JUNE 16 – THE STEP TO OTHERS – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING

“We wander and think no one will ever find us. And lifting our sorry head, we are next to each other.” Mark Nepo We imagine that so many conditions are prerequisite to finding love, when all that is required is that, like a man stepping from a boat to a dock, we step...

JUNE 15 – STAYING POROUS – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.” Rainer Maria Rilke I am jogging in the city on a hot summer day, and my legs are in a rhythm, carrying me without much guidance through small crowds, past roses and bus...

JUNE 13 – AGAINST OUR WILL – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING

 As an inlet cannot close itself to the sea that shapes it, the heart can only wear itself open. One of the hardest blessings to accept about the heart is that in the image of life itself, it will not stop emerging through experience. No matter how we try to preserve...