Eat Pray Love Page #5

We all want things

to stay the same, David.

I guess the guy before me

must've been some angel, huh?

Settle for living in misery...

...because we're afraid of change,

of things crumbling to ruins.

Then I looked around in this place,

at the chaos it's endured...

...the way it's been adapted,

burned, pillaged...

...then found a way to build itself

back up again, and I was reassured.

Maybe my life hasn't been so chaotic.

It's just the world that is...

...and the only real trap

is getting attached to any of it.

Ruin is a gift.

Ruin is the road to transformation.

Hey.

You ready?

Yeah.

Even in this eternal city,

the Augusteum showed me...

...that we must always be prepared

for endless waves of transformation.

Both of us deserve better

than staying together...

...because we're afraid

we'll be destroyed if we don't.

My mother's stuffing.

Stale bread, walnuts, got those.

Will you get me

some more potatoes?

Oh, l'm always getting you

more potatoes.

It's my dream,

a real American Thanksgiving.

The perfect way to say goodbye

to our Liz.

So...

-...you leave this week, huh?

-Yes.

And where are you going? lran?

India.

Liz is making us

an American meal tonight.

-You are not married, yeah?

-No.

What's wrong with your friend,

is she a lesbian?

No, Mama, she's not a lesbian.

And she understands ltalian.

How's she going to find

another husband and start a family...

...when she's on the other side

of the world?

If a man said, "l'm going to travel for

a year and meet wonderful people...."

But she's not a man.

It's more difficult for a woman to feel

that she has the right to make choices.

-lt takes a lot of courage.

-Exactly.

You call it courage, I call it stupidity.

Mama, enough.

I know a number of people

who would agree with you.

Luca?

What time will the turkey be ready?

The turkey....

I haven't defrosted it yet.

Oh, sh*t.

You only had one thing to do

and you screwed it up.

I was distracted! It can happen!

Too much good food!

Too many women!

And l forgot!

Now, before we eat, everyone...

...it is Thanksgiving,

so let us give thanks.

-Yeah. Come on, join hands.

-Okay.

So we just say what we....

What we thank God for tonight.

Sofi, why don't you start?

I am grateful for you, Liz...

...for helping me appreciate life...

...with all that comes with it...

...muffin tops and bad times.

And for Giovanni...

...for making me feel...

...loved and secure.

And Giulio.

Me, l'm grateful for

my beautiful family.

My two little daughters and my wife.

I thank God and the Holy Virgin...

...for this very, very special day.

And for this beautiful family...

...that today is so much bigger.

Very much bigger.

I thank you all for this new custom

of celebration.

And Liz's stuffing...

...and God...

...for my sexiness.

And you, Ruffina?

I thank God for...

...my sexiness.

Go ahead. Giovanni.

I thank God for...

...fear...

...because for the first time...

...l'm afraid the person next to me...

...will be the one who wants to leave.

Liz?

Well, this all makes me so grateful.

Seeing all you happy people...

...who know how to love each other

and take care of each other.

I look at the amazing women l've met

who l admire so much...

...and the great men,

taking care of their women...

...and putting their children to bed.

I just feel happy...

...to see it and to be part of it.

I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

It's a good breakfast, huh?

I will take this to your room.

It has already started.

-l fell asleep.

-Yeah. Pity.

Probably the only person in the world

who ever fell asleep during meditation.

-This leads to the meditation garden.

-ls the guru here?

-She's always here.

-l know, but is she "here" here?

She's at her ashram in New York.

But l came from New York

to see her here.

Sounds like one of her little tricks.

The meditation cave.

It's open 24/7

and it's air-conditioned.

Corella?

-This is Liz Gilbert.

-Hi. Nice to meet you.

-Where did you get that button?

-They sell them in the bookstore.

That is exactly what I need. I need

something like that. l don't listen.

I never have. My mom used to

call me Little Miss Chatty Cathy...

...because I just ramble.

I am a rambler.

I am rambling now. l'm sorry.

Silence is a wonderful

spiritual practice...

...but if Corella could speak, she'd tell

you it's more challenging than it looks.

-Wait till you've been here for a while.

-Okay.

Thank you, Corella.

I'll be sure to tell her.

-What did she say?

-No idea.

Change into your work clothes.

I'll take you to your seva.

It's a Hindu word

for "selfless devotional work."

-lt's required of everyone who stays.

-Okay. Thank you.

Is there anything in this world skinnier

than an lndian teenage boy?

-l'm Tulsi.

-Liz.

Where are you from?

The next town. My parents have been

devotees of the guru for many years.

We spend a lot of time here.

But...

...they are trying to marry me off.

That's the custom.

-That's not what you want?

-No way. lt sucks.

I want to study psychology, just as our

guru did when she attended college.

I prefer to be with God

than boys my age.

No one in my family understands

my coming all the way to India.

Do you ever look at them and wonder,

"What am I doing in this family?"

You have no idea.

The Guru Gita is an ancient text

In it, the goddess Parvati

is asking Shiva, or God...

...for the secrets of fulfillment.

It's said to have

transforming qualities.

I would just like to take a risk here

and say....

Me and Guru Gita,

we just do not get along.

-What is it you have trouble with?

-Everything.

It's long, it's tedious,

I can't keep up...

...and l get these insane anxieties

about everything in my life...

...and l've lost my place.

Sounds like it has a positive effect...

...if you're having such strong

emotions and physical reactions.

You keep trying.

It is most commendable

that you ended your marriage.

You seem like such a

happy, free person now.

I think my ex-husband

would describe me as selfish.

You mustn't be angry with yourself

or disappointed.

You don't have to make children

or be married to have a family.

Oh, man. They got mosquitoes

here big enough...

...to stand flat-footed

and screw a chicken.

-l love you.

-Liz, have you met...

-...Richard from Texas?

-Hello, Richard from Texas.

-Nice to meet you, Groceries.

-Groceries?

Yeah. Yeah, l heard you eating

before l saw you.

I never seen anybody

eat so much at one time.

You sure do enjoy your groceries.

You know, it's been a rough day,

and if no one takes it personally...

...l'm going to take my large meal

someplace else to eat it in silence.

Oh, no, stay. I'm done.

Looked like you were

working through some...

...pretty rough stuff this morning.

Stuff with your ex-husband?

I got an ex-wife.

She thinks l changed my name

to "Motherf***er."

I--

I just spent some time in Rome

and l came here feeling so great.

And now here l am, at the source...

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