Elizabeth Gilbert
April 7 at 10:06am ·
Question of the day: IS YOUR SOUL APPALLED?

Dear Ones:

I often receive questions from people who are trying to find their path in life, but don't know which way to turn. ("I'm stuck," is the most familiar expression of this dismaying condition.)

Getting unstuck can be a long process - even a lifelong process - but ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Gilbert
12 hrs ·
Dear Ones:

Good morning.

As Beyonce once sang, "We woke up in the kitchen, saying 'How the hell did this shit happen?'"

Oh baby.

I did not want this outcome. I did not expect this outcome. I did not in any universe imagine that this outcome ever could have occurred - and the fact that I did not imagine it as possible means ( Read more... )

Dear Ones -

I want to offer you something today, which I hope might make you feel a little better, if you happen to be worrying about anything. (And who isn't?)

It's about the difference between the word "worry", and the word "concern".

The word "worry" comes to us from the Old English verb "wyrgan", which means "to strangle". The word "worry", ( Read more... )

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There is such a thing as a harmless little white lie ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Gilbert
August 16 at 9:30am ·
Dear Ones:

Once I went to visit a therapist because I was afraid I might be a sociopath.

The reason I felt like a sociopath, is because I thought I was feeling THE WRONG EMOTION. Specifically, my story was this: I was a 30 year-old married woman, and I was supposed to want to have a baby - because that’s what ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Gilbert
November 21 at 9:37am ·
MERCY

Dear Ones -

It's been a tough few weeks here on Planet Earth. A lot of violence, a lot of suffering, a lot of sorrow and anger and reaction and revenge.

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"If you think you're enlightened, spend a week with your family"

(Ram Daas)

Elizabeth Gilbert

This one never grows old!

Let's give thanks for all the people who we love and need, and who drive us crazy, and who share our weird crazy history, and who always manage to push our buttons, and who we sometimes can't figure out how we could possibly be ( Read more... )

WHAT IS SUFFERING FOR?

In light of the awful events yesterday in Paris, I am sharing once more this essay which I wrote (all too recently) about a school shooting in America. Unfortunately, it is still relevant. Some of you have asked me to re-print it, so here it is. My heart is so sore today. To everyone suffering in Paris, please know that we ( Read more... )

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