February 5, 2009

l'arte d'arrangriasi

Have you ever felt trapped,
that all aspects of life was ganging up on you,
n with every step forward you try to take,
it just pushes against you even harder,
making it even harder to breathe.
When it feels like you've been cornered,
and there's no way out.

This is the "Instructions for Freedom" from the book I'm currently reading, "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert.

1. Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
2. The day is ending. It's time for sth that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beatiful.
3. With all your heart, ask for grace, and let go.
4. With all your heart, forgive him, forgive yourself and let go.
5. Let your intention be freedom from useless suffering.
6. Watch the heat of day pass into the cool night.
7. When the karma of a relationship is done, only love remains.
8. When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy.


As I first read it through,
and I thought to myself,
how cool is this?
finally, someone has taken the time to write down the answers to our questions,
the instructions to life.
a step-by-step manual to freedom.

Then it occured to me,
that we can have pages and pages of what-to-dos,
a timelines and guidance for life written on pieces of papers,
whole sets of instructions bounded into a book,
topping the bestseller charts,
and still we would not know the answer,
to life, to freedom, to happiness.

It's simply because,
we're always looking for sth more,
a greedy bunch we are,
and I've gotta say,
I'm no different.

l'arte d' arrangriasi,

so melodic,
so beautiful,
so deep,
and it simply means,
"to make something out of nothing"

to me, this is all we need.

l'arte d'arrangriasi

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