A story of travel gone bad and the catalyst for generosity, sharing, and making good on circumstances beyond one's control.
Parker J. Palmer
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Walk straight into your not-knowing. Exercise your heart. Live as variously as possible. In this season of graduations, Parker Palmer offers six suggestions for traversing the savage and beautiful terrain of life.
Parker Palmer offers up a remedy for feeling adrift: embracing surprise, and taking on sense of reverence to mystery.
Compassion is a virtue, but do we direct it inward as much as outward? Parker Palmer gleans wisdom from Mary Oliver on mending ourselves so that we might be better companions to loved ones in need.
What would it look like to quarrel with our country in a way the soul would affirm? A contemplation of patriotism turned inward, and the "fierce-love truth-telling" that will help us become the democratic community we aspire to be.
A poem from Maya Spector is an encouragement to push open the doors that hold us in when the light of spring breaks.
To live fully and well, we need diversity — in nature and in our lives together.
A poem on letting go of our "known way of being" and discovering the wisdom of letting things unfold around us.
A poetic reminder for writers: that the simplest words can be the most powerful.
A hopeful poem by Portia Nelson on the slow but cathartic process of breaking out of our harmful habits.
There is joy in seeking out the boundless newness of the world. To embrace this is to welcome the uncertain, the mysterious, the unknowable — whether you are in the spring of youth or the sunset of seniority.
Life is complexity and mystery; so is the poetry and beauty we find in it.
A video with Parker Palmer discussing Lincoln's depression and how he sees the 16th U.S. President's ability to reconcile the darkness and lightness within himself as a lesson for us all in healing the heart of democracy.
Politics can divide more often than unite. But, deep involvement in the civic sphere doesn't mean we have to sacrifice empathy and civility.
An appeal to move beyond anger and reactiveness, and to concentrate instead on the immediate, crucial work of embodying justice.
The Quaker elder offers this poetic reminder on trusting that the writing process itself will help you dig into your bafflement.
Life has its moments of melancholy. Parker Palmer reminds us to stop, take it all in, and write some poetry to recall life's aspirations.
Some good humor on forgetfulness and poignant verse from the poet Billy Collins to sweeten the swallow.
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