When I watched ‘Eat Pray Love’ before, I enjoyed it a lot as a Hollywood movie. However probably didn’t quite understand the emotional turmoil that Julia Roberts’ character was going through.
Now after my mum passed away I understand what she felt after losing a loved one. Truth to be said, I suddenly felt lost because my role as the caring son was no longer required. I didn’t quite know what to do with the free time that I now have which was previously devoted to looking after my mum. I felt unbalanced.
The last 2 weeks in Europe was my own much shortened version of ‘Eat Pray Love’, more appropriately modified to ‘Eat Meet Friendship’. I ate a huge amount of extraordinarily amazing Portuguese seafood and Spanish tapas, had a great company meeting in Barcelona where we strengthened our North Star focus to the people with diseases and had a lovely precious time both in Lisbon & Barcelona reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.
It was good for me to have the time away and pause, and we all should really do this more often as part of a healthy work ethic. I didn’t quite have the Hollywood ending of riding a boat into the sunset but I did get my balance right again. I feel recalibrated.
