tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post1028529576639359614..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Anyone watch Oprah today?loribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-65331262759263173032008-09-06T16:21:00.000-04:002008-09-06T16:21:00.000-04:00How interesting. I didn't see the show, but I love...How interesting. I didn't see the show, but I love the idea of having these two separate words. <BR/>I just came over from your comment on my blog and we must have been breathing the same air recently or something!Iohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918928563224342054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-46939904178984067122008-09-05T23:54:00.000-04:002008-09-05T23:54:00.000-04:00I missed the Oprah show, but I've read the book. ...I missed the Oprah show, but I've read the book. Frankly, I liked the "Eat" section the best. I thought parts of the "Pray" section was good, but parts of it were a bit pretentious for someone who isn't a spiritual teacher. The thing that's kinda hollow about the whole book is that she had a contract to write the it before she went on her trip. I'd be more impressed if it were the other way around. Otherwise, the whole thing feels a bit contrived. But I guess you weren't asking me my review about the book!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668069274859889749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-32549756571952109362008-09-04T16:51:00.000-04:002008-09-04T16:51:00.000-04:00I just bought that book after reading your and oth...I just bought that book after reading your and others' reviews of it here in blogland. The very day after I purchased it, my mom called to tell me she just started reading it and loved it! <BR/><BR/>Right now I'm reading "never to be a mother" but "eat, pray, love" is next on my list, for sure :)Irish Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222992447645337845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-21476938831535292252008-09-03T15:26:00.000-04:002008-09-03T15:26:00.000-04:00I so wish I had seen it. Damn, damn, damn.I so wish I had seen it. Damn, damn, damn.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-36816203291163804562008-09-03T09:28:00.000-04:002008-09-03T09:28:00.000-04:00Wow, I am so glad you shared that! I had authored ...Wow, I am so glad you shared that! <BR/><BR/>I had authored the "selfish" question from our book tour and so it is neat to get this new thought on it. Really opens up a new line of thought doesn't it? :0)JuliaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668995954240697998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-67264088935216320092008-09-02T20:43:00.000-04:002008-09-02T20:43:00.000-04:00I saw it a few months ago. I liked her and the boo...I saw it a few months ago. I liked her and the book. I agree with what she said. And liked it. Like annacyclopedia, I did think it was weird how the women in the audience seemed to worship her. Can you imagine some woman divorcing her husband and using that book as an excuse? I am sure it has happened somewhere!CLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030787972960755420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-10203576612783078952008-09-02T11:42:00.000-04:002008-09-02T11:42:00.000-04:00I have seen the show in the past, but I didn't sta...I have seen the show in the past, but I didn't start reading the book until recently. I know a woman very much like her - who gave up her secure job and belongings and went on a spiritual journey. Everyone thought she was crazy. I always admired her - it takes great strength to do that and not give a crap what other people think.Deathstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925549983959400448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-30299497843717082112008-09-02T00:27:00.000-04:002008-09-02T00:27:00.000-04:00I saw the show when it first aired (months ago) an...I saw the show when it first aired (months ago) and while I didn't connect the infertility and selfishness, her response was for me eye opening. Language particularly English can be very limiting as a form of expression, I like the fact that the Chinese have two words for it. I agree that what she did was self serving in that it benefited her but not selfish in that it hurts others. Infertility treatment is much like that as you pointed out. It benefits us but it doens't really hurt others.Ariellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968292999660422771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-83605493992285521012008-09-01T20:22:00.000-04:002008-09-01T20:22:00.000-04:00Hi Loribeth - I just finished watching it. I reall...Hi Loribeth - I just finished watching it. I really liked that part about selfishness, too. It's a distinction I've always tried to make but never found such a good way to explain it. She is totally right on that our culture has messed up by putting those concepts together. I also really liked how she seemed so humbled by all the feedback - frankly, it was kind of weirding me out, all these women calling her book "my Bible" and trying to replicate parts of her journey for themselves. But she seemed really grounded with it all, and just seemed to see all of that in the best light. I think at one point she said she wrote the book as a ladder to get herself out of a dark place, and that it was really beautiful to see other people using it in the same way.annacyclopediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461037288546901657noreply@blogger.com