Eat Pray Love
Since I spent the entire day on the television, I managed to catch Oprah. I hadn't watched her show in forever coz I kinda forgot when its usually on, and always prefer to watch MTV when I have 30mins free to watch TV. Anyway, she had this woman on the show who sorta lost who she was. Woke up to find herself married to a man whom even though she loved, she sorta married without really being sure she wanted to marry HIM. So anyway, she leaves him and goes on this journey of self discovery to try and get in touch with herself again. On the way she wrote this book called "eat pray love" about her journey to find herself. Even though the show did have its cliche moments, she did say a couple of insightful things like there is such an answer as "I dont know". You dont have to feel cornered into saying "yes" or "no". Say you dont know, and its fine to not know for a long time. Keep saying to the person with you that you dont know till you DO know. If he/she doesnt stick around till you do know, then its their problem not yours.
Another thing she said was try to have your alone time; time to spend with yourself evaluating who you are and your purpose in life. She made a very valid point that nowadays, its like God forbid you are EVER left alone! That even in elevators you find TVs! Its like you cant stand being with yourself for the few minutes you spend in an elevator every day! And its so true...if I ever need alone time people assume I am upset, or something's bothering me! We really do live in a world now where being by yourself is just odd and causes anxiety.
Plus she got advised on one of her trips to just sit and smile; to smile till even her liver was smiling! It makes a huge difference; changes your outlook on everything.
To go through the personal journey she went through without having to go all the way to India and Rome like she did, she said you should do 3 things on a daily basis:
1. Ask yourself every morning "what do I really really really want?" and the answer cant be "happiness"...really really REALLY want!
2. Write your happiest moment of the day. It can be as simple as the sun shining through your window as you worked. With time you'll notice a pattern of what makes you happy.
3. Change your mantra. And what she meant by that is that certain people keep saying "im a loser, im a bum, etc" if that's your mantra, then that's what you'll be.
The rest of the show talked about Yoga, the other things she did in Rome and India, meeting the love of her life along the way, and much more but the above points are the ones that really hit home.
Another thing she said was try to have your alone time; time to spend with yourself evaluating who you are and your purpose in life. She made a very valid point that nowadays, its like God forbid you are EVER left alone! That even in elevators you find TVs! Its like you cant stand being with yourself for the few minutes you spend in an elevator every day! And its so true...if I ever need alone time people assume I am upset, or something's bothering me! We really do live in a world now where being by yourself is just odd and causes anxiety.
Plus she got advised on one of her trips to just sit and smile; to smile till even her liver was smiling! It makes a huge difference; changes your outlook on everything.
To go through the personal journey she went through without having to go all the way to India and Rome like she did, she said you should do 3 things on a daily basis:
1. Ask yourself every morning "what do I really really really want?" and the answer cant be "happiness"...really really REALLY want!
2. Write your happiest moment of the day. It can be as simple as the sun shining through your window as you worked. With time you'll notice a pattern of what makes you happy.
3. Change your mantra. And what she meant by that is that certain people keep saying "im a loser, im a bum, etc" if that's your mantra, then that's what you'll be.
The rest of the show talked about Yoga, the other things she did in Rome and India, meeting the love of her life along the way, and much more but the above points are the ones that really hit home.
posted by Mai Daoud @ 11:04 PM
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