eat, pray, love thoughts

Eat, Pray, Love Thoughts  by Elizabeth Gilbert

I came across this book last 2007 while watching Oprah’s two episodes in a row.  I was intrigued to purchase it and even highlighted her thoughts that struck me.

I forgot all about it until this Summer 2010, when I have seen it in a leading bookstore.  The rights were bought by Julia Roberts and its now being shown in theaters.

I was enthusiastic to read it again but now in e-book format.  Still, I am still enlightenment as it gave meaning to how I felt.  I did not see it as a “self-help” but a person’s emotion that examine its framework applied to its own life, its own journey.   Since I was there myself, however, it was nice to see some road out of it which the thoughts in this book also describe me as I share it here:

“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life”.   I came on this deployment with the intentions to be alone and not date anyone.   But, I could not help that I fell in love with someone.   So, I took the chance and went for love even though I felt that I would lose balance in my life. I found that leaping for this love is the best thing I could have done because this man balances me and is th elove of my life.”

“Tis’ better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else’s perfectly.”

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants.   But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.”

“A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah.   Too painful.   Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

“A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…”

“It’s still two human beings trying to get along, so it’s going to be complicated. And love is always complicated. But humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”

“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn’t want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.”

“I was full of a hot, powerful sadness and would have loved to burst into the comfort of tears, but tried hard not to, remembering something my Guru once said — that you should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again. You must practice staying strong, instead.”