Eat. Pray. Love.

Best book of all time, best movie of all time. I loved the movie, (and as you are all aware) that's rare when you read the book first. For all of you who see this movie and love it, I highly recommend you read the book because the book delves through a much deeper journey.

The movie and book are about finding yourself - being okay with change and finding balance (in love, life, spirituality, etc.). Liz meets many friends in her path to enlightment - all of which become part of her life "family". I've been through a lot of the same journeys and have been touched by "family" much the same way... so it was easy to relate to Liz.

I think we are all on a beautiful, yet tough, path and it's nice when you meet people who remind you that "Ruin is a gift... that ruin is a road to transformation... that if you can't master your own thoughts, your in trouble... that you DO have the capicity in you to love everyone/the whole world... that you will meet many friends/many connections/enjoy many learnings outside of a scope that you thought you would... that waiting for people to forgive you is a damn waste of time, that you must FORGIVE YOURSELF... that we must take care of our families wherever we find them (and we find them everywhere)... that sometimes to lose balance in love is to live a balanced live... that we should ACCEPT EVERYONE we meet as a teacher."

And last but not least... my favorite quote from the book (and favorite quote of all time) -
"On happiness: ...people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descent 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, you 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. If you don't, you will leak away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight in its good attainments." - Eat. Pray. Love.