More EPL

A few of my favorite quotes from my reading in Eat, Pray, Love over the past week or so:


"There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge?"

"You make serious face like this, you scare away good energy. To meditate, only you must smile. Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy. Even smile in your liver... Not to hurry, not to try too hard. Too serious, you make you sick. You can calling the good energy with a smile."

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank God for it. Your problem is, you just can't let this one go. It's over, (name). (Name)'s purpose was to shake you up, ..., tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light could get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you had to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master and beat it."
(I don't necessarily agree with the fullness of this quote, but I thought it was an interesting description.)

"While I stood there quietly drowning in two rivers of happiness at the same time."

"He's got a smile that could stop crime."

"The sound universe is also spectacular around here.... Before dawn the roosters for miles around announce how freaking cool it is to be roosters. ("We are ROOSTERS!" they holler. "We are the only ones who get to be ROOSTERS!")"
(This quote reminded me of that instance at NEBYfest where one of the performers mentioned that every now and then she likes to just yell "I love my life!!!!!!!!!!!" in funny and strange voices, just to remind herself :). She encouraged we do the same, and I've been using that recently, and you just can't help but smile.)