How to Live a Deeper Life: First Notes from Angela

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How do you like to live?  To put it in a more beautiful way, American poet, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) couches this simple but profound question this way: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do / with your one wild and precious life?” (from The Summer Day)

In 2024, in an effort to stay in touch with what brings me joy and what breaks my heart, I published a series of short notes on an online platform called Substack. 

I documented things and shared insights gleaned from ordinary daily encounters as well as travels to far flung places like Penang, Malaysia.  

In this lite collection, you’ll find inspirational and mindful ideas to help you pursue deeper your own version of a meaningful and purposeful life.  

106 notes are contained here.  A thicker and more voluminous version spanning 765 pages is available as well.  This one here has 246 pages : )

What you will get in this lite version:

• Thought-provoking questions and writing prompts to help you go deeper about your own life. 
• A multitude of visual inspirations from Sherpa flags to peaceful sunsets and art from local artists across the United States. (All taken by me)
• Interesting encounter stories like meeting a Shoshone native American, eating Palestinian bread the first time in Houston, Texas and learning more about the women’s suffrage movement in Knoxville, Tennessee.
• Poems from Michael Higgins (former president of Ireland), 13th century Persian poet, Saadi Shirazi, Gandhi’s “7 Blunders of Man” plus familiar favorites from Mary Oliver, Rainer Maria Rilke and new authors like Rivers Solomon. 
• Peek into Angela’s print on demand notebook designs and beautifully designed quote visuals (using Canva –  a simple online graphic design tool which anyone at any age can learn to use)
• Ode to Dolly Parton, inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe, notes from museum trips, interesting food stories like lamprais and Caldo de Mondongo. 
• Book recommendations and tips for deeper living, especially one from an opossum!

I have captured many of my visual stories using a simple iphone.  It’s nothing complicated and yet it’s been able to deliver and convey many of my messages with a punch!  I hope my example inspires you to notice what’s around you closer and deeper.

Best read on an easy afternoon, a quiet evening or anytime you desire a moment to renew and deepen your spirit and soul.  

Thank you in advance for your order.  Please find me on Linkedin or send me a note here on this website.  I’d love to hear what percolates for you.