In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work.
Parker J. PalmerI like to say that before we can create an external space in which to receive people, we have to create an internal space in which to receive them.
Parker J. PalmerSome journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the worldโs deep need
Parker J. PalmerGood teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher.
Parker J. PalmerPerhaps, the answer is that my ravaged mind rails against the idea of God, but something deeper in me calls out as if God might answer. 'There are not foxholes,' I guess, and depression is the deepest and deadliest foxhole I've been in. It may be the 'dark night of the soul' that the mystics talk about but in depression it is not so much that one becomes lost in the dark as one becomes the dark.
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