What is your opinion of Paul Coelho's idea that when you pursue your destiny, all the universe conspires to help you.? What is your opinion of Paul...

There is a
piece called "Desiderata" that was written by Max Ehrmann in 1927. It is considered
"prose poetry," and it experienced a great deal of popularity during the 1960s and
1970s. Part of this poem reads:

You are a child of the
universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be
here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is
unfolding as it should.

So the idea of the universe
conspiring for our benefit is not new. As a person of faith, I believe that our paths can be
directed if we are open to God's will. In essence, this is what Coelho's book is aboutoneness
with the universe: and his Christian references are really hard to miss.

This is a very "hippie-esque" attitude, but also very spiritual, regardless of the
faith one follows or does not. The concept that...