
By Kathy Burns, Vice President
The long been debated question, “which is better, the book or the movie,” has once again been raised with the release and subsequent re-release of
Eat, Pray, Love. More nagging to me though, is why do we need the release of a movie to make us interested in a book?
I read
Eat, Pray, Love in 2006 when it was released and I really enjoyed it—for many reasons. Elizabeth Gilbert, an author on a journey in search of pleasure and balance is funny, intelligent, full of life and adventure. I loved the fact that she was taking responsibility for her own happiness and not waiting for someone to hand it to her or follow certain accepted rules of what to do next. Though I appreciated her own struggle, following Gilbert’s journey inspired me to make a few changes in my own life that had little to do with hers. Though mimicry is a fine form of flattery, this book is incredible for the sheer fact that it makes you think outside of the written words on the page. Inadvertently, it made me reflect on my own life and how much balance and pleasure it contained from my perspective.