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December 17, 2013

Sorry…couldn’t resist! Have a happy day, everyone — LG

Sorry…couldn't resist!

Have a happy day, everyone —
LG

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Published on December 17, 2013 04:09

December 16, 2013

Here’s a nice little video from the New York Times arts blog of me talking about…

Here's a nice little video from the New York Times arts blog of me talking about the process of writing THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS…

Enjoy!

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/the-read-around-video-of-elizabeth-gilbert/?_r=0

The Read Around: Video of Elizabeth Gilbert
artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
In her return to fiction writing with “The Signature of All Things,” the author Elizabeth Gilbert found that the process can be familiar yet liberating from the constraints of nonfiction.

via Elizabeth Gilbert’s Facebook Wall

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Published on December 16, 2013 16:08

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Blind spots and self-compassion. I’ve been thinking for t…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Blind spots and self-compassion.

I've been thinking for the last few weeks about the blind spots in our lives, in ourselves. How humbling it can be to realize — even after all these years of experience with life — that there is still so much we cannot see, still so much to learn, still so much to trip over or crash into.

It's so hard sometimes to forgive ourselves when we stumble and mess up. There's always that most critical part of ourselves who thinks, "After all this time, you blew it again?! Seriously?! You still haven't gotten it right? How could you not have seen this coming?"

But then I remember that the very definition of a blind spot is something that you simply cannot see through or see around. We all have our blind spots. These blind spots are part of our shared humanity. And we cannot beat ourselves up for things that we were incapable of seeing or learning before we saw them or learned them.

You will get it when you get it — and not a moment before.

You will wake up when you wake up — and not a moment before.

And then you will do better next time. But only if you allow yourself to move on.

So blink, dear ones. Clear your eyes, take in the lesson, forgive yourself for what you could not possibly have known any earlier, and keep moving.

Easier said than done, I know. I am speaking to myself today as much as to you. But please, above of all: Be very kind to you.

You're doing your best.

Forward ever, backward never.

Heart,
LG