Events & News (05/13/23)
What step do you need to take?
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: What’s one word that describes the metaphorical ground you’re standing on right now? (e.g., firm, boggy, rough)
Got yours?
This week’s feature from my store is Staying Power: Writings from a Pandemic Year.
The pandemic has receded, but this collection of soulful musings and poetry will remind you that your spirit is bigger than your anxieties and worries, your wounds and losses.
More than mere stamina, “staying power” involves exceptional commitment and trust, even a kind of faith. It’s as much about the spirit as the body. We build it by …
nurturing gratitude
increasing resilience.
practicing patience
developing empathy and compassion
appreciating the beauty of what’s true
keeping faith with ourselves and others.
This book won’t change your life. But it might change how you live it.
Remember to enter your Rafter discount (“rafter15”) at checkout to receive 15% off your order.
Mark your calendars! Coming attractions!
You heard it here first! More details to follow.
“Book Bash: Celebrating Poetry of Presence II” (6:30PM Central, June 27, free event)
“The Rapture of Being Alive: Writing From the True Self” (poetry workshop with Donna Hilbert, 6:00PM Central, July 10, paid event)
In case you missed it . . .
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Next week on The Raft . . .
Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link.
Bring a published poem that has recently struck you to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate in informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Donna Hilbert, Myrtle Russell, and knowthyneighbor.
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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I stand on yielding ground. Ground that, one day at a time, gives way to everything I need to keep enjoying life. A ground that says, "I'm here for you, take your time."
Step with Courage, Faith & Love…..