I saw the new Julia Roberts' movie "Eat Pray Love" yesterday. It was about a playwright/journalist who lost love, and herself, in her hustle-bustle life in New York to go on a journey to reset her life. Starting with Italy, she regained her once lost appetite to food as well as to life; moving to India, she prayed to regain peace in her mind; and in the final destination, Bali, she regained balance in her life and someone to devote her love to.
One of the things that I noticed in the movie was the suffer people struggle with are all created in their mind and whether you can liberate yourself from it or not is all up to you. You can travel around the world to seek for a solution to your problem, then, you will realize the solution is not out there. All the people you encounter, experience you go through, and things you see are merely influence on the way you think. The solution is always lying within you because the problem was created within you.
I was leading a busy life like the character in the movice when I was back in Kyoto, Japan. My mind was constantly busy working and being tired. Fortunately, at least I knew what I wanted then: Moving to the States to start over a new life, to meet new people, to look for a happier life. Now I am having a more content life here outside of Japan and it seems like my solution was "moving to the States". The truth is, however, that I have changed, or evolved, my thoughts in a new environment with a new set of people, and found peace inside of myself.
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