Eat, Pray, Love: The Queen Bee's Version

Okay, so I might have some problems with copyright issues and intellectual property rights here but I never intended to do just that. Thus the longer title.

I have not yet read the book by Elizabeth Gilbert nor even watch the Julia Roberts's film version. But somehow, thanks to Wikipedia and other sources, I have gotten an idea on what the book is really all about.

I am not going to make a review on it for of course, I have not even laid eyes on the real book yet. Though, this year out of curiosity and inspiration I will buy the book to really know what happened there.

The woman there according to my sources was successful in somehow all aspects of her life but still she was not contented. She was married but she was not enjoying it anymore. Maybe she was bored already or just simply restless. She was even a successful writer but that did not stop her for feeling that unhappiness. So she initiated a divorce with her husband which was of course contested by him and embarked on a journey chronologically done as "Eat" in Italy, "Pray" in India and "Love" in Indonesia. And from that, something sparked in my mind.


I want to do that. I also want to travel and go places and also do that "eat, pray and love" thing. Not that I am already divorced, far from that for I don't even have a beau let alone someone courting me so maybe I might as well try my luck in other places. That will be the "love" part but of course before that come "eat" first then "pray".

Of course, my destinations will be different from Gilbert's except for Italy. I have always wanted to eat authentic and real pizza and spaghetti so I will go there. I have predilection for Italian food also. Then of course, unlike her who went to India to find her spirituality, my place will be Israel. The "Holy Land." I am a Christian so that's the best place for me to go. I want to walk the paths where Jesus walked and see the culture of the race where He biologically came from. I want to experience that very unique and wonderful time communing with and praying to God in that place that for now I can only see from the Internet and experience from the Bible.

The last stop will be the U.S. in New York. It was supposed to be France but I am not yet that knowledgeable with the French language and besides I have always loved NY specially after watching "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Miracle in 34th Street." I want to fall in love more in that city and who knows, I might also find the love of my life there.


Well, it's not really my main goal anyway. I just want to experience many things, experience lots of things and feel again that I am truly alive. I am just bored with my life right now but financially speaking, I am not yet capable to do these plans of mine. Not now. Not yet.

So before, I had my plans that by this time I should be engaged and by the time I am 28, then I would get married. I even planned to have at least 2 children by the time I am 30. Yet, God has other plans for me. And maybe I am led to a different path.

I admire the courage of the woman in that story for she really knew, fought and worked for what she wanted. Though of course, divorce will never be an option for me in case I might get married someday.

I don't want to stop here to where I am now. I know the world is very big for me to explore. As a woman, I am expected to have my own family by this time but due to some unwanted reasons, I cannot. So I have to make my plan B and in fact I am starting to set all my heart and mind with it. Plan A might not be an option for me anymore but we still don't know what life can throw at you tomorrow or the days to come.

Right now, I will just focus to my present. I am shifting from Early Childhood Education to Literature for my Master's and for sure I am going to love that. I will expand my mind and open it to brand new ideas whether they agree or disagree with me. Opening myself to new things does not really mean that I will accept them and really live by them. In fact, they will just help me distinguish the things that I should live with from those I should live without.

Anyway, I will pray that God will give me opportunities to enjoy my life more. To learn more. And not just merely dream like my own version of "Eat, Pray, Love." May He give me the grace and blessings to make them all come true.