"Even if you're doing the same thing over and over, you need to discover something new, fantastic, and unbelievable that went unnoticed the time before."
Coelho has always been so spot-on in his one-liners in the book, and that quoted line above is just one of them. It's amazing how he says something that I'm already aware of, yet he's still able to cause that "so right!" expression to pop in my head. It's like hearing someone say that the sun is the center of the solar system and still be surprised with the fact that it really is.
I've been in my summer vacation for nearly six months now, and I'm neither proud nor ashamed that 50% of all these summer days are just "plain, boring" days. Going to bed at night being uncertain of how I could make the next day exciting and fun has always been my dilemma. I always ask myself "what shall I do tomorrow that will make my day memorable?", "where must I go to see something exciting?", "what activity can I do to make my brain active again?". I often try to write a schedule - from the time I'll wake up, to the number of hours I must only spent in front of the computer - but it's never observed. Of course, I know that the schedules I make won't be followed. I just need to write them so somehow I can make myself believe that I can still discipline myself.
I always do the same thing - living every day without being certain of how will my day be. But I see to it that I do something new, something elating, something that I've never done before - however preposterous or normal it may be - to make most out of my day. I suggest that you do this too. Find something exciting that went unnoticed the time before - may it be the scent of your garden flowers that you've never noticed before, or the color of the sky before the sun rises, or the cuteness of your seatmate's smile in school, or the priceless taste of pizza in your new favorite pizza chain, or the softness of your pillow, or how your neighbor takes care of his garden, or even how weird the sound of your laugh is - and these will be your new reasons to smile. Don't worry, our world is so fantastic that it will always have something new, exciting, and fantastic to offer. Do this and you'll learn to love the world and appreciate every single thing in life.
