Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living

Mark Nepo

ISBN 10: 1622038991 / ISBN 13: 9781622038992

Published by Sounds True November 2017, 2017

About this Item

Sounds True, 2017. As New/No Jacket. Trade paperback with light decorated covers and dark yellow spine. Signed by author on title page. 9x6 with 236 pp. French fold endflaps.

Seller Inventory # 134717

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living
• Publisher: Sounds True November 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1622038991
• ISBN 13: 9781622038992
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used - Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Spirituality

About this title

Synopsis

A Reader for Navigating the Depths of Our Lives
 
“When we can open our hearts and work with what we’re given, loving what’s before us, life stays possible. Then, through effort and grace, we do what we can with what we have. And when exhausted by all that’s in the way, we’re faced with the chance to accept and love what’s left, which is everything. This is how we discover that Heaven is on Earth.” ―Mark Nepo
 
The Universe holds us and tosses us about, only to hold us again. With Things That Join the Sea and the Sky, Mark Nepo brings us a compelling treasury of short prose reflections to turn to when struggling to keep our heads above water―and help us breathe into all of our sorrows and joys.
 
Inspired by his own journal writing across 15 years, the book shares with us some of Mark’s most personal work. Many passages arise from accounts of his own life events―moments of “sinking and being lifted”―and the insights they yielded. Through these passages, we’re encouraged to navigate our own currents of sea and sky, and to discover something fundamental yet elusive: how, simply, to be here.
 
To be enjoyed in many ways―individually, by topic, or as an unfolding sequence―Things That Join the Sea and the Sky presents 145 contemplations gathered into 17 themes, each intended to illuminate specific situations.
 
The themes include Unraveling Our Fear, Beyond What Goes Wrong, The Gift of Deepening, The Practice of Relationship, What Holds Us Up, Right-Sizing Our Pain, The Reach of Kindness, Burning Off What’s Unnecessary, How We Make Our Way, and many more.
 
For those interested in either beginning or expanding their own journaling explorations, this reader also provides a guide to the practice of daily writing, with 100 compelling questions to get you started.
 
“Joy is the sea that holds all,” writes Mark, “the Unity of Being where feelings don’t separate, but surface like waves to remind us we are alive.” Here, he helps us swim in those waters until we are held in the mystery of their buoyancy.

About the Author

Mark Nepo is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 40 years. A New York Times #1 bestselling author, he has published 21 books and recorded 14 audio projects. Mark has been interviewed several times by Oprah Winfrey as part of her Super Soul Sunday TV show, and was interviewed by Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. As a cancer survivor, Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages. For more, see marknepo.com.