We were taught to be dependable, responsible, the top of our classes at school, the most organized and efficient babysitters in town, the very miniature models of our hardworking farmer/nurse mother, a pair of junior Swiss Army knives, born to multitask.

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But I explained that deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now have moved on, sometimes this will bring hope.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés grief

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The fact that this was a fairly accurate portrait of my own mother is a quick indicator of how difficult it once was for me to tell the difference between myself and the powerful woman who had raised me.

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Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-based love story.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés love

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But why must everything always have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a deadline, taking care of my loved ones, my gums and my credit record, voting, etc. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty?

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I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don't think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth. Though I suppose people do reproduce sometimes for that reason - for insurance against later regret. I think people have children for all manner of reasons- sometimes out of pure desire to nurture and witness life, sometimes out of an absence of choice, sometimes without thinking about it in any particular way. Not all the reasons to have children are the same, and not all of them are necessarily unselfish. Not all the reasons not to have children are the same, either, though. Nor are all those reasons necessarily selfish.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés motherhood

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That's just your ego, trying to make sure it stays in charge. This is what ego does. It keeps you feeling separate, keeps you with a sense of duality, tries to convince you that you're flawed and broken and alone instead of whole.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés ego

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Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything else.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés wisdom happiness peace contentment spirit

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Die Leute meinen, ein Seelenfreund sei jemand, der perfekt zu einem passt, und genau das wünschen sich alle. Aber ein wirklicher Seelenfreund ist ein Spiegel, ist der Mensch, der dir alles zeigt, was dich hemmt, der dir zeigt, wer du bist, damit du dein Leben ändern kannst. Ein wahrer Seelenfreund ist wahrscheinlich der wichtigste Mensch, den du je treffen wirst, weil er deine Mauern niederreißt und dich ohrfeigt, bis du aufwachst.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés liebe seelenpartner seelenverwandter zusammen-passen

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Religion is for those who don't want to go to hell, and spirituality is for those who have already been there.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Mots clés religion spirituality

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