Parker Palmer
“It's an act of rebellion to show up as someone trying to be whole*” and I would add, as someone who believes that there is a hidden wholeness beneath the very evident brokenness of our world. And somebody who wants to say that somehow part of that hidden wholeness is love, part of that hidden wholeness is our fellow feeling for each other, part of that hidden wholeness is a desire to make this thing work, and to work it out together. The act of persisting in those fundamental beliefs that something better is possible. I think this is courage. And I try to call myself to it every day. And I often fail. So, rebellion can be that very small thing of swimming upstream against a tide of cynicism or against a tide of scarcity. And trying to witness to that in your life day in and day out. And it can really, really make you hurt ...”
Parker Palmer
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Mark
11/16/2017 09:40:56 am
Parker's writing is so good. Love that book. Wonderful image as well.
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