The third reason why sacrifice must be made in odor to pursue dreams and achieve goals would be to sacrifice our loved ones in order to move on to a new chapter in our lives. Santiago had to sacrifice going back to the merchant's daughter in order to go and look for his treasure and the elimination of his love to her gave him a freedom and eliminated the guilt he felt. In a lot of cases love holds us back, another example from The Alchemist would be when he met Fatima and he planned on giving up on his treasure and to stop looking for his personal legend. The alchemist helped him eliminate his love, “Because you are trying to realize your personal legend and you are the point where you’re about to give it all up” Quotes the alchemist. Santiago
