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"If the Buddha had two kids, a dog named Blue, a Southern accent, and a huge crush on Johnny Depp, his name would be Patti Digh," wrote one reviewer after Digh's grassroots bestseller, Life Is a Verb, was published. In 2003, Patti Digh's stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer and died just 37 days later. She woke up on day 38 and asked herself a question that she has asked every morning since: "What would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live?"

Patti's award-winning blog, 37days.com, emerged from the lessons she learned by asking that question and soon the essays were crafted into the bestselling book LIFE IS A VERB: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally. Patti has since written FOUR-WORD SELF-HELP: Simple Wisdom...more


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Published on August 05, 2012 14:40 • 21 views
Average rating: 4.06 · 1,331 ratings · 156 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Four-Word Self-Help: Simple...
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The Geography of Loss: Embr...
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The True Secret of Writing by Natalie Goldberg
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Writing Alone and With Others by Pat Schneider
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
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Art and Fear by David Bayles
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Just Kids by Patti Smith
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If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland
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The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
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“Instead of a book, what if we're actually writing (or not writing) in the margins of our lives? What if our lives are books? What is the sign of our presence? Are we pressing into the margins our interpretations and questions? Are we circling offending verbs and drawing furious arrows to the margin where we scrawl "irony," "frustration," "voiceless," "unfair!" Or do we simply turn the pages, passively receiving what's given, furiously disagreeing but remaining silent about it?”
Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

“People don't stop being bullies when they grow up. They just dress differently to fool you.”
Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

“If I stop judging other people, I free myself from being judged, and I can dance!”
Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

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The 104 Book Chal...: Elizabeth's 2012 Book Challenge 117 45 Jan 04, 2013 12:39pm  
“Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.”
Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

“Watch other people for clues about who they are, not just clues about how much they are or are not like you.”
Patti Digh, What I Wish For You: Simple Wisdom for a Happy Life

“Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.”
Patti Digh, Four-Word Self-Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives

“We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.”
Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally




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