Santiago! The boy's name is Santiago. He is born in a poor family in Mexico. His mother abandoned them when he was a small child. Later they migrated to America, illegally. He spent his childhood in poverty attending day school and doing night jobs. But he never gave up on something. Football. He is good at scoring goals. Indeed he is excellent. One day he is observed by a scout of a big football club from England. He was given a chance. He flew to England against his father's wishes. The scout got him a month to prove himself. Being a natural scorer, he got into the reserves team. Overcoming Asthma and news of his father's death, he made it to the first team and won his club glory.
Yes, I am talking about the movie Goal! Santiago!, what a beautiful name. The protagonist of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is also called Santiago. Both of these start a similar journey to their Personal Legend. All through the movie, I felt like I was watching a screen version of The Alchemist. Or may be, I became so obsessed with the novel that I see it in everything. Whatever it is, I found out that I am becoming more and more interested in movies like this. Movies involving some competetion. I think a struggle would be a more appropriate word. Struggle as in war, as in game, as in achievement. When you watch such movies, what you will find is that Santiago is all prevailing. He is in everyone of us. It is just that we do not see him often. Rather, we do not want to see.
So, for the Santiago in me, what is his Personal Legend, I do not know. Not yet. I only know this much that you should not wait till you know but do what you can do best at the moment. I am in a path to take on the civil services examination and I will. What happens afterwards, God only knows. Yeah, Santi will know it then. Lead me Santi!
Santiago! Santiago!
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