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The Alchemist lessons

Show Me a Sign: Lessons from The Alchemist

February 21, 2017February 28, 2026 / Laura Joy Palma / Leave a comment

I kept asking God to show me a sign about motherhood until a book about following dreams taught me the wrong question. Sometimes the journey is the treasure.

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