"It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly." This makes so much sense. My life isn't going to be perfect, but neither is someone else's.” (Gilbert 95)
Themes are expressed and emphasized by the way the author makes us feel. Gilbert shares her feelings by her ideas that go through her mind. The theme of this passage is individuality. Individuality is the idea that each person is unique is his or her own way, meaning that no one person is alike. To be an individual means to have your own ideas, your own style, your own personality, Individuality distinguishes one person from another. Gilbert is trying to find holiness and a balance in order to live her life to the fullest. This passage shows that everyone has a different definition of perfection. Perfection is the idea that you would want so that it would make you happy. Gilbert’s clumsiness may not reach perfection but it does not stop her from trying to find her happiness.
I think of the biggest things I took away from this book was learning to be more content in my life. You are more relaxed, laid back, happy, and smiley when you are content. Also, when you are content other’s vibe off of that and will want to be around you more, making your life more sociable. I have so much already, but we live in a society where you can never have too much. When you are tying to out do someone or get more. When you chase this idea of always having more and more and more or having what the other person has, you will never be content because you will never have enough. This is comparable to Buddhism because it is part of the 4 Noble Truths that suffering ends when craving ends, when one is freed from desire. There is always going to be somewhere who always have way more than you, but at the same time there are also millions and...