Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation [B0573]

1999 HCDJ 1st edition in excellent condition. "Is the life I am living the same as the life that wants to live in me?" With this searching question, bestselling author Parker J. Palmer begins his insightful and moving meditation on finding our way toward meaning and purpose. As readers of many ages, backgrounds and walks of life will attest, Let Your Life Speak is an elegant and openhearted gift to all who seek to live authentically. We find a path that's right for us by embracing what gives us life and rejecting what diminishes us, listening more closely to the voice of "true self" than to what others expect or demand of us. As we live more deeply into our own identity and integrity, we find both personal fulfillment and our place in the community to which we belong. As always, Palmer writes honestly and vulnerably about his own life, including the fumbles and failures that have marked his unconventional vocational journey. He chronicles his deep dives into depression, and his quest for "an undivided life" that would allow him to offer his best gifts to the world. The details of his story are unique, but the insights he draws from it are universal.

Let Your Life Speak offers no simplistic formulas for finding a meaningful path through life's complexities. Instead, it offers real-life experience, thoughtfully mined for insight and wisdom. Parker J. Palmer is an American author, educator, Quaker, and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He has published ten books and numerous essays and poems, and is founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage and Renewal.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "If you are looking for a theological exploration of vocation this is not your book, but if you are looking for a short thoughtful book to help you think more clearly about your limitations and strengths this book is perfect."; "I'm sure this book a great at any season of life, but it slaps hard when you're in the middle of a career change."; "This is probably the 5th time I've read this little book. It carries wisdom for different stages of my life. It's a good one to keep on your bookshelf."