You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.
Elizabeth GilbertI wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?
Elizabeth GilbertMarriage is a strange combination of dream and reality, and we spend our lives as couples trying to negotiate that divide.
Elizabeth Gilbertin stillness, I watched myselfget eaten by mosquitoes... the itch was maddening at first but eventually it just melded into a general burning feeling and i rode that heat to a mld euphoria. I allowed the pain to lose its specific associations and become pure sensation... and that eventually lifted me out of myself and into meditation.
Elizabeth Gilbert