<p>I just finished reading <em>Eat, Pray, Love. </em>I know I&#39;m a couple of years late to this party, but it&#39;s a good read - even for someone like me, who is turned off by spacey new age types (probably because if I&#39;m afraid that if I&#39;m not careful I could end up one). In any case, I think that the reason the book has inspired so many is that she doesn&#39;t tell you that there is a specific path you need to follow to find happiness in life - there&#39;s no need to go meditate in India or live a smelly bohemian life if you don&#39;t want to - but you do have to work at being happy. It&#39;s not going to just happen if you&#39;re not aware of your desire and live with the intent to be happy.</p>

<p>Agreed.</p>

<p>In the book she found a path to happiness through focusing on mantras - I&#39;m not the mediative type so you&#39;ll have to go elsewhere or read the book for an explanation on what mantras are&#0160; or what to do with them - but I would be lying if her writing didn&#39;t inspire me to try it out. </p>

<p>Now, I have two small children on different nap schedules, so I get absolutely no quiet time. The only quiet time I get is in yoga class, conveniently enough. So lately instead of being annoyed when we have &quot;meditation&quot; time in yoga I work really hard at clearing my mind to push away all thoughts and see what happens.</p>

<p>Guess what? I found a mantra too!</p>



<p>My mantra is &quot;z&quot;. As in &quot;zzzzz.&quot;</p>

<p>I need more sleep. My goal for the next few days is to get more sleep. </p>

<p>Stop laughing. It&#39;s harder than it sounds and you know it.<br /> </p>
