Daily Nourishment for April 21, 2024: No Life Is All Bleak
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 35 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 12 minutes
How do you hope for hope?
Pause.
Take six deep breaths with a six-count inhale and a six-count exhale. Then go outside and take six more deep breaths with a six-count inhale and a six-count exhale.
Prompt.
Read this quote by Mary Karr:
“No life is all bleak… That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.” —Mary Karr, The Paris Review
Practice.
Set a timer for 10 minutes and journal or take notes in response to the quote above and/or the questions below.
How is life not bleak right now?
What’s gorgeous about humanity even while there’s evil and heartbreak and despair?
How do you put yourself in the way of light?
How do you lean into love?
What are you hoping for? Or, how do you hope for hope?
Want More?
Watch this interview with Mary Karr on finding God in her vocation as a writer. (The segment with Mary Karr starts at the 8-minute mark.)
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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings
—Canceled & Will Be Rescheduled: Thoughtful Readers Gathering with Anna Gazmarian will be rescheduled. More info on the new date coming soon!
—This month’s Revision Stations Designed by Lauren Winner gathering will be on Saturday, April 27th from 10:15-noon CT.
If you have something that needs revision attention, you will not regret attending. Promise.
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