Welcome to The Wilderness

Beginning February 22, 2023

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Using the self-emptying contemplation as our guide, this 40-Day “Wilderness Journey” will feature daily quotes, songs, videos and writing prompts for anyone and everyone who wants to join in on the therapeutic practice that writing is — and always has been — to me.

Join me as we spend the next month participating with one another in a series of meditative writing prompts based upon Mary Mrozowski’s The Welcoming Prayer.

What’s Included

The Daily Sit.

Each day will feature a ten-minute meditation timer and closing recording of The Welcoming Prayer, as recited by yours truly.

An Accompanying Song.

Each day’s session will be accompanied by a song and/or video that relates to the theme, quote or prompt that you can use as inspiration for your own practice.

A Quote for Contemplation.

Reflect on a daily quote that I’ve chosen in correlation with the week’s focus.

My Response.

Based upon that quote, I’ll ask you a question and give you a personal example of my own answer and writing in relation to it.

Your Writing Prompt.

Using my questions as a prompt, I’ll ask you to respond. The goal of each day’s practice will simply be: write.

Desert landscape with large boulders in the foreground, cacti and dry grass, hills in the middle ground, and a flat plain with sparse vegetation under a clear blue sky.

View of mountainous desert landscape with brown ridges in the foreground, flat valley floor, distant mountain range, and blue sky with wispy clouds.

“I welcome whatever comes to me today, because I know that it is for my healing…”