Friday, July 04, 2008

Time to Leap

Recently I finished reading "Eat, Pray, Love". I started reading it the day Elizabeth Gilbert was on Oprah for the first time, which I'm sure was ages ago. I only managed to squeeze in a chapter or two each night before falling asleep, and now that I've finished it, I forget how it began.

I liked the book because it made me think. Every time she made a point I really got to thinking about how it translates into my life, my faith, my worldview. I like it when books, movies, even shows channel my thought patterns. I think a lot and I'm a verbal processor, so there is pretty much a constant, (and constantly interrupted), conversation in my head.

One thing this book challenged me with was the process of her journey. That parts of it were done solo; parts with other people; parts for other people; and parts under the influence of other people and their opinions.

I have been on an incredible journey for the past two months or so. It has been truly life changing for me and mostly internal. Yet I long to share it- just to simply share it. I have struggled with what to say and how to say it afraid of the opinions of others, and that has kept me from blogging as much as I would like and from being true to myself.

Today is an interrupted day; plenty of chores, a constipated baby, new worries and challenges. I know that right now is not the time to do it justice, but I look forward to sharing my journey that has brought be from being a stay at home mom via circumstance to a stay at home mom via choice; from isolation to contented aloneness; from insecurity to confidence and from anxiousness to hope.

All I ask is that you be gentle, I'm still vulnerable.

5 comments:

Jen said...

I can't wait to hear it Amanda!

I just finished reading Eat Pray Love for the second time. It's one of my faves.

Lamb said...

We are here waiting to share in your journey. We love you and miss you.

Hugs

God bless,
Susan

Tara said...

i cant wait to hear it/read about it!!!

Bloggy Mama said...

Just sending you love. Looking forward to a peek into your growth!

Amanda said...

I'm with you there amanda as I have fairly recently gotten onto this blogging. I love to hear about how friends lives are and I believe we can learn lessons from one another.