Illness makes you warm and fuzzy!

OK, I write today for a number of reasons. First, I was really sick earlier this week. I actually went to the HOSPITAL! On Monday (after 5 days of stomach cramps and loss of sleep) I headed up to Balmain Hospital, drank some sludge, had some x-rays, and waited in the freezing cold... and I have been diagnosed with a:
a) torn stomach lining
b) stomach ulcer
So now I'm eating lots of yoghurt, am taking some fancy tablets and am waiting to get better!

And the second reason I write is I have just finished reading a fantastic book! It is called 'Eat Pray Love' by Elizabeth Gilbert. Here is some info from bookslut.com:

Elizabeth Gilbert trisects a year of her life and spends four months each in Italy, India, and Indonesia in search of some peace of mind and heart, and because she does this in response to life anguish but with an open spirit and a thirst for God. Her pain was largely rooted in the slow demise of her marriage.

But the pain was rooted in more than a nasty divorce. Gilbert, “the planet’s most affectionate life form (something like a cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle),” suffered in a wildly happy-unhappy-happy cycle of a turbulent love affair. She became “a pathetic mess” and reached the point of “the complete and merciless devaluation of self.” Gilbert’s playfulness, her refusal to take her own misery or her own accomplishments too seriously, makes this book fun to read. But make no mistake, her quest is a serious one; it is a search for grace.

All I can say is, borrow it, or buy it, now!


And finally, whilst we are on the warm fuzzy trip, my mate Bec sent me this excellent website:
learningtoloveyoumore.com

This is a fantastic resource for anybody going through some self-reflection, emotional upheaval, or going through a getting-to-know-yourself phase. It is actually an online artwork that everybody is invited to contribute to. Go ahead, find yourself and life's answers through contributing!