![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. It is discovered within by listening, not by seeking validation or information from the outside world: The idea of dictating vocation to our lives is misguided. They remind me of moments when it is clear-if I have eyes to see-that the life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me. "Ask me whether what I have done is my life." For some, those words will be nonsense, nothing more than a poet's loose way with language and logic. Parker opens by exploring the idea of vocation: Let Your Life Speak: Key ideas by chapter Quotes from the book appear in bullets, my comments and summations are in normal sentences and paragraphs. I strongly suggest you read this book to interpret it through your life experiences and your spirit. And those ideas might resonate strongly with you. I ignore ideas from the book that don’t resonate with me. That is where intuition percolates and resonates, because spirit’s source is deeper than ourselves.Ī word of warning: This summary is framed through my lens of life experience. Our deepest truths come not from soul, but from spirit. The spirit is that part of us that connects, or refuses to connect, to God. While the two words are often used interchangeably, the primary distinction between soul and spirit in man is that the soul is the animate life, or the seat of the senses, desires, affections, and appetites. Palmer uses the term “soul” when discussing his inner voice. Palmer also chronicles his descent into-and the climbing out of-depression. From spirit, and intuition. Not from the outside world. ![]() Ultimately, that answer comes from inside us. We must seek the answer “Who am I?” to know what to do. He shares his search for his ideal vocation, which turns into the ultimate existential crisis: “Who am I?” Palmer shares his winding career journey, which includes wrong turns to fit into roles not meant for him. “Let Your Life Speak” is theoretical and autobiographical. I reread it, and put together my interpretation of the book’s key ideas. But when intuition hits that hard, I listen. I woke up and the message hit me before my eyes were even open: ![]()
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