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Friday, June 17, 2011

Friday Five: Stairway of Surprise

I am currently reading a book entitled Stairway of Surprise: Six Steps to a Creative Life by Michael Lipson. His premise is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "I shall mount to paradise by the stairway of surprise." Lipson's book is about practicing or developing six inner functions--thinking, doing, feeling, loving, opening, and thanking.

So these categories of attention are a jumping off point for today's Friday Five:

Pick five of the six actions and write about how you are practicing them today or recently. For a bonus, write about the sixth one you originally didn't choose!

What or how are you

1. thinking?

2. doing?

3. feeling?

4. loving?

5. opening?

6. thanking?

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15 comments:

  1. For me, surprise has always been a matter of perspective... as you will see from my photo in my post... :)

    Oh oops. Almost for got the link!

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  2. Climbing toward surprise at my place here! I’m off to a REALLY Important Meeting and will visit around on my return!

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  3. Even I was surprised at this one.

    www.stoneofwitness.blogspot.com

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  5. "If there's a bustle in your hedgerow..." Oh...wrong stairway. I took the trip up and down here.

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  6. i climbed some creative stairs join me?
    thx Robin for visiting & noting the wrong link earlier ") this will fix it i'm hoping...

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  7. I came home from singing Brahms' Requiem and played here.

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