THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS and a beach sunrise…lovely!
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS and a beach sunrise…lovely!
Photos of Elizabeth Gilbert
Good morning from North Carolina!
INSPIRATION…and a book recommendation. Dear Ones — I wanted to share this st…
INSPIRATION…and a book recommendation.
Dear Ones —
I wanted to share this story about David Menasche, a passionate and gifted English teacher who — after he was diagnosed with brain cancer — set out on a road trip across America to visit as many of his former students as he could, to see if he had made an impact in their lives.
He wrote a book about his journey, called "The Priority List", which I highly recommend (there's a quote from me on the cover) because I found it so beautiful and moving. You can see the book here:
My favorite line of David's is this: "I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid of living without a purpose."
Amen.
Heart,
LG
Dying English teacher travels the nation to meet former students
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English teacher, David Menasche was robbed of his memories by terminal brain cancer and decided to seize each day left to him the best way he knew how – by traveling the country to visit his favorite former students and ask them what impact he made to their lives.
Lovely photos from a fun event I did in New Jersey on Saturday! Thanks to all wh…
Lovely photos from a fun event I did in New Jersey on Saturday! Thanks to all who came!
Twice Told Tales / The Moonstone Mystery Book Store
We were privileged to be the bookseller when Elizabeth Gilbert made a special appearance on Saturday August 9 as part of the Hunterdon County Tricentennial Celebration. Many thanks to the Tricentennial Committee for their hard work, and to Bill and Kevin (husband and son) for indispensable help with the book buying crowd. We have some remaining signed copies of "The Signature of All Things," both hardcover and paperback. If you would like one held for you, call or send us a message.More photos and story at https://ift.tt/Y40sR9
I love that Helen has discovered my great-grandmother’s cookbook — but even bett…
I love that Helen has discovered my great-grandmother's cookbook — but even better, she's discovered my great-grandmother's wit!
Photos of Elizabeth Gilbert
Love this book, @[227291194019670:274:Elizabeth Gilbert] by your Great Grandmother! I'm no cook as you can see LOL but I do love reading this hilarious story/cook book.
My favourite to name but one, is how to make the dough.
After making the dough…
"Now relax. Sit down, light a cigarette…" pg. 138 and on pg. 139, "Pretend it's your worst enemy and give it a great punch right in the solar plexus to deflate its ego" hehehe There are many more interesting titbits of course.
Thought I'd let you know 🙂
<3
Dear Ones — The sad news about Robin Williams’s suicide makes me need to remind…
Dear Ones —
The sad news about Robin Williams's suicide makes me need to remind you all to please, please, please take care of your beautiful lives, and to please seek help if the snakes in your head have been attacking you without mercy.
I wanted to share with you this tweet that the great Harvey Fierstein wrote yesterday, in mourning over his old friend. He has said it perfectly. Do not fuck with depression, and do not let it corner you alone in a room.
Pick up the phone and call someone. Don't let your pride or your pain force you into silence or isolation.
I once read an article about the Golden Gate Bridge, and how it has become a suicide magnet over the decades — to the point that public health officials must struggle with how to make the bridge somehow less appealing to the despairing and the lost. The story quoted the one man who ever survived a jump off the bridge. He said that he had wanted to die because his life was so hopeless, and he'd lost everything — his spouse, his job, his dignity, his friends, his meaning. But then, he said, in the moment that he jumped, he was overcome with this one remarkable, true realization: "Everything in my life can be changed and reversed…except what I have just done." Luckily, impossibly, he survived. But far too many others do not — and far too many others do make that final, irreversible decision.
As someone who has been through depression and came out on the other side (with help from: therapy, friends, medication, meditation, prayer) I beg you to not walk alone through your darkest shadows.
And please share here your own thoughts and wisdom and resources on this topic. Let's be of help to each other, always.
With love,
Liz
