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Publié par | Everest Media LLC |
Date de parution | 11 octobre 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9798350039177 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 1 Mo |
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Insights on Parker J. Palmer's On the Brink of Everything
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
The phrase on the brink of can be used in a positive or negative way. It is defined as the edge of a cliff or other high area, or the point at which something good or bad will happen. I like being on the brink of everything because it gives me new perspectives on my past, present, and future.
#2
The phrase on the brink of can be used in a positive or negative way. It is defined as the edge of a cliff or other high area, or the point at which something good or bad will happen. I like being on the brink of everything because it gives me new perspectives on my past, present, and future.
#3
I am that to which I gave short shrift and that to which I attended. I am my descents into darkness and my rising again into the light, my betrayals and my fidelities, my failures and my successes.
#4
The title stands for too long; didn’t read. Shorter: If you’re wondering whether your life has meaning, forget about it. It doesn’t.
#5
I am not the center of anyone’s solar system. If I keep trying to put myself there, insisting that my life has special meaning, I’ll die in despair or in delusion.
#6
The title of this section is a play on the phrase on the brink of. It is defined as the edge of a cliff or other high area, or the point at which something good or bad will happen. I like being on the brink of everything because it gives me new perspectives on my past, present, and future.
#7
Don’t try to make your life have meaning. If you do, you’ll end up in despair or in delusion. Instead, actively embrace aging and your complexity and contradictions, because these are what make you human.