Eat Pray Love

Eat, Pray, Love is a comedy-drama which stars Julia Roberts as a divorcee who embarks on a quest, to rediscover herself after she realizes that her marriage has failed, and her life is crumbling down. Julia Roberts first goes to Italy to eat and the purpose is to taste good food, she then goes to India to pray in an ashram and then her last destination is Bali to look for love.The movie is based on a book by the same name, which is written by Elizabeth Gilbert.

I've watched the movie with my eyes and ears widely open, plus a watery eyes and nose, and a tissue at hand. Since I don't have the book version, I make sure that I get the point and understood the lines well to fully appreciate the movie. Movies like this is by far worth to watch than...tsssk!? : )

I think that these three: to eat, to pray, to love, are the basic needs that an individual should value more than anything. To eat, is to gave importance to your health and/or  your physical well being. Eating what you love or loving what you eat: signifies that your enjoying life or is trying to enjoy life even if it is not. To pray, symbolizes one's soul or faith. Accepting the fact that we can not control everything, and we are not capable to do everything in our lives. To love, symbolizes your heart and mind.Love is a commitment and a beautiful emotion an individual should share and experience.

Anyway, I tried to reflect myself, my life, my love life, after watching the movie. Here are a few quotes from Eat, Pray, Love:

Note: I place the lines according to category.


Eat:
"I want to go some place where I can marvel at something."

“In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. The appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor to one’s humanity.”

“Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of your mouth, exhausting you and filling the world with words, words, words instead of serenity, peace and bliss.”

"I am having a relationship with my pizza."

"This is my no carb left behind experience."

Pray:

‎"Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark.If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy."

"To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have 4 legs instead of 2. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God."

"When a man who looks like Yoda hands you a prophecy, you have to respond."

"If you clear out all of that space in mind you would have a door way."

“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”

"I used to have an appetite for my life, but now it is gone."

“Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.”

“We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.”

“Your treasure – your perfection – is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.”

“There is a reason they call God a presence – because God is right here, right now. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time.”

‎"The resting place of the mind is the heart. The only thing the mind hears all day is clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude. The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go."

Love:
" we can stay in this relationship together being miserable, happy that were not apart"

"The only thing more impossible than staying, is leaving."

‎"I thought I'm really over him, but I love him, and I miss him."

"This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something. "

‎"How could two people who were so in love NOT end up happily ever after? it HAD to work. Didn't it?"
“God is an experience of supreme love.”

"People start resembling, I used to look like Stevens, now I look like David."

“People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. “

"He has just folded my delicate."

"Your underwear my queen."

"Mom when did you accept the life that you had?"



P.S: My reflections and insights will be on my next post. I hope this inspires and enlightens your vague mind and life. Do not forget to enjoy eating, to pray, and to love....

Love