Sometimes we find ourselves in a struggle to understand why we feel drained and unhappy in our daily lives, with our work, or personal lives. We often think, “I got everything I thought I should want, what’s wrong with me?”
In his book Let Your Life Speak, Author Parker Palmer suggests that when we feel this way, it might be because we are TELLING our life what it SHOULD be, instead of LISTENING to who we are. We often make life choices based on both spoken and unspoken expectations and “norms” coming from ourselves and others that don’t align with our true selves. Palmer encourages us to put away our “superhero” mask that may be preventing us from getting to know our true self that is clamoring to find ways to express itself. In this process of deep listening to who we are, and what inspires us, we can finally get out of our own way. Letting our life speak. This is a beautifully written book.