Eat Love Pray or On Becoming Spiritual

So recently I have been reading Eat, Love, Pray....a book that I never thought I would read because I very rarely read popular fiction. Let's face it...if Oprah recommends it then I won't read it. But for some reason, well really because Julia Roberts makes the movie look so good and she's just so cute that I had to read it. I'm actually enjoying it although I think I prefer Italy to India or Indonesia, but that's me. I can't believe that Liz was in Italy and didn't really go to any museums. That's where I think I'd find myself, but this is not my journey. It's Liz's journey.

I have also been reading The Bible which is something that I've never read before. I have read books from The Bible, but only to study them. Now I am reading The Bible because I would like to to become more spiritual. Now I have been told there is a difference between spiritual and religious. I do not necessarily see this, but I tend to use religious in the older definition not the newer definition. The newer definition apparently means that you are all gungho about a certain religion like Catholicism or Presbyterianism. While being spiritual basically means you are CS Lewis. You are a Christian but you don't tout one religion over another.

I was raised Catholic, but recently there has been a priest who has made me rethink being Catholic and to be honest there's a guy who has made me rethink how I view religion. He is the reason I am reading The Bible. Although he is spiritual he is very open and understanding and accepting of other people's views. Something I have not experienced with people who are religious. I guess this is the difference between the two.

So here I go....at the ripe old age of 30 I am reading The Bible and discovering my spirituality. We shall see how it goes and how I feel after it. Maybe this is my journey to self discovery. Who knows? Maybe a woman doesn't need to check out for a year to actually find herself although it would be fun. But maybe a woman just needs to find peace and I hope to find that peace in The Bible.