Friday, March 10, 2017

Hello!

My name is Tracy. I am a social worker, wife, and mother of 2 girls, ages 7 and 3.  I am an old student of Mark's, and an old student of meditation and Buddhism and writing. I'm finding my way back to those things through this class.

I haven't written in years! So many years I can't recall. I bought myself a special notebook just to start writing again. I, too, need to find the good news in a world where the hits keep coming and I can't let them knock me down because there is too much work to be done.  Looking forward to learning more about the group 😊


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  1. Mark ChmielMarch 11, 2017 at 4:46 PM

    Tracy, I think you can surprise yourself with exercising your memory. A prompt that never grows old is write down "I remember..." and see what flashes in your mind and write on that. When that line of thought is done, write "I remember" again and wait. Repeat for as much time as you allot to writing that session.

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  2. Mark ChmielMarch 11, 2017 at 4:47 PM

    A master of this is Joe Brainard: https://holditall.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/brainards-memories/

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  3. Mark ChmielMarch 18, 2017 at 10:25 AM

    I wonder: what constitutes good news in an ordinary day as a social worker in St. Louis?

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  4. Diana OMarch 21, 2017 at 7:31 PM

    I'm an older than you student of Mark's, learning and delighting and hurting to see the reality of life inner-being with suffering, joy, death, spring, compost pile, green shoots and good news!

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