Follow the signs. Always

Once I met a man who found his happiness. He lived in Morocco. I think he was originally from Saudi Arabia. He was a Muslim alright, but didn't look like one. The man had his own mind and didn't need to follow someone's else's ideas. And religion is someone's else idea.

The man was tall, handsome and very strong. He spoke to people in a warm voice. When he talked, he always touched me with his hands. Always reaching out to me. I didn't like it. I don't like people touching me and I loathe when man do that. There is only one reason why man do it to me. But then I noticed that while talking this man was touching Tomas too. I asked Tom what he thought about it. Tom said he disliked to be touched in this manner as well, but he too noticed that the man touched everyone while talking. Then I felt alright.
But this is not what I wanted to tell you about the young Arab. 

He has found his happiness. He loved to travel and that was what he wanted to do in his life. He was from a wealthy family. Of course his family didn't like the idea that their son will wander around the world aimlessly – that is at least what all the parents think about their kids who go to travel- without getting married and without settling down. So the man started travelling, and his first journey was to Morroco. There he stumbled across one village. The village was very poor and they didn't even have water for their farms. Because the man had the money, he decided to spend them on building a well for these people. He saved them. The village prospered ever since. And as a thanks for his contribution, the villagers gave him a piece of land and promised to tend to it. So he started growing weed on this land. And the villagers cultivated it. And when the weed was ready, the man sold it and had the money necessary to travel all year long. So he found his happiness, because travelling made him happy. And since he doesn't ever have to worry about the money again, he can achieve what he desires.

The point of the story is not to turn down on everything and start growing weed. The point of the story is to have a dream and then follow the signs. This man had a dream about travelling. And he followed the signs which helped him to achieve that dream. Even Coelho says this in his Alchemist. So I must be right.