FEBRUARY 7 – A LEGACY OF SADNESS – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
Atlas wasn’t forced to hold up the world. He was convinced that if he didn’t, the world would fall. Many of us are raised by well-intending parents to be the carriers of their sadness. Often the one child who is softer than the rest, who is more sensitive than the...FEBRUARY 6 – ALONG THE WAY – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“I learn, by going, where I have to go. ” Theodore Roethre We drove to a lake that one of us had heard of. Around it was a path. We brought a few simple things: bread, water, bananas. We circled the lake, stopping at certain patches of light. Huge acorns were dropping...FEBRUARY 5 – BENEATH PROBLEM SOLVING – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
Beneath most headaches, is a heartache. Often we find it easier to think our way around things rather than to feel our way through them: What can we do to pull ourselves out of a bad mood? What can we buy, remove or repair that will reduce or solve a loved one’s...FEBRUARY 4 – A SET OF INNER DOORS – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“The stuff of our lives doesn’t change. It is we who change in relation to it.” Molly Vass Whatever our gifts or wound or life situation, whether we have been married several times or have never been in love, whether we have plenty of money or are sorely in need of...