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Oh. My. God. I’ve just been alerted to something very important. Dolce & Gabba…

Jun 16, 2014

Oh. My. God.

I've just been alerted to something very important.

Dolce & Gabbana apparently designed the uniforms and travel wardrobes for the Italian World Cup team.

Including these actual suits, shown on these actual Italian players.

I will try to hold myself together here, since I am a happily married middle-aged woman, and a respectable citizen.

HOWEVER.

If you will please excuse me, I simply must say it: This photograph is the happily married middle-aged woman's equivalent of the entire Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

You're welcome,
LG

via Elizabeth Gilbert’s Facebook Wall

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Just wanted to send love out today to my wonderful dad (sho…

Jun 15, 2014

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

Just wanted to send love out today to my wonderful dad (shown here as my date at a fancy-schmanzy party in NYC a few years ago: The only picture you will ever see of Christmas Tree Farmer John Gilbert in a tuxedo).

And love to all the great fathers out there…and to all the great father figures, who have filled in the gaps over time, where dads might be missing.

I thought it might be fun to ask everyone to share the best advice they've ever gotten from either their father, or from a father-figure in their lives?

Here's mine, which my dad told me when I was 18, and about to go off to college:

"Don't go to college to get a career. Go to college to get an EDUCATION. It's your only chance to spend four years learning, just for the pleasure of expanding your mind. Don't waste that chance. Fill yourself with as much knowledge as possible, while you can. You will eventually find the right career for yourself, but a great education will always serve you, no matter what you do in life."

What's the best advice you ever got from a dad?

Lots of love,
LG

via Elizabeth Gilbert’s Facebook Wall

Dear Ones — I thought you all might enjoy this post that I wrote today on the F…

Jun 15, 2014

Dear Ones —

I thought you all might enjoy this post that I wrote today on the Facebook page of Two Buttons, the import shop that I run with my husband…

Lots of love, and let it flow!
LG


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LET IT FLOW!

Hello friends —

Those of you who have visited our shop know that people often spontaneously leave money and offerings on our outdoor statues. We always delight in this practice…we don't know where it began, but it almost seems to be an instinct. Our giant white 7000-pound marble Buddha is always covered with flowers and coins, which is so beautiful. The smaller Buddhas and our big Ganesh also get showered with coins. We know people also bring their prayers to these statues, and we are honored by it.

The other day, somebody came to Two Buttons and took all the money off all the statues. Some customers were terribly upset when they realized what had happened ("Somebody stole all the cash!") but we here at Two Buttons think it's lovely and perfect.

We see things differently.

We learned how to see things differently when we lived in Bali.

The Balinese have a practice of putting forward an offering, and then letting it go. You decorate your altar or a public shrine with the most gorgeous flower blossoms you can find, or you shower it with coins or jewelry, and then you walk away. Whatever happens next is none of your business. Once you release your prayers and offerings, they don't belong to you anymore: They belong to the universe. And whoever might come along and pick up your offering…well, that is clearly the person who needed it. Even if the person themselves THINKS they stole something, they didn't. They can't. You can't steal something that belongs to the universe. You can only receive it.

So it's all perfect.

It's all part of the big inhale and the big exhale.

We are just happy to have a place in this great circle of abundance at all!

Let it flow, and lots of love,
THE BUTTONS
It's a colorful and happy day in Frenchtown!

via Elizabeth Gilbert’s Facebook Wall