Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Question about Eat, Pray, Love
We touched on this briefly during our book club discussion, but I just thinking about when Liz was in India and how she was trying not to be a social butterfly anymore and then she got the job as the greeter person at the Ashram. She was trying to do one thing, but the universe wanted her to do the opposite. Do you think that sometimes we have to push ourselves to be different than who we are despite the obstacles? Do you think that as much as we hate it, we have to go against our nature sometimes or do you think that we should always remain true to our essence? Is there a way to negotiate the two? Or is the universe ultimately in control and we must go where the wind carries us?
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I thought about this question a little while reading the book...when I moved to Delaware, one of the most difficult but rewarding things about that was having to function without the people who always accepted me as I was. When you're not around people who've known you for a long time, you're forced to face the things about your personality that used to be invisible. It made me push myself to confront things about myself and how I interacted with other people. So, I don't think it's really that we have to go against our nature, but that we have to confront challenges and disruptions to our contentment in order to grow more into our true selves. It seemed like Liz had to use her social gifts in a new way, which helped her realize that she couldn't change herself to have her conception of an "authentic" spiritual retreat, but instead needed to own up to who she really was before she could fully and authentically immerse herself in her spiritual journey. Ooh, the Oscars are starting! -Lisa :)
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