It threw me for a loop because it seemed homo-erotic even though this author is a Quaker, married with kids. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” This book doesn't talk about "vocation" as one's fantasy job or bread and butter career, but more This is a small book both in page count and actual size but it packs much thought-provoking, soulful stuff. Click Download or Read Online button to get let your life speak book now. However, far too much reference to biblical scripture and other anectodes I didn't care for, such as "Bill" who nursed the author back to health from his depression by massaging his feet daily. That’d be me. This is given. Because there is no way out of one’s inner life, so one had better get into it. The bad: unapologetically postmodernist in its humanism, often seeming as though it's appropriating Christian language for a universalist, new-age, postmodernist moral - the same mantra all millennials grew up with (and, in my opinion, are being wrecked by): be true to yourself, as though all the raw material for fulfilled personhood is inherent solely in the individual. I took notes in my journal in order to be able to return the book to the library on time. --Rob Lehman, president, The Fetzer Institute "In our search for authentic vocation, this book should be the starting point and deserves a prominent place in every home, school, and college.
. He is as inclined to quote some calming poetry as he is to lecture on leadership. I read this too fast, because it's only 109 pages, and these days that's a Post-It note to me in a world of dissertations. In A Hidden Wholeness, Parker Palmer reveals the same compassionate intelligence and informed heart that shaped his best-selling books Let Your Life Speak and The Courage to Teach. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK AS A GIFT FOR ANYONE THAT YOU KNOW! With warmth and wisdom throughout, Palmer describes in a most linear fashion his own triumphs and travails from institutions of many kinds: social, spiritual, and higher education. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Originally, I wanted to read it because I am one of those birds who---no matter how many years I live---I am always trying to ascertain if I am in the right place at the right time doing the right thing! I read this too fast, because it's only 109 pages, and these days that's a Post-It note to me in a world of dissertations.I read this too fast, like eating an incredibly rich piece of cake that gives you a stomachache and a desire to never eat again. Even though I read this for class, I'm glad it was required because I felt like Palmer was talking to me - he's incredibly open and honest about his own struggles. . I quickly became aware that the only thing diminutive about this tome was its size. Parker J. Palmer (Madison, WI) is a writer, teacher and activist whose work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life. Welcome back. When I began reading it, given the few pages it contained and the dimensions of those pages, I thought I would be finished reading it in a few hours. He also explores depression as a way of discovering that true self; not that he recommends becoming depressed, but he sees the possibility that depression can be a journey toward a sort of wholeness, and points out that it always has something to teach us.A meaningful little book talking about the importance of letting your life speak. The book's title is a time-honored Quaker admonition, usually taken to mean “Let the highest truths and values guide everything you do.” But Palmer reinterprets those words, drawing on his own search for selfhood. Many of us would be familiar with the experience of striving to live up to the expectations of others. A friend whose Spiritual walk has given me a deeper understanding of courage and integrity suggested I may like this little book. Here he speaks to our yearning to live undivided lives—lives that are congruent with our inner truth—in a world filled with the forces of fragmentation. Since reading, my life has been speaking a lot. The summary senCertain books prove that it takes depth of experience and a lot of contemplation in order to be both profound and concise. I also disagreed with the main premise of the book that we all have a destiny....I think we make our own. But Palmer reinterprets those words, drawing on his own search for selfhood. He loves an analogy but staves off the hokey stuff.I tried to like this book because Palmer had some really good messages to get across, but unfortunately I found his writing way too self-indulgent and dramatic. At least it was short...maybe that should have been my first clue.
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation is an insightful discourse on discovering one’s true self and vocation. There is all the time you need.Awful, awful, awful. He taps all the right people for their own thoughts on life and leading (Buechner, Dillard, Rilke, Rumi) and organizes the book's five chapters beneath simple metaphors--the changing of seasons, and those in one's life. That’d be me. Not that the stories aren't interesting, quite a few were. by Jossey-Bass
So many good things about this book. This book was encouraging in that it gave me hopYes. “Depression demands that we reject simplistic answers, both ‘religious’ and ‘scientific,’ and “Why would anyone want to embark on the daunting inner journey about which Annie Dillard writes? Subscribe for free to receive the "Sloww Sunday" newsletter and "Hierarchy of Happiness" eBook: I wish I would have discovered it five years ago when I started my own journey. I spent 30 minutes reading the first five pages, I would read a paragraph and stare into the Middle Distance for five minutes consideri A friend whose Spiritual walk has given me a deeper understanding of courage and integrity suggested I may like this little book. I was particularly drawn to how the author talked about having "an inflated ego that led me to think more of myself than was warranted in order to mask my fear that I was less than I should have been." I did not see any relevance nor appropriateness with this shared passage.
I did gain some valuable perspective with the examples he gave of Vaclav Havel - former President of the Czech Republic - who through the absolute depths of despair from communist rule rose an abundance of appreciation for freedom, prosperity and community once gained never to be taken for granted.