Another finished book for 2008

Book : eat pray love
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

Well as of today I can check off another book finished off my reading list. I had heard some rather interesting comments made about this book which of course peaked my curiosity and forced me to add it to the want to read list. The author Elizabeth Gilbert had a wonderful way describing what she felt in such a way you couldn't help but feel it too. I think this book hit home for me on such a personal level because she found that inner peace balance and the ability to be honest with herself and that is something I am searching for. In fact in this one chapter the words struck such a tender hidden nerve for me that I cried. This chapter is toward the end of the book and she has just about finished her journey and she has finally agreed to have a intimate relationship with this man she met and became friends with in Bali. Here are a few blurbs from the chapter that had me in tears:

• Yes, I did come to his bed with him, and he explained to me his terms - that he wanted absolutely nothing from me whatsoever except permission to adore me for as long as I wanted him to.
• Later, he would tell me how he had seen me that night. He said that I seemed so young, not in the least bit resembling the self assured woman he'd come to know in the daylight world. He said it was obvious I hadn't been touched in such a long time. He found me teeming with need but also grateful to be allowed to express that need. And while I can't say I remember all that, I do take his word because he seemed to be paying awfully close attention to me.
• One thing I do know about intimacy is that there are certain natural laws which govern the sexual experience of two people, and that these laws cannot be budged any more than gravity can be negotiated with. To feel physically comfortable with someone else's body is not a decision you can make. The mysterious magnet is either there, buried somewhere deep behind the sternum or it is not.

Of course this account above is much later after she has gone through being consumed by panic and confusion and has found her way to a better balance in life. I believe the reason the parts above touched me because I want and need that so much. I long for that intimate attention that I so crave..........

P.S. Now it's time for a book to giggle to so I am going to start reading " The other Woman" by Jane Greene this evening.