{"id":4189,"date":"2012-08-22T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2012-08-22T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T19:08:10","slug":"fresh-starts-sharing-stories-and-the-view-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2012\/08\/fresh-starts-sharing-stories-and-the-view-from-here.html","title":{"rendered":"fresh starts, sharing stories, and the view from here ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While I was awaiting news these past few days, I thought a lot about beginnings. About the new school year, about fresh starts. And I thought how lucky I am that this has turned out be a ‘reboot’ and not a system crash…:)<\/p>\n

With the idea of fresh starts in mind, I have some\u00a0 for you. I first began blogging — more than two years ago — to explore what it’s like to try to nurture a beginner’s heart. Like beginner’s mind, not realising what you’re asking, just jumping in.<\/p>\n

In the past couple of years, this blog has followed my own process of learning. But what I know from the best teachers is that sharing stories is also learning. So I’d like to invite people to write in to the comments section w\/ their stories. Stories that define what beginner’s heart<\/em> means to you. Stories of getting better at it. Whatever you will think further the knowledge of the rest of us.<\/p>\n

I’d also like to know what role it plays in your life, if you think about it all the time like I do. In other words? I’m thinking this might be fun to make more of a conversation & less of a monologue ~ \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’m not going to stop prattling on about the usual. But I do think it would be nice to hear more from the other side of the screen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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