Being Our Own Heroes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781595409850)

What started as a meeting of minds quickly became a melting of hearts. What did I expect at our first gathering, a continuing education class in memoir writing? I knew, of course, that these students would be seekers, though not of my own 60s generation. These were people of my parents' age, who had families and careers and a whole lifetime of friends- and then somewhere in midlife started over in this community of meditators in Fairfield, Iowa, to help create world peace. I didn't anticipate how deeply they would connect to writing. Each of their stories, so simple, so honest, revealed deep truths of life. I could never have predicted how stimulating, how rewarding and how fun it would be to teach them. These students' minds were settled and alert. Instructing them was like dropping a stone in a quiet pond-the ripples reached the far ends of the universe and bounced back with even greater power. There was something magical about our meetings .....

Author: Margaret Ashelman, Dorothy M. Beal
ISBN-10: 1595409858
ISBN-13: 9781595409850
Publisher: 1st World Library
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2004
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d