It’s been a while since I posted anything on this blog.
Such is life, right? Or so I would like you to believe, truth is I haven’t been
able to write for the last few weeks. And it sort of ties in with the TEDTalk I
want to share today.
Life is all about change, but in some ways it is also about
the fear of change. And I find myself at that very cross road right now.
Upcoming changes in my life will define me for at least the next couple of
years. The biggest change for me is leaving behind what I have come to know as
a sort expected normal. The normal being that I studied and have three degrees
to my name and with them came knowledge and some degree of success. But what it
left behind is a person who feels far away from herself. I know now that the
biggest fear is the one of leaving behind the comfort of doing what you might
be good at and actually going out into the world and finding out what you are
passionate about.
Unlike our speaker today it is not writing (as in I want to
write a novel) but it may be writing as a way of reporting on my life and
experiences. But where do I start? How do I do that? These are the questions
that I believe is holding me back. Plus I also know they are same type of fears
that have been preventing me from writing on this very blog these past few
weeks.
Our speaker today is Elizabeth Gilbert the author of Eat
Pray Love. In the talk she candidly talks about the perils of success and
failure. She takes us on a brief journey to find ourselves again. To live
closer to the self and to finally to recognize that if we stick to what we live
for (as she puts it) “it will all be okay”.
And as the eleventh doctor said:
Sandy
