I saw Eat, Pray, Love two nights ago. I HATED the book and the author's self-indulgent prose. That said, I didn't hate the movie. I'm not proud to admit this, but it's true. I'm not sure the intent of the movie or what most people will take away from it other than another Julia Robert's blockbuster, but a few things resonated with me. Perhaps because I am planning an adventure myself, I related to the spiritual journey that is experienced when traveling to new and unknown places. This is a big year for me. I don't know why, but I can feel it...... in my core. Things are starting to happen, to move forward without effort and challenges. I've never experienced this sensation before so I'm just trying to go with it and enjoy the ride.
In the movie, everyone has a word to describe themselves or where they are in life. I don't yet have a word, but I am guessing that I will have one soon. Until I find one, I found a quote from the end of Eat, Pray, Love to be meaningful to me.
"...I've come to believe that there exists in the universe something I call "The Physics of The Quest" - a force of nature governed by laws as real as the laws gravity or momentum. And the rule of Quest Physics maybe goes like this: "If you are brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting (which can be anything from your house to your bitter old resentments) and set out on a truth-seeking journey (either externally or internally), and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue, and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher, and if you are prepared - most of all - to face (and forgive) some very difficult realities about yourself....then truth will not be withheld from you."
I'm ready to take on on The Physics of the Quest and cross over to wherever that may be. I'll let you know when I get there!
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