Events & News (01/20/24)
Leaning in . . .
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Don’t miss this special free event!
WHAT: An evening of reading and writing about place, featuring poet Gloria Heffernan
WHEN: February 12, 6-7:30PM CT (7-8:30PM ET, 5-7:30PM MT, 4-5:30PM PT)
WHERE: Zoom
MATERIALS NEEDED: A photo of a place that holds special significance for you, along with your favorite writing tool(s)
REGISTRATION: Free but required. Click this link.
CAN’T MAKE IT? Replay will be available!
Catch up! (event replays)
Next week on The Raft . . .
Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing, celebration, and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link. Bring a poem you like to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate as you’re comfortable in our informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
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The Saturday Spark
Tell us: What “flaw of life” are you “leaning into”? What does “leaning in” mean to you?
Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.
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It is exciting to lean in to new ways of being alive. I feared there was something wrong with me. I never arrived. I felt incomplete and disconnected. All of this a facet of my being human. I was told or so I heard I needed to be perfect and go along. Not now. I lean into reality. It might not appear to be what I had hoped, but it is on its way through chaos into creativity. I lean into acceptance that my so called flawed self along with yours will make what can't be imagined. Life is more exciting now.
I'm not sure what this means exactly but I try to lean into my flaws, I think? I work on making myself better which in turns is more productive, more efficient, more relaxed more generous or more protective depending on the situation that presents itself.