Elizabeth Gilbert

Fear. Fear is something that Elizabeth Gilbert has been faced with in many circumstances. I read the book Eat Pray Love at the beginning of the year and that theme of fear came up a lot. She was asked aren't you scared? This question was posed as in are you scared your not going to succeed or people wont like your work. I think she overcame a lot of hurtles and never let fear get in the way of her success which is really big of her. She never doubted herself when she was told that she wouldn't sell a certain number of books. Her dream and her goals were always bigger then the fear that loomed in the background. She talks about a way to protect yourself from certain things. I don't think that there is really a way to protect your creativity because you put so much out there when you share your work with the world. When people criticize this it hurts but have to rise above that. You put your all into everything and there is no better she says. She said its her job to write just like it's our job to make art. If someone is not pleased with what you do, so what, be proud of what you accomplish.