I finally finished the book "Eat Pray Love," by Elizabeth Gilbert, and although I struggled a bit in the middle, I'm glad I read it. To me the message was that we have the ability to change our lives if we want to. We don't have to stay in a sad, empty situation... it doesn't have to be our lot in life. She also wrote about the importance of having an honest and trusting relationship with yourself...on a terribly lonely night in her life she took out her journal and wrote this:
"I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me."
Pretty powerful to have such an intense, deep, and loving relationship with yourself.
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
Carl Bard
