Eat, Pray, Love is a journey through selfishness....It's not enlightenment!

Reading Clinton's book "Giving" first, and Gladwell's "Blink" second, would have satisfied Gilbert's hunger for something else other than herself.

Eat, Pray, Love is a journey through selfishness....It's not enlightenment!

It hit me like a bolt of lightening shooting down from the sky... I hate my job!
Soooooo, I did what any normally gifted person would do during a recession. I quit!
Hum?

On my way to Target to purchase a new cordless telephone... Why?
The battery cost almost as much as the phone itself.

So, I drive all the way from downtown to baldwin heights..just to get to a target...
I chose one, from there massive collection of phones...then naturally wonder into the music and books isles. I brought the following books:
1. Eat, Pray, Love - Gilbert
2. Blink - Gladwell
3. Giving - Clinton
And I read them in the same order.

Eat, Pray, Love began amazingly wonderful....I found myself drawn into the story like my sister to a Pillsbury Sweetbun...The encounter in the 1st few pages with italian text interwoven...was so sweet_ Amazing! I was even speaking Italian!....Hell, it made me wanta learn any new language just soooooooo, I tooooooooooooooooooooooo may experience the 1st encounter...

.........And then her story begins.

I must admit that I was quite irritated by groceries; as she is later called.
My gosh, I found myself thinking; have I ever acted sooooooo pathetic and nauseating..even to myself. So, there I was calling up friends and asking them if I have ever put forth such a display.... And Thank God, the answer was emphatically no!

I remember studying psychology in college and learning about the ID, ego and superego... And I found myself wondering, how I would it feel to simply give into my id? Imagine giving into my raw needs, desires, wants and without boundaries_ Hum?

We've all have asked ourselves the lotto question_ What would I do if I won? A long list of "I gonna buy", came to mind...But nowhere, on my list was finding myself, God, or love??????

I figure, if I am here...then myself is with me, and since I already understand that God made us in his own image then ..naturally, God is within us... So, if I know God, and myself are in fact in the same place...... then naturally I must love myself... So, for what would I search?

My point!

Travel is great, peace of mind is great, eating is great, praying is great, and love is great.... But if you have to break your bank or someone else...to do these things... then my suggestion is to check into a local Motel..open the drawer and take out the bible. Feast, pray and love the words ...and there you'll find that love for yourself through God!

Another thought....Liz went on Vacation for 1 year... three different cultures.... Awesome!

A change in environment ..will enlighten anyone..and w/o scrubbing the floors!


Reading Clinton's book..."Giving" first, and Gladwell's "Blink" second, would have satisfied Gilbert's hunger for something else other than herself.

Eat, Pray, Love is a journey through selfishness....It's not enlightenment