“When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it”

I found this quote to be very interesting. I’ve so far seen it appear twice in the book. I’m more bringing it up in terms of how it is mentioned the second time around (Pg. 65). The quote is introduced this time around to set up a contradictory statement. In the book the contradictory statement reads “But the old king hadn’t said anything about being robbed, or about endless deserts, or about people who know what their dreams are but don’t want to realize them.” Interesting enough when reading this statement in the book it sort of touched on similar thoughts I had when I first read the original quote. Does the universe really conspire to help you achieve things? I feel that is a very circumsantial thing. Some people have easier roads to take when trying to achieve as opposed to those who may be less fortunate. I can’t really think in what way the universe would conspire to help you.

I feel that to achieve things in life than you have to work hard for it. Help is never a guaranteed thing. What happens to the people who want something, but don’t achieve it? That pretty much automatically proves this quote to be far fetched. To say that the universe conspires to help you when you really want something also cheapens the idea of having to work hard to achieve your life’s goals. It’s in a way saying that if you want something than don’t worry about having to work too hard because the universe will conspire to help you. Or maybe I’m just taking the quote the wrong way, but I feel it is ridiculous to think that the universe conspires to help you achieve goals in life. It also depends on what they mean by the “universe”. Does it mean the universe as a whole? or is basic outside help from family friends or acquaintances considered the “universe”? It’s certainly a very thought provoking quote.