For a while now a few of my wise friends have been encouraging me to read the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I’ve finally gotten around to reading it after waiting for my mom and sister to finish the “family copy.”
Eat, Pray, Love is the author’s story of healing and self-discovery. It is beautifully written and offers many blessings to readers in the form of honesty, hope and encouragement.
Elizabeth tells of a time in India when she was talking to her friend Richard about how she wished she could stop obsessing about her former boyfriend… To this, her thoughtful friend replied, “See now that’s your problem. You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”
This is a powerful metaphor. How many times have you wished for things to be different? The image of my life force being split in two and making me fragile every time I “wish” instead of “be” has stopped me in my wishing tracks.
Perhaps wishing for life to be different makes us weak and diluted, while standing firm in what is provides the structure necessary to contain the life energy required to attract our dreams…