Elizabeth Gilbert's Blog, page 65
May 24, 2014
Grateful to be HERE, and not THERE… Today I found this photo of me, from back…
Grateful to be HERE, and not THERE…
Today I found this photo of me, from back in the day. It was during my really low times — marriage failing, confidence shaken, battling depression, head all confused. All I see is a very sad young woman, trying to hold it together.
I have no fear of getting older. (So far, getting older has been the best thing that ever happened to me.) But honest to God, if some evil genie told me I had to go back and live my 20's all over again, I think I would break down and weep. Then I would start bargaining. I would cut any kind of deal available, to avoid revisiting that time.
For anyone who's going through a painful moment in their life right now, I send you love. Take exceedingly care of yourself, be brave, and fight for the light. You'll make it to the other side, I promise.
And the other side is so, so, so much better.
Heart,
LG
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In case you needed something uplifting today… :)
In case you needed something uplifting today…
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May 23, 2014
WANT!
WANT!
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If anyone is in Atlanta, do me a favor and go see this amazing exhibit of moss-s…
If anyone is in Atlanta, do me a favor and go see this amazing exhibit of moss-sculpture for me!
This is blowing my mind!
Details are here:
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May 22, 2014
Hey New Yorkers! A great event for a great cause! I LOVE this organization! Row…
Hey New Yorkers! A great event for a great cause!
I LOVE this organization! Row New York is a nonprofit that teaches teens from underserved communities to row competitively. They also offer the kids intensive tutoring and college readiness support. The students are hugely successful both on the water (they just medaled at the NYS championships for the sixth year in a row!) and off (every one of these kids goes to college, most on scholarship, and 90% remain there to earn their degrees.)
Through rowing and academics, these kids develop the lifelong qualities of confidence, tenacity, and commitment to self and others. It works! And it’s transformative.
I super dig this organization because I used to be a rower myself (in fact, I'm going out on the water with Row New York next week…my first time in a boat in years!)
Anyhow, there's a terrific Row New York event coming up that I wanted to let everyone in NYC know about : Cops vs. Firemen in a benefit race. The date is June 1, and all the details are in the post below…
Hope you can make it!
Liz
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Come watch the first ever NYPD vs. FDNY race on the Harlem River on Sunday, June 1, then join @[9644368555:274:Row New York] for a party at our Manhattan boathouse! On-land and on-water rowing lessons, children’s games & face painting, tours of the boathouse, cookouts, and time on the water for experienced rowers: a perfect day to cheer, row, play, and eat with us in NYC!
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HOLY MOLY! I just found out that over ONE MILLION people have already watched m…
HOLY MOLY!
I just found out that over ONE MILLION people have already watched my new TED talk, since it was posted just a few weeks ago.
You guys absolutely blow my mind.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Heart,
LIZ
Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
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Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failur…
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BRAVISSIMA, ALMA! THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS in Italiano! Infine, i miei amic…
BRAVISSIMA, ALMA!
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS in Italiano!
Infine, i miei amici Italiani, "Il Cuore di Tutte le Così" è arrivato!
Spero che vi piacherà!
Sono grata! Tante grazie!
Liz
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Look what book they just finished restocking when we arrived at the Garibaldi Train station in Milano! I love the Italian cover, bellissimo, Bella Liz!
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May 21, 2014
AUNT LOLLY — football coach. Ok, today is officially Aunt Lolly Appreciation Da…
AUNT LOLLY — football coach.
Ok, today is officially Aunt Lolly Appreciation Day on this Facebook page (see my earlier post from this morning) so I had to share just one more thing: This photo of Lolly from 1960, back when she was the coach of a boy's football team in Maryland.
#BadAss!!!
She had discovered that the local public school didn't have a physical education budget, so she volunteered to take it over herself, and started a football program. She'd grown up playing football all summer and ice hockey all winter with her brother (my grandfather) so it was No Big Deal.
Because that's how Lolly rolls.
(Do enjoy the fashion combo of tweed coat, sneakers and helmet. She's like a lady Bear Bryant.)
Onward!
LG
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MY HERO. Yesterday I flew to North Carolina to spend some time with my great Au…
MY HERO.
Yesterday I flew to North Carolina to spend some time with my great Aunt Lolly — my grandfather's sister — who is 93 years old and pretty much the most wonderful person I know.
I stayed up till 1am with her, literally sitting at her feet while she told me stories and made me laugh. She's vibrant, hilarious, generous, strong and earthy (at one point she killed a mosquito and said, "Holy shit! I got the little son of a bitch!" — so if you wonder where I got my mouth, there's a piece of evidence!)
Most of all, Lolly is ferociously optimistic. I have written on this page before about "stubborn gladness" — a term I picked up from the poet Jack Gilbert, who wrote that we must have the stubbornness to hold our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.
Stubborn gladness doesn't mean that you are happy when things go well; it means that you fight your way to the light in ALL circumstances — and, at 93, Lolly has been through ALL circumstances, believe me. She still stands in the light of stubborn gladness. You don't get a bright grinning face like that unless you've earned it.
Her greatest wish now, she told me, was that she could find a way to communicate to young people how important it is to not back down your joy against the assaults of life.
"You gotta ATTACK it!" She said, fist in the air. "You can't let it defeat you!"
As for regrets? You will have them. I asked if there comes a point when regrets ever go away, and she said no. She said, "You will have then at 93, too. I have so many!" She said, "But you examine them. Is there something you can change? Have you learned a lesson? If you learned your lesson and there's nothing you can change, put the regrets in a box and shove 'em away!"
"Where did you learn your amazing attitude?" I asked.
She replied: "From my mother, who would fly a kite on a rainy day."
Lolly, I love you with all my heart and I want to be you when I grow up.
ONWARD! ATTACK IT! GO AFTER THAT SON OF A BITCH
CALLED LIFE! FLY YOUR KITE!
heart,
LG
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THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS with a very precocious (and handsome) young reader!
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS with a very precocious (and handsome) young reader!
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My son, Linden, knows a good thing when he sees it. (Ability to read and meditate not required for handling of books and malas.)
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