You can feel every emotion Elizabeth Gilbert goes through…
As we reported in January 2018, the Eat, Pray, Love author’s partner Rayya Elias passed away at the age of 57 from cancer.
On Wednesday, on the 6-month anniversary of Rayya’s passing, the writer took to Instagram to share her thoughts on how one “handles” grief.
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After posting a picture from their commitment ceremony exactly one year ago, the 48-year-old wrote:
“People keep asking me how I’m doing, and I’m not always sure how to answer that. It depends on the day. It depends on the minute. Right this moment, I’m OK. Yesterday, not so good. Tomorrow, we’ll see.”
From her experience with heartache, Gilbert has learned that the only way one can deal with grief is to “[bow] down before its power, in complete humility.”
“When Grief comes to visit me, it’s like being visited by a tsunami. I am given just enough warning to say, ‘Oh my god, this is happening RIGHT NOW,’ and then I drop to the floor on my knees and let it rock me. How do you survive the tsunami of Grief? By being willing to experience it, without resistance.”‘
Although she doesn’t know where Rayya is now, one thing is for sure:
“I only know that I will love her forever. And that I am willing… Onward.”
Read Elizabeth’s full post (below):
[Image via Rayya Elias/Instagram.]