A Reader: “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Healing Power of Travel

So much of what troubles us is born from the routines we create for ourselves. These routines are born out of a need to survive. We need to work because we need a home, a new car, trendy clothes, and to keep up with our neighbors. When we take a step back, it is realized this race does not really make us happy. We need to escape. We need the healing power of travel to reconnect to the most important things in our lives. We travel to discover ourselves, our partner, and to place proper value in experiences over possessions.

Spending Time with Your Thoughts

This book spends a lot of time focusing on the value of spending time with your thoughts. Traveling Italy on a solo adventure, digging deeper into a meditation practice at the cradle of a religious movement, or allowing yourself to fall in love on an island in the south Asian sea, for our author none of the life-altering changes can come to fruition if we do not know ourselves. As someone who has discovered the joy of meditation, I can attest to this realization.

Spiritual, Not Religious

Spiritual, but not religious has become a cliché for my generation. For me, it means turning away from organized religion and focusing on knowing myself and believing in the positive power of…