Mark Nepo – Book of Awakening

I went to a bookstore sale in February 2012 and treated myself to a book by Mark Nepo, thinking how much I liked some of his articles and poems. When I got home, I had a moment of shock, anger and disappointment to find I had bought a “daybook” requiring me to read slowly, one item a day. A whole year!! How could he expect me to do that? And then the humour kicked in (a beat or two late, as usual) and I have treasured this book every day so far. Sometimes the connections are surreal, where I begin journalling on a topic in the morning before I do the “Nepo reading” and find that the ideas are intertwining. I have no idea whether this book is useful to others, but have deep gratitude to Mark for writing it.