When you slowly lift your cup, feel the weight of all you’ve gathered from your time on Earth, bring it to your lip and feel the milk you were given as a child, feel the first time you cupped water from a stream, feel the love you drank from that healed you of all that was tangled in your story, feel the warmth you fed your mother or father when they were dying, even feel the snow your dog licks in the beginning of spring, and know that the smallest sip matters, as you place the cup, now made holy by your drinking, in its saucer on your table as the day begins.
A Question to Walk With: In conversation with a friend or loved one, describe the first time you walked by a stream or climbed to the top of a hill or mountain or the first time you saw the sea. What opened up for you in this instance. Where does that glimpse of vastness live in you now?
This is from my book of poems in progress, Tales of the Ferryman.
Upcoming in 2025!!!!
Jan 5, 12, Feb 2, 2025 The Fire of Aliveness Coming Back Into the World
A 3-session webinar guided by Mark 1-2:30pm ET/10-11:30am PT
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RESCHEDULED! Jan 24 – 26: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: The Power of Friendship, weekend retreat, at Mercy By the Sea, 167 Neck Rd, Madison, CT. For more information or to register, click here. ✅
Feb 10-15, 2025 Mastery Week: You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: The Power of Friendship, is a weeklong retreat at the Modern Elder Academy in Baja, guided by Mark Nepo and Jeff Hamaoui. Click here to get information and to register.
May 29 – June 4, 2025 You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: The Power of Friendship is a seven day barge journey on the rivers and canals in Belgium that includes 10 sessions with Mark exploring the gift and spirit of friendship. For full details, click here.
July 18 – 20 You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: The Power of Friendship is a 3-day retreat at Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI. For information and to register, click here.
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