Eat, pray,love

I have been reading a book given to me by a young friend who must be wise beyond her years. The book is part memoir, part travelogue, part faith journey. Eat,Pray,Love by Elizabeth
Gilbert. I am not quite finished with it but I want to read it again already. There is so much of it I want to share. Here is one example.

"As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff of it is bad for you. I mean, what kind of prayer is this to imbibe-"Give us this day our daily grudge"? You might just as well hang it up and kiss God goodbye if you really need to keep blaming somebody else for your own life's limitations......I realized I'd been thinking about all this too literally. I'd been wanting to talk to my ex-husband ? So talk to him. Talk to him right now. I'd been waiting to be offered forgiveness? Offer it up personally then. Right now. I thought how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people have had siblings or friends or children or lovers disappear from their lives before precious words of clemency or absolution could be passed along. How do the survivors of terminated relationships ever endure the pain of unfinished business? From that place of meditation I found the answer- you can finish the business yourself, from within yourself. It's not only possible, it's essential."

Another of my favorites:

"The Hopi Indians thought that the world's religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other, wanting to join. When all the threads are finally woven together they will form a rope that will pull us out of this dark cycle of history and into the next realm."


I know these bits don't do the book justice. I am just loving it so much I had to share part of it with someone; another overwhelming urge...to share what is meaningful to us. Which can get us in trouble too!

Thank you so much, Sara!! Peace be with you.