I love Parker Palmer’s writings so much. I had to share this quote I stumbled upon.
P.s. May all stay safe in the face of storms–internal or external. (We were spared from Matthew and feeling so very grateful. Prayers to anyone impacted.)
As you integrate ignorance and failure into your knowledge and success, do the same with all the alien parts of yourself.
Take everything that’s bright and beautiful in you and introduce it to the shadow side of yourself.
Let your altruism meet your egotism, let your generosity meet your greed, let your joy meet your grief.
Everyone has a shadow… But when you are able to say, “I am all of the above, my shadow as well as my light,” the shadow’s power is put in service of the good.
Wholeness is the goal, but wholeness does not mean perfection, it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of your life.
Wonderful reminder that we are light and shadow and so many things at once. How is everything? I hope you made it through the storm okay!
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Thanks for such a thoughtful check-in! We are fine and barely had a rain drop. I’m actually about to post after being out of town all weekend and trying to play catch up. (Thankfully out of town not for evacuation purposes — was in my home state of Michigan for the weekend!)
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