Comments on: Lost and Found are the New Black

By: Life is a Verb » Comfort Queen

Life is a Verb » Comfort Queen — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:05:43 +0000

[...] I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: I adore Patti Digh’s book Life is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally. I love her writing, her depth, her sizzle. This is a book that makes me sing with life and the possibilities we all have for transformation and awareness. It is the best antidote I’ve got these days for the pain and fear raging around us- that and loving hugs, long naps, frevent prayer and letting myself feel whatever I’m feeling. [...]

By: Georgetta

Georgetta — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:16:21 +0000

Thank you, Jennifer. My inner critic has been ruthless lately!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:39:29 +0000

Thanks Anne, I’ll see if the library has it right how. And I love the quote!

By: Anne in Virginia

Anne in Virginia — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:40:33 +0000

You might enjoy a book I read last spring, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit. Keri Smith mentioned it in her blog (October 4, 2007) . As I was feeling a little lost myself at 56-turning-57, I picked it up and found it both comforting and thought-provoking. Solnit explores being lost in both a literal, geographical sense and in a metaphorical sense. An excerpt:

“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go. Three years ago I was giving a workshop in the Rockies. A student came in bearing a quote from what she said was the pre-Socratic philosopher Meno. It read, “How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is unknown to you?” I copied it down, and it has stayed with me since. [. . .] The question she carried struck me as the basic tactical question in life. The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation.”

Looking forward to hearing more about “Kindly Finding Yourself.”

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:41:00 +0000

I guess we must be lost, first and foremost. What is left after another “found” except a new lost?

Man, that’s too heavy even for me, I’m going to go lose myself in some ice cream. I’ll let you know how lost I get in that. Life is good like that, being lost and eating ice cream. I’m such a sucker for these things.

Take care, Jennifer, on your wonderful journey.