Take on big jobs worth doing -- jobs like the spread of love, peace, and justice. That means refusing to be seduced by our cultural obsession with being effective as measured by short-term results. --Parker Palmer

Six Pillars of the Wholehearted Life

Six Pillars of the Wholehearted Life

Nov 3, 2015-- In what has been named as one of the best commencement speeches of all time, Parker Palmer, author, educator, and founder of the Center for Courage and Renewal, shares six pillars of a wholehearted life. The first, be reckless in matters of the heart: "Fall madly in love with life. Be passionate about some part of the natural and/or human worlds and take risks on its behalf, no matter how vulnerable they make you." Read on for more and to watch the video. (58471 reads)


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