eat, pray, love
Spiritual memoirs are enjoying renewed popularity, and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love has been the latest success story. A chronicle of her midlife crisis and quest for fulfillment, the book and subsequent movie captures her journey to Italy for food, India for spiritual enlightenment, and Bali for romance.
Critics have labeled Eat, Pray, Love narcissistic and shallow. Gilbert has an illicit affair,…
hold on loosely
Recently, I stopped at a fast-food restaurant for a quick bite to eat. I placed my order at the drive- thru, picked up my beverage and chicken sandwich (minus the sauce), and was all set for an uneventful meal—or so I thought. A minute later, as I went to take a sip of my soft drink, the plastic lid on…
