The book that I want to introduce to you today is Eat, Pray, Love. It is a memoir
published in 2006. The narrator, Elizabeth Gilbert, divorced with her husband
and started traveling to different countries. She put her experience into words
and touched millions of people worldwide. The book remained on the top of the
bestselling list for 187 weeks.
Elizabeth enjoyed various food in Italy, then learned to meditate in
India. She eventually started a relationship with a businessman in
Indonesia, which was her last stop. Although it’s been six years since I read
the book, I still remember the great joy of reading it. I felt like I was going
on the journey with Elizabeth all the way from America to the other three
countries. I not only got to know more about the countries from her book, but also
got inspired by the life lessons she learned on her way.
Here are some quotes that I’ve found inspiring.
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it,
strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world
looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of
your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must
never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep
swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”
“To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balanced life.”
“You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to
your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”
I would also like to share with you an inspiring speech that
Elizabeth Gilbert gave. It’s only 19 minutes long and Chinese/English subtitles
are available.
Elizabeth Gilbert: Your
elusive creative genius
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