New Year, Must Have

I've joined the bandwagon. If you've not yet read "Eat, Pray, Love" you must. It's absolutely fantastic. I can't quite put my finger on why- maybe it's the perfect marriage of food, spirituality, and love... hence, "Eat, Pray, Love". The very Eastern religious experiences are strangely familiar and fresh. If you've not read this yet, pick it up- borrow it- buy it if you have to. It's worth every penny. Once you're done, you'll have a line of people that you'll want to lend it to. I think every woman should read it. As a married woman, I was apprehensive because Elizabeth Gilbert, the author, decides to leave her marriage before this "trek" around the world. She decides that she just doesn't want to be married anymore. I found that so hard to swallow and I appreciate that she didn't delve into how deeply marred her marriage was. She eluded to the fact that both she and her husband were very much to blame for the dissolution of the marriage but didn't spend time in the book rehashing the details. Once I got past the unsettling divorce, the story just swept me away. I think it's what every woman would love to do- have an advance amount of money and travel just to explore the deep recesses of her soul. I have no desire nor reason to leave my marriage at all but I still deeply resonated with her desire to stop what she was doing in life and just experience Pleasure, Prayer, and the balance of the two. For me, this book was a mini vacation- I found great pleasure in it, deep spiritual meaning, and balance as well. So, read it, already!