eat pray love

this book spoke to me.
i bought it and finished it in 2 days and was so happy, it opens your mind and your heart.
i have spent time in italy. having lived in france for a few years i realize the lux of life in southern europe, especially now that i am living in fast paced, consumerism america,


life is lived at a different pace, a slow appreciating one. it is conducted around family, around what is important...love,food,wine,beauty,nature.

bali is magic. the land there speaks to you, becons you to look deep.
i spent over a month there breathing in the magic...
baths of rose petals and ginger tea
climbing mt. batur at sunrise...steamed eggs and bananas
artist and art everywhere
spirituality at every moment
amazing food
beautiful flowers
fire dancing
lushness of life!

india, O india. a place of my heart a place of my soul...
i don't know why, it just is. a place that i must see before my end of time.
secretly, i wish i would've went there single. when i was free to roam recklessly with abandonment, me and my rucksack. the thought of living on an ashram has always intrigued me, finding pure inner solitude, searching for it and finding it.

well, life has changed. i now have 2 little guys and one day i will take them to india. i want to show them the fine art of traveling the world, being free, seeing the beauty of cultures with completely different mores and mind set.
i look forward to that!

now life is of the here and now, no running off to far away lands.
thats ok. i am SO glad i did all that, so appreciative of my will to hop on a plane and go to a different land.

eat pray love encompasses freedom, to be true to yourself, to take risks and to live life to the fullest!

i wrote to her and she responded...


Thank you so much for your lovely note! I'm so glad you enjoyed the
book. It's been such a joy to see this book go out there in the world
and find people, reach people, make friends with folks I'll never
meet...all of which is to say - your letter was very touching to
me...especially coming from a fellow world traveler! I am indeed
writing
about Vietnam (a little bit) in my next book, and about my trip to
Cambodia, too...but, oh, there's so much more to see in the world --
don't you agree?


I wish you lots of luck and blessings on all your own journeys,
wherever
they may take you next!


Best wishes, always -


Liz Gilbert


to say the least, i was touched~