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Flower Mandalas
The Transformative Power of Misfortune (3)
By
David J. Bookbinder
A poem about her triumph over adversity from a reader: I could write to you about a grown up run away child that really … Loved to love- Got beat up by a man that I loved That was 2009 I went to Kauai Walked and swam Looked at beautiful things Transformed I returned to…
The Transformative Power of Misfortune (2)
By
David J. Bookbinder
A few days ago I was talking with another friend about misfortune. She did what she called a “quick scan” of the misfortunes in her life and concluded that if they were transformative, the transformation must be slow. That’s often the case, and because transformation can be slow, it may seem as if it isn’t…
The Transformative Power of Misfortune (I)
By
David J. Bookbinder
Sometimes, like Ray Charles I find myself feeling that “if it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.” I think a lot of us feel that way. In a discussion with a friend earlier today, a woman I’ve known for 34 years, we realized that there is no boundary we can…
Help me choose the 4-5 best essays!
By
David J. Bookbinder
Dear Readers, I’m planning to enter an essay/memoir contest and need to choose 4-5 of the Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas essays from the 58 I’ve written so far. If any of you have particular essays you remember liking more than others, I’d love to hear about it, as I have no objectivity with them. Here’s a…
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