Wisdom Within The Pages: Eat, Pray, Love
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I spent last week at the beach reading. And by reading I mean devouring. The book? Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from the book, especially with it being so wildly popular and all.
I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed the read. Not that I could relate. (Make no mistake.) But still, I enjoyed it.
Most of all I was happy to find a couple of nuggets of wisdom that I took away with me. So I’ll share:
“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I’m going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
AND THE MOST POWERFUL:
“Why must everything always have a practical application?”
AMEN, SISTER!
I’m a sucker for chick flicks… I think I might see the movie! But my book list is rising as the days go on… I don’t think I’ll be caught reading that book in public. I’m glad there’s great lessons in there though.
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I loved that book but I loved her even more when I saw her at the Frederick Reads event earlier this year. I even wrote a post about it.
I agree there are lots of good snippets in the book. My copy has a few underlined passages. I plan to see the movie — when its available on Netflix.
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I thought it was very good as well. Sometimes I tend to read books like I’m sprinting in a race. I feel like I have to read as fast as I can and hurry, hurry, to get to the end. I’m glad that I slowed down and enjoyed this book and didn’t rush; I thought it was a “soothing” read.
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I enjoyed the book and think that Elizabeth Gilbert has a way of making the emotionally complex sound very simple…Not an easy task…She is an excellent writer. xv
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I think people forget that this is a true story and they want the character to be less flawed, but to me that’s what makes it so special!
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