This Way Up! Here I go!In my last post Smile, I let you all know that I was asked to change the title of my book. As I said in that post, I felt frustrated and kinda old. However, what I learned was as Thich Nhat Hanh explains:
For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.
What a wonderful week of uncovering and abandoning old views. I asked for help (ah there's a novel concept!) First, I called my friend Tam in Seattle and we brainstormed together, from the red chair. Then I asked for ideas from my son Lukas. And then my incredible editor Annie and I brainstormed some ideas. And finally, I sent off our top 5 ideas to Brooke at She Writes Press. Eventually it was a bit of an amalgamation of everyone's ideas.So the new title of my book, as reflected by the new look and title of this blog page is:
This Way Up: One Woman's Path to Fullness and Joy
I'm so glad I asked for help, and that ultimately I was willing to let go of feeling old and stuck and embrace the new.To honor the concept of asking for help, I'd like to close with a wonderful video, Bill Withers singing Lean On Me.