I guess I am one of those who are always behind with all the trends: like reading Eat Love Pray (I haven't seen even a movie), or starting to be obsessed with new Adele's album (after it been ruling the charts for numerous weeks). So yes, finally I made it and read it all. Most of the time it takes me few days to read a book, but I have some kind of distraction in my life. My boyfriend is living with me (just temporary) and I am taking advantage of it spending all the time together, surprisingly, we haven't killed each other yet after spending 24/7 most of the time. Back to the book: I liked it and even highlighted some lines which are spot on, at least according to me.
"I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stoke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. 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"
This idea is helping me to overcome my moaning when something goes wrong and I start blaming everything around me except myself. Being happy is a hard job: while reading the book you are taken to the journey of someone who managed to achieve the ultimate happiness which makes you determined and inspired to do the same. I guess most of you would love this book as it is related to everyone: someone might also had a bad breakup or divorce, someone is having issues with finding that inner peace with yourself, or maybe someone is so obsessed with diet (Julia Roberts admitted putting some extra pounds while filming in Rome as she started to enjoy the carbs as her character). There is "Liz" in all of us, with her own fears and problems, with a plan to change it (or might be putting it off as you are lacking of courage).
The other quote which made me think comes as "Why must everything be repeat and repeat, never finish, never resting? You work so hard one day, but next day you must only work again. You eat, but the next day you are already hungry. You find love. then love go away. You are born with nothing - no watch, no T-shirt. You work hard, then you die with nothing - no watch, no T-shirt. You are young, then you are old. No matter how hard you work, you cannot stop getting old" (by the way, the speech is made by Wayan, so she speaks funny as she is from Bali). We run through life and at the end all of us end up at same finish line. I recently been existing but not living: I was working 5 days per week (this a way too much for a flight attendant), come home and go to bed as I didn't have energy left to do anything, I forgot my friends and made excuses not to meet (I haven't seen some of them for ages), I canceled things last minute to stay in bed instead as I was exhausted and for what? Yes, I received more money for my hard work, but I didn't enjoy myself at all, I was existing from one day to another: waking up, going to work, eating, coming back and going to bed. I don't say you don't need to work hard, however, draw a line when enough is enough, when working hard is not making you happy, when it is dragging you down and makes you feel sad, depressed, lost.
There is no world without love and no good book without covering this topic.
..."Good luck. Because you still have a women in front of you, my friend. And you are still a man. It's still two human beings trying to get along, so it's going to become complicated. And love is always complicated. But still humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having broken heart. It means we have tried for something". Felipe, Brazilian man, talks about Westerns coming to Bali and marrying some local girl, thinking they are different, they will be better/easier/not complicated like their western exes.
I guess, it is true, having your heart broken means you have gone for someone, you tried to be happy which might have not worked but this doesn't mean you have to give up. As it is said, there are more fish in the pond, so look for it, enjoy yourself, don't get paranoid if it doesn't happen right away that you meet someone, don't get obsessed with the idea and make it ultimate goal.
I hope I will get into more reading as my man is going away for 3 weeks to Canada, so happy days (just kidding, I am going to miss him to bits...). I have 4/5 books piled on my desk: most of them are self help books which I have never tried before (I guess I am just too sceptical) but it is good to try things out.
Anyways, I loved the book which made me laugh, think, evaluate and make some changes. I try to have healthy attitude about food and had been having some yummy Ben&Jerry's, also some cheese on toast - as long as you don't indulge too often, there is no alert for your waist line - everything must be done in moderation. Yoga...well I am not into meditating, I better prefer working out while doing different poses, as I am too hyper to concentrate and be still (need to work on it). And love, I am in love and enjoy giving love to everyone. I am not afraid to slip and make a mistake because I know at the end of the day, this relationship is teaching me a lot, if it comes to the end, it would be devastating but it would have made me better person.
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