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Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo ; foreword by Wayne Muller

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Reduced to Joy

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Mark Nepo ; foreword by Wayne Muller

Mark Nepo is emerging as one of the truly significant writers and thinkers of today. Nepo has a singular way of distilling great truths down to their essence. Moreover, during his cancer journey, Nepo relied on the power of expression and the writing process to keep him tethered to life. In Reduced to Joy, Mark Nepo explores the places where pain and joy are stitched to resilience, uncovering them with deep wisdom, poetic passages and personal revelations. Nepo reminds us all of the secret and sacred places within, forgotten in the noise and chatter of our busy distracted 21st Cent

Title Page; Praise; Also by Mark Nepo; Epigraph; Dedication; Foreword; ABOUT JOY; LEFT IN THE OPEN; THREE FACES; FEELING THE OAR; IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION?; THE ART OF FACING THINGS; HEARTWOOD; COMING OUT; TO KNOW BY HEART; WAY OF THE DOLPHIN; ONE STRING; NEAR THE LIGHT; ON THE WAY TO WINDSOR; UNDER BIRDSONG; IN GETTING THERE; BEHIND THE THUNDER; SO MUCH IS CARRIED -- (for Saba); LOST IN OUR WAYS; EARLY; KISS EVERYTHING ON FIRE; COME TO LIFE; STAYING WARM; BEHIND THE THUNDER; ON EVERY CORNER -- (for Saki & Rachmana); FOR THE MOMENT; MADE FROM BONE; THE SUBLIME DISTURBANCE; YEARS FROM IT ALLFOR JOEL AT 94SENT ON MY WAY -- (for my Great Grandmother); TILL WE KNOW EACH OTHER; THE INDUSTRY OF NO; TO SPEAK OF STORMS; PIKE PLACE MARKET; HOW SPIRIT WORKS ON EARTH; RUNNING THE TABLE; RUMI GOES TO WASHINGTON; TRANSFORMATION; HER NAME MEANT LIGHT; WITHOUT KNOWING; WHAT OTHERS HAVE TOUCHED; WE'VE COME TO THIS; LEAVING; BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SEA; THE THROAT OF DAWN; FROM NOW TO NOW; OVER TIME; CAUGHT IN TIME; ONE MORE TIME; THE STORY OF HEAT; BIRDS IN AIR, FISH IN WATER; AFTER; ON THE RIDGE; THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT; ANIMAL BEING; THE THING ABOUT FEAR; AHYO-OH'-OH-NIFOR NINE-WEEK-OLD MIRA TOO EXCITED TO SLEEPDISCERNMENT; QUIET, QUIET, THE SMALL CREATURES ARE TALKING; WRITTEN WHILE RUNNING; ANOTHER PATIENCE; TILL WE KNOW EACH OTHER; HOLDING THE GUN; REPEATEDLY WE ARE ASKED; AT THE END OF THE FIELD; EXPOSED; INSIDE WHY; THE WATER TAKES MANY FORMS; FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD; FALLING; SATURATED; BREAKING TRANCE; RESTORING CONFIDENCE; FALLING IN; WALKING TOGETHER; THE PROMISE OF THE INNER WORLD; BRAVERIES; WHAT SUSTAINS; FALLING IN THE WORLD; WHERE IS GOD?; STAYING CLOSE; REDUCED TO JOY; Acknowledgments; NOTES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; TO OUR READERS