"Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly." — Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)
For those of you that don't know, which I assume would be most of you, Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of "Eat, Pray, Love", as well as, my unknowing inspiration for my journey into introspection.
If you didn't read the post on "365 Days of Eat.Pray.Love" then you probably aren't aware that before declaring my devotion to the concepts surrounding this book, I did not read the book, nor did I watch the movie. So, today with a little lapse in my schedule, I found myself at Barnes & Nobles, broke & bored, with time to waste. I had no intention of reading anything specific but when the Barnes & Noble associate sprang on me from out of no where with the invasive question "Do you need any help?," I found myself saying "yes, do you have "eat, pray, love"?" without a second of consideration. Two seconds later, I was standing in front of my future.
I was a little fearful at first because a large part of me felt like reading one page of this book would ruin my fervor for conquering the world or at minimal, completing my very loud declaration of my 365 Days of Eat.Pray.Love journey. I thought if I read it, it would be nothing like my declared journey and I would have to close my blog, change my name, and move to the desert with a herd of sheep. Luckily, that was the complete opposite of my experience.
I grabbed the book, ordered a mocha frappe and braced myself for the unexpected. If I could say anything about the first two pages, I would say, "exactly what I was thinking." Elizabeth Gilbert is not only an awesome writer but her journey of pleasure, discovering God, and loving herself at the age of 35, is exactly what I want to do at 23. She just made her transition in retrospect, while my plan is to complete such a journey in foresight. Yay me!
You may be wondering why I only read 18 pages, well that's simple: I admire her courage and journey but I'm not going to read about all of her experiences, until I have my own. I will definitely finish the novel when I finish my journey but for those of you looking for a good read, by all means. It seems like a very good book from a very good writer!
Enjoy!
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