“These are woven from my own story, the stories of others’ struggles with their humanness, and truths from the great wisdom traditions,” Nepo shares, noting that he was drawn to this form because as a poet, “I was longing for a manner of expression that could be as useful as a spoon.” “My goal is to open you up to a new season of freedom and joy-an escape from deadening, asleep-at-the wheel sameness-that is both profound and clarifying,” he insists of the 429-page daybook that provides readers with 365 ideas to ponder.
He summons us to take each day one at a time, and to savor the beauty offered by life’s unfolding.
In “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have,” philosopher-poet and cancer survivor Mark Nepo offers a challenge.
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