一些段落和感想

Liz's friend:Liz,you remember a couple of years ago,when you threw yourself into the renovation of your kitchen? You were completed comsumed with being the perfect cook and wife.
Liz:I was trying to make it work.
Liz's friend:Well, I think the chanting and meditation is the same thing in a different costume.
很多時候我們只是從一個逃避到另一個逃避，也許禪修是一種與自己對話的比較好的方式，但是如果你不知道自己的問題在哪裡，那會變成另一種上癮。

Everything falls apart, my dear. The only thing permanent in life is family.
那個羅馬房東跟Liz說的話。

sweetness of doing nothing
 好想去義大利！羅馬，佛羅倫斯！

We all want things to stay the same,David.Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of being change of things crumbling to ruins.Then I looked around in this place,at the chaos it endured the way it's been adapted,burned,pillaged then found a way to build itself back up again, and I was reassured.Maybe my life hasn't been so chaotic.It's just the world that is and the only real trap is getting attached to any of it.Ruin is gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
Liz在看過羅馬廢墟後給David發的電郵。感受自己的恐懼，並願意承擔是成熟的表現。

I really miss him.
So miss him.Send him some light and love every time you think of him, then drop it.
Liz和德州老頭的對話。接受自己的感受，體會它，然後放下。

You are gonna stay here till you forgive yourself. Everything else will take care of itself.
Liz和德州老頭的對話。原諒自己，其他的事情都會自己變好。我們總是以為是這個不好，那麼不好，卻不知道是因為自己的執念和痛苦讓能量停滯。理解，原諒自己。

God dwells within me as me.
嗯，這是很佛教的概念了吧。

You loose balance, you loose power.
Sometimes to lose balance for love is part of living balanced life.

關於平衡的這段，和最近讀的《誰在我家》裡的一些概念很相似，能量的流動就來自於平衡，付出和給予的平衡，苦行和享樂的平衡。而愛是最容易失衡的東西，也是最大的能量來源。學會愛，學會制約愛。