"Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You have to fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.
You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings.
And once you achieve a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it...
It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
- Elizabeth Gilbert, "Eat, Pray, Love" - Bali
Thanks for sharing this, Kyer!
Elizabeth Gilbert: You are outstanding, wonderful: I would like to have your e-mail as I would like to send you an e-mail and it seems impossible to get track of such a wonderful woman; May God Guide your footsteps wherever you are and go.
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