JULY 15 – THE RISK TO BE TOUCHED – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
Touch bleeds the heart of its pressure. There are many reasons why we want to be touched. The simplest and most profound is that touch heals us. The way a drop of water spreads when touched, the pains of living that we carry spread when we are held and comforted....JULY 14 – TO KNOW SOMEONE DEEPLY – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
To know someone deeply is like hearing the moon through the ocean or having a hawk lay bright leaves at your feet. It seems impossible, even while it happens. Discovering who we are is like breaking a trail up the side of a mountain. Yet the deepest friendships...JULY 13 – NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“God leads me to still waters that restore my spirit.” Psalm 23 It doesn’t take very long for each of us to accumulate an emotional history. A child burns her hand on a stove and a fear of fire begins; in a tender moment, a hand is slapped and a fear of love begins....JULY 12 – MAKING WAVES – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
I would do anything for you. Would you be yourself? In the Hans Christian Anderson classic, The Little Mermaid, Ariel gives up her beautiful voice in exchange for her legs. This is a seemingly innocent fable that captures our deal with the modern devil. For aren’t we...