by Lawrence Cooper | Aug 4, 2020 | mindful poetry, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Workshop
Dear all, Hope your summer is going well! The following is a description of an online workshop that Paul Nelson is teaching online this fall. It’s almost full, but he said that if he had enough registrants he would run a second class on Sundays starting Oct....
by Lawrence Cooper | Aug 4, 2020 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living, Conscious Living Poetry, Mental Wellness, mindful poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations
Am I a racist? I belong to a society that is dominated by white culture, and I think we can admit it is riddled with systemic racism. But does that make me a racist? If I agree with the label of racist that well-meaning people want to place on me just because I am...
by Lawrence Cooper | Aug 4, 2020 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living Poetry, Mental Wellness, mindful poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations
I believe that love is the divine energy that binds me to the source of life and...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living, Conscious Living Poetry, Mental Wellness, mindful poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, The Higher Self
The virtual poet’s pub night was a bust. Wrong time, wrong season, wrong topic. But, not to be discouraged, I am going to try something else. Every Monday at 8 PM, I am going to hold a virtual meeting for people who want to heal emotional issues through the...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 28, 2020 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living, Conscious Living Poetry, Mental Wellness, mindful poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations
My work is just an extension of who I am: my skills, talents, hopes, and dreams. I have to make a conscious effort to believe that I am important and that the work I do is important, and then I have to give myself permission to be proud of who I am and proud of what I...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 22, 2020 | Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Conscious Living Poetry, Mental Wellness, mindful poetry, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations, The Higher Self, virtuous living
My friend, though we are apart in the now, we are eternally together in the past and the past is our present. It is a part of us locked into the patterns of our brains. Whenever I feel sorrow or regret, you are here to comfort me with just a thought, something you...
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