Eat Pray Love

My book and my bookmark :)

So cute right? I used the Polaroid app, thanks to my sister for introducing it to me. Now I want a vintage polaroid. Too bad they killed it already. :(

I finally finished Eat Pray Love two days ago. I could've finished earlier except for the fact that I didn't want to end it. I hate finishing books sometimes, its like parting with a friend.

Anyways, I love this book. No regrets on buying it. Well, the book is about this writer, Liz, and how she was able to get through a divorce and an obsessive affair by living in Italy, India, and Bali. In Italy, she worked on experiencing pleasure on her own, through food. Then in India she meditated and experienced God. In Bali, she found the balance between pleasure and spirituality and she also found love again, the right way.

The book makes me feel so refreshed and I just want to travel like Liz. I love traveling, I wish I had a lot of money so I could travel all the time.

From Eat Pray Love:

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..."



"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."

"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control."

"eventually, everything goes away."