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“Generosity Is Now a Foundational Virtue for Me”: Elizabeth Gilbert

The writer speaks to Lounge about her intense love of people and life, making the time to write, and what keeps her grounded

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Somak Ghoshal
2020
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FindCenter Quotes ImageI am the planet’s most affectionate life-form, something like the cross between a golden retriever and a barnacle.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a new idea with me: compassion. I asked my heart if it could please infuse my soul with a more generous perspective on my mind’s workings.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIn the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

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