Appreciation

How the Book of Szen Became a Book

I am extremely excited and proud to announce that the Book of Szen is now really a book. I’ve taken the best of stories and Szenippets and put together a collection that I think you’ll really like. It’s written just for you because you told me what you liked. The book is dedicated to all of the loyal fans of the Book of Szen. It’s been an incredibly positive experience to share stories and ideas with so many interesting and supportive people. Your feedback and encouragement reminds me every week that I am welcome to enter your lives. Without you, this book would never have been written.

Thank you.

Gary

P.S. Now that the book is here, please take a look and tell your friends and family and write a review on Amazon if you like. I will continue to write these Szen letters every week or thereabouts and as always enjoy your feedback and suggestions. I feel like this is a new beginning and I want to share my very favorite poem on the subject from author John Donahue:

For a New Beginning

In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.

For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.

It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.

Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

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