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What to do when change isn't happening
Self-help literature is out there and can provide quick and easy interventions. These books can also be very inspiring and help you...
Tracy Rappold
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The World Body - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.” - Starhawk If...
Tracy Rappold
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March 1 - The One Direction - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Live deep enough and there is only one direction. No matter whom the apprentice talked to, if she listened close enough and long enough,...
Tracy Rappold
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FEBRUARY 17 - ENDGAME - MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
Now there’s nothing left but to keep dancing. I don’t know if it is human nature or the way of life on Earth, but we seldom become all of...
Tracy Rappold
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January 27 - Being Kind - II - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“We love what we attend.” Mwalimu Imara There were two brothers who never got along. One was forever ambushing everything in his path,...
Tracy Rappold
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I Say Yes When I Mean No
I say yes when I mean no and the wrinkle grows. -Naomi Shihab Nye There have been many times that I said yes when I meant no, afraid of...
Tracy Rappold
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The Book Of Awakening: How Does It taste?
The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the...
Tracy Rappold
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JANUARY 14 – THE LIFE OF EXPERIENCE – MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
So often we anticipate a reward for the uncovering of truth. For effort, we expect money and recognition. For sacrifice and kindness, we...
Tracy Rappold
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January 13 - Why we need each other - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“A blind child guided by his mother, admires the cherry blossoms.” Kikakou Who knows what a blind child sees of blossoms or songbirds?...
Tracy Rappold
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January 11 - Ted Shawn - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Underneath all we are taught, there is a voice that calls to us beyond what is reasonable, and in listening to that flicker of spirit, we...
Tracy Rappold
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Akiba
When Akiba was on his deathbed, he bemoaned to his rabbi that he felt he was a failure. His rabbi moved closer and asked why, and Akiba...
Tracy Rappold
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LIFE-IN-THE-TANK
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl Mark Nepo “It was a curious thing . Robert had filled the bathtub and put the fish in...
Tracy Rappold
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January 7 - We Must Take Turns - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
We must take turns: diving into all there is and counting the time. The gift and responsibility of relationship is to take turns doing...
Tracy Rappold
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The Spoked Wheel - Mark Nepo
What we reach for may be different, But what makes us reach is the same. Imagine that each of us is a spoke in an infinite wheel, and,...
Tracy Rappold
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January 5 - Show Your Hair - Mark Nepo, Book of Awakening
“My grandmother told me, “never hide your green hair – they can see it anyway.” Angeles Arrien From the agonies of kindergarten, when we...
Tracy Rappold
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JANUARY 4 - BETWEEN PEACE AND JOY - MARK NEPO, THE BOOK OF AWAKENING
“We could never have guessed, we were already blessed, where we are….” James Taylor This reminds me of a woman who found a folded sponge...
Tracy Rappold
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January 3 - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
“The coming to consciousness is not a discovery of some new thing; it is a long and painful return to that which has alway been.” Helen...
Tracy Rappold
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January 2 - All Fall Down - Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
Lead us from the unreal to the real.” Hindu Invocation It was a snowy night, and Robert was recalling the time two springs ago when he...
Tracy Rappold
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