"Lessons from the Porch"

Our Dear Friend Dr. Ed Poole writes in his new book, "Lessons from the Porch" A MUST READ!

For the first time in my life, during my 4-month hospitalization with clinical depression, I had to call a time out. I had been such a human "doing" I did not know how to be a human "being." I had been so busy with my work I had carefully avoided discovering Ed Poole the person.
While in the hospital, however, I began to realize I did not know Ed Poole outside my job titles. I had climbed the career ladder of success in my profession only to find the ladder was leaning up against the wrong wall.
The wall was wrong because almost every brick used to build that wall was made from others’ expectations for me and how I should be living out my life through my work. Very few bricks were used that contained my own expectations for who I was and what I should be doing with my life.
My compass was in my hand, not in my heart, and I thought the heart was simply that muscle to keep the blood flowing. During my hospitalization, and since, I’ve spent much of my time getting acquainted with Ed Poole – trying to understand where I’ve been, what has happened to me, and why I’m at this particular stop on my journey.
Doing this reflecting has been a new and wonderful experience for me. The experience has been new because throughout much of my life, I was afraid to get acquainted with myself. Through the reflecting, I discovered there were 22 Lessons inside me that have come to life in my writing.

Read his book, "Lessons from the Porch" http://www.lessonsfromtheporch.org/LFP/index.cfm
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