closing registration for Project 137
UPDATE: The last of the 1,000 tickets sold out in an hour last night. If you want info should seats open up, please join the wait list here. There is something amazing happening in Project 137. I hardly know how to describe it. Perhaps it is the magic of …
community, a structure of belonging.
This outpouring of love is like nothing I’ve known. Henri Nouwen has written that “Community is not a talent show in which we dazzle the world with our combined gifts. Community is the place where our shared poverty is acknowledged and accepted, not as something we have to learn to …
holy macaroni. something is happening.
Over 700 people are participating in Project 137, a learning community I’m hosting to love well, live fully, let go deeply, and make a difference. Here’s why I’m doing it. I hope you’ll join us. Every day is day one, so it’s never too late to start. The power of …
raise your hand. declare who you are.
Tess started the fourth grade on Wednesday. She marched forward into her day. And her desk was wobbly. That might not seem like a big deal, but to Tess it was. She found it hard to focus on anything else, she said, except for the girl who sat next to …
project 137.
On August 16, 2012, I am turning 53 years old. That is very soon. Two sleeps from now. My father was 53 years old when he died. Emma is now the age I was when my father died. I have always wondered about this birthday, about surpassing him in age. …
poetry wednesday. the tender gravity of kindness.
Last Wednesday, just last Wednesday–only a week ago and it seems so much has happened since then–I taught an amazing group of teachers in my VerbTribe for Teachers class from a beautiful cottage on Tybee Island, Georgia. Our last teleseminar was scheduled for 4pm. It is always a tug at …
community is a verb.
So, so many beautiful messages of support as we start this journey. I cannot begin to express what this community means to me. As we navigate the health care system, there are moments of fear and then love. And laughter. Emma created this cartoon of Kid Ney and his Spot …
oh, mr brilliant.
I finished my book on loss and grief last Friday, sent it to my publisher, and left the next day for Tybee Island. We go almost every summer, but usually just for three days; we decided to splurge this year and go for almost a week. Given that I burn …
start small, but start.
A Facebook friend, Heidi Nord, posted this status a few days ago: “Some things I’ve done to change my life: 1. Got rid of my TV 5.5 years ago. 2. Quit a job I didn’t like. 3. Stopped overeating. 4. Did things to make me intensely happy. 5. Wrote a …
thinking thursday.
MIND That is one smart (and fast talking) 20-year-old. My friend Chi posted this on my Facebook page for Tess, who has a big brain crush on Albert Einstein. The photos and especially the captions made me very happy. BODY I used to drink it every afternoon at Penland, too. …
