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Acts of Hospitality

August 6, 2018 By Nancy Casey

In Acedie and Me, the writer Kathleen Norris asks her readers to think about the tasks and chores of a day as “acts of hospitality” to yourself. That is a perspective where you are a guest and a host at the same time.

When you organize and maintain your life so that things work out and move forward for you, you are playing the role of host.

As a guest, you have needs and habits and you are dependent on your host to figure out what to do and how to be at ease.

As a really good guest, you write a thank you note to your host for their acts of hospitality.

Take on the role of yourself-as-guest and write a thank-you note to yourself-as-host. Tell your host how their efforts help make you comfortable in your life.

Even though thank-you notes don’t usually have titles, write a title at the top of what you have written. Write the date somewhere on the page, too.

Here is a more detailed version of these directions.

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Nancy blogs weekly for the Latah Recovery Community Center, sharing writing ideas that support self-awareness and self-esteem.


 

Writing classes and workshops

I had been looking forward to the 2020 summer season of in-person  Write-For-You workshops at the Latah Recovery Community Center.  Alas.

 

Congratulations to last summer’s students who earned certificates in Fiction Writing, Project Management and Grant Writing.

 

Applause and thanks to those who dropped by the classes just for fun.

 

If you are in recovery and interesting in writing coaching, contact Nancy.


 

Let’s Talk About It

A program that supports reading and discussion in libraries throughout the state of Idaho. Free and open to all. Somehow? Again? At a later date?

 

We are all looking forward to the time when it will be possible to resume these lively book discussions.

 

I’ve served as a scholar for this program for I-don’t-know-how-many years. I have found every book, every library, every group of people to be interesting and stimulating. Every discussion brings new ideas and surprises.

 

I’m confident that this program will evolve so that it can continue to bring Idahoans together through books. We just don’t know how or when that will happen.  Yet.

 

 


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