In the past few days, Kent's story from Make Me an Instrument of your Peace, has gone viral. . Many of the versions you might find on the internet have been changed slightly. To read the original (yes, it is a true story), visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com and search for Kent Nerburn. You can also order an autographed copy of the book from us
Here is a recent note sent to Kent regarding the interest in this story from our reader friends Alan and Vanessa at Zen Moments .
A slightly edited version has been shared here on Facebook here http://goo.gl/5imJi where it has been shared and liked 38,000 times, and has 4000+ comments, and links through to http://www.zenmoments.org
For the most part people are very moved and touched, and invited to consider their own lives and how they would greet such a situation.
And a few people are still wondering if the story is real!
And I guess it will all just keep going in this wonderful way.
Sending you much love and warmth"
Alan & Vanessa http://www.zenmoments.org
Some thoughts, a video, and an offer to my friends in New England
And so the holiday season is upon us - corrupt around the edges because of its
hysterical consumerism, but beautiful at its core because it is the one time of the
year when our thoughts turn towards giving.
I've enjoyed a wonderful year speaking, writing, and meeting friends I've made
through my books. A writer's world is a strange one where you develop long
distance intimacies based on your writings, and it is always a revelation - and,
almost invariably, a wonderful one -- when these relationships result in meetings
face to face.
I'm posting a video of a wonderful event that took place at Gustavus Adolphus
College in St. Peter, Minnesota. Gustavus had honored me by making The Wolf
at Twilight their common book to be read by all incoming freshmen. This video
shows my talk and the beautiful and heartfelt presentations of Martin and Raymond
Sensmeier, two absolutely stellar men - a son and father - who were kind enough to
come down from their homes in Alaska to share the stage with me and speak about
their experience as Native people living in a contemporary world.
I hope you will listen closely to Ray's talk. It held the audience spellbound and
has much worth hearing. Events such as this are the reason I continue to work on
Native subjects and themes: they provide me with an opportunity to give Native
voices a chance to be heard.
In the next few months I will be traveling to New England for a speaking
engagement. I would love to put some other stops on my schedule. It you have
a venue anywhere in New England where you would like me to speak, please
contact me. I get to your beautiful part of the country far less than I would like. I
would dearly love to meet more of my readers and to share my writing with new
audiences. No dates have yet been set, so anything is possible.
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Remember those who no one else
remembers. Keep in mind that for them this can be the loneliest season even as it
can be the richest and most joyful for those of us who are blessed to be surrounded
by friends and family.
I look forward to another year of growing, sharing, and learning. I wish the same for
each of you.
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