Ever want to escape — to go to a monastery or nunnery, to live in a log cabin in the woods, to find an island in the Caribbean, etc.? You know what I mean — to check out. I don’t think I’m alone when I used to think that to get in touch with my…
Tag: Parker Palmer
Find Something Else To Do With Your Life
Almost fifty years ago, I was told my football career was over and I needed to return home and find something else to do with my life. My vision of myself as a professional football player was no longer a possibility. I had injured my knee the season before and had permanently ruined it playing…
Age Brings Diminishments And Benefits
A friend for over fifty years sent me a book to read and during this brief period where I put down my quill to become a book shipper I picked it up last night. This is how it begins and I don’t think I need to say a word more to get you thinking: Age…