I bought this book 2 weeks ago in a little Indian bookstore. It cost me about £4 and it may have been one of the best decisions in my life! I don't know what it was that made me love this book so much, but I must tell you this book by Elizabeth Gilbert is a precious one.
With the movie coming to UK Theaters on September 24th, I want to show you 1 quote in the book that hit me like lightning, and made me love this book even more than I did already:
"Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't, you will leak away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
The movie's featuring two of my favourite actors: Julia Roberts and James Franco. Here's the trailer, which looks VERY promising. Talking about my own journey: Italy: check, India: check...so in the footsteps of the movie, my next destination should be Bali...not bad, I say.
XX // T.L.
Love - from, in and to - London. - The Londonist
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