Alchemist .. second reading

one day years ago, one girl who was in school class came one day and said:
hey girls, there's this new novel that i read, it's cooool you all should read it
so she gave it to A who gave it to B who gave it to C and so on
i had my turn
it was Alchemist but in an arabic cheap translation
and when i read it, i like it but ...
all i remember is it ends when the boy is trying to turn himself to wind
the last line is that no one could see him where he was stand
so, what i get from the story is:
a boy was searching for a treasure under the pyramids but in his search journey he learned lot of things and become richer (in knowledge, ..etc)
so the treasure was the search journey itself, but there's no money or treasure or anything like that
so for me it was like a Sunday school lesson
getting wealthier is about knowledge and wisdom not money
in Shelfari people talk a lot about how great the novel is so i decide to read it again one more time
but this time in English
WELL first of all i found out that there's a real treasure
so it's real dream of having wealth and money
secondly, in the arabic version when you read the word "مكتوب" you think it's normal
but to read it in the english version "maktub" it gives the story more magic
the writer had chosen the right word to describe what we sometimes feel or think
in the second reading, i saw new things
what got me deep is the contradiction between "maktub" and how the person has to pursuit his dream not knowing what he 's going to
i mean is't maktub that a young spanish shepherd work in a crystal shop and connect with the hand that writes all and get to the pyramid to return back to spain,
/**** OR ****\
all this happened because he was trying to fulfill his dreams, and it's all about the personal will
so in brief is't Maktub or it's the will?
the fundamental question we used to ask a lot in high school (especially during thanaweya 3ama)
mossayareen or mo7'ayariin?
in the story the wirter managed to make it both and to prove it's both of them
that's why i like the story
the most famous line of the story is "when u desire anything, the universe conspires for u" ..... i disagree with this, not all our dreams can be fulfilled, and no one found any help in achieving his goals, i mean if the universe is conspiring for us it would be more easy and fun to make dreams come true, but this isn't what happening in most cases
finally, good book to read, glad i read it one more time