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snugglekittyI'm really enjoying the book Eat, Pray, Love, and I wanted to write down a few of the ideas that had struck me so far.
First, the author describes herself as having a revelation in thinking about the word responsibility - about how it can be broken down into the words "response" and "ability," and therefore having a meaning of "ability to respond." Wow. That's really hitting me at a deep level.
Second, and ON THE SAME PAGE, the author quotes from the Bhagavad Gita: "It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." Wow. I think I'll be thinking about that a lot in the weeks that come.
Third, the author writes about the idea that cities have an underlying word. What does that mean? If you looked into the minds of everyone who lived in a particular city, they would mostly be thinking about the same thing. She writes that Rome's word is SEX and New York's word is ACHIEVE. I think Boston's word might be ENDURE. What do you think?
I think the word for my community is SEX and the word for my family of origin is NICE. I think my word, my individual word, is LEARN. What about you?
First, the author describes herself as having a revelation in thinking about the word responsibility - about how it can be broken down into the words "response" and "ability," and therefore having a meaning of "ability to respond." Wow. That's really hitting me at a deep level.
Second, and ON THE SAME PAGE, the author quotes from the Bhagavad Gita: "It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection." Wow. I think I'll be thinking about that a lot in the weeks that come.
Third, the author writes about the idea that cities have an underlying word. What does that mean? If you looked into the minds of everyone who lived in a particular city, they would mostly be thinking about the same thing. She writes that Rome's word is SEX and New York's word is ACHIEVE. I think Boston's word might be ENDURE. What do you think?
I think the word for my community is SEX and the word for my family of origin is NICE. I think my word, my individual word, is LEARN. What about you?