eat, pray, love

I finished this book in 2 days as it was so enjoyable to read and I really liked the whole journey. Of course it helped that I was enjoying a nice weekend doing nothing but read, eat and sleep.

The idea of the author/main character taking a whole year off is so appealing that this book cannot fail. I would just read it for the sake of indulging in the dream of taking and affording a whole year off. Nevertheless, her writing is so sincere and simple that you feel as if it is your friend sharing her amazing experiences with you.

Even as I was reading it, I was thinking of my own dream year. If only I also had a publisher who would give me the money to do so, but it would be so copycat that the book will not sell now. I do suspect that the reason this book is so popular is that almost every female reader wished that they could do the same and get the same result of a love at the end of this fairy tale year.

So what would I do? 3 months in Barcelona to learn Spanish, 6 months to cover Latin America, 3 months in some pacific island to do diving and draw/paint/write. Of course it does not have that higher purpose that she had.. to learn to love herself after depression, divorce and affair, to grow spiritually and to find some balance for a sustainable life after the year. This is pure indulgence!

This book has also triggered my desire to do the meditation course/retreat. It reminds me that I once thought about doing it but did not have the determination nor the right state of mind. So I am now planning to do the 10-day course in end May.