Book description
From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything."
Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his…
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On my nightstand, I have a journal in which I copy poems, writings that inspire, or insights I have. Two pages are filled with sentences I have copied from this book. Why? Because getting older in these times of insanity and division can leave me anxious and without a rudder.
Parker has an amazing gift for making a statement that recharges and renews me:
“Calamites I once lamented now appear as strong threads of a larger weave, without which the fabric of my life would be less resilient.” Wow!
“Forget ego. Today’s peacock is tomorrow’s feather duster.” Got it.
Or…
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