Well known in education circles for 鈥楾he Courage to Teach鈥, Parker Palmer is also the author of 鈥淟et Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation鈥. In this book, Palmer inspires us to look within to find our calling. Grounded in the Quaker tradition of 鈥榳ay鈥, Palmer writes: 鈥淏efore I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.鈥 (p. 4) Since in Western culture 鈥渨e tend to gather information in ways that do not work very well when the source is the human soul鈥 (p. 7), Palmer recounts his own personal journey to illustrate the different pitfalls and paths of trying to figure out what to do with your life.
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