journalism) to be encouraged by the refrain "when a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream."  Many times this is called "beginners luck." One would think that, at my age, my personal legend was nearly completed. Yet, apparently, the legend has chapters, and even "parts", and I'm working on a new Part.