A couple of weeks ago I had the extreme honor of attending AssistU's Community Recognition Awards in Vegas. (For a complete recap, see Stacy's post. Please note that I did not shoot an AK-47, nor did I shoplift anything. Other than that, our experiences were very similar.)
As part of the ceremony, both Stacy and I were gifted with one of the best books ever, Life Is a Verb by Patti Digh. The core of the book is about engaging with life and six practices for intentional living. And what do you know? One way to go through these practices is to write. Heck, Digh even recommends we WRITE IN THE BOOK. Shudder. Shudder some more.
Actually, funny enough, the VAs who were present at the CRAs all took time to write in my book and in Stacy's. I have words of love sprinkled throughout the pages of this book that's supposed to help me engage fully with life.
It won't surprise anyone close to me how much this book resonates with me. What are the six practices for intentional living? Intensity, inclusion, integrity, intimacy, intuition, and intention. Nope. No surprise whatsoever.
I've stepped completely into the book, and I wanted to share a piece of the following poem Digh quotes as an introduction to the intensity section:
I asked her if I could wear nail polish
and she said honey
she calls me that sometimes
she said you can do just exactly
what you want to
Thanks God I said
And is it even okay if I don't paragraph
my letters
Sweetcakes God said
who knows where she picked that up
what I'm telling you is
Yes Yes Yes
~ Kaylin Haught, "God Says Yes to Me"
I love the writing style. (Yes, even someone who teaches writing can enjoy something that isn't punctuated.) I love the almost-silly nature ("who knows where she picked that up").
And I have written in the margins.
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