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10/11/2016

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​Here we go! Four weeks from today is Election Day which means that the next 28 days will be some of the greatest and most trying days of our year. Democracy works the hallways and tension fills the airwaves.
​In his book, Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker Palmer reminds us that democracy is designed to keep the energy of tension alive. Tension animates the body politic. It’s a sign of life. He says, “Political life in a democracy is a nonstop flow of contradictions and conflicts.”
 
The question for each of us is: How will I engage and not evade the tensions of competing ideas and seemingly polarized positions? Palmer suggests developing habits of the heart. The first of his five habits states, “We must understand that we are all in this together.”
 
One way to engage this habit is to practice kindness with all whom we meet. We express kindness, one of the Fundamentals of Forgiveness, when we look people in the eye and acknowledge them, when we use common courtesies such as saying “please” and “thank you,” and when we accept small slights not as personal attacks but as evidence of a deeper hurt.
 
Practicing kindness acknowledges and expresses our equality, recognizing that each of us is worthy of the same measure of respect and consideration and that “we’re all in this together.”
 
The remaining debates, ads, and opinion blogs will not change many minds. The upcoming election will not resolve most matters. After the placards are pulled down, the tension – the life energy of democracy – will remain. Encourage it. Engage it. Celebrate it.
 
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Deep in all of us is the instinct that being connected to one another is happier, healthier, and safer than living in isolation. Parker Palmer
 
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In this brief video, Parker Palmer speaks of holding the tension of individuation and relationship (watch video).
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12/11/2020 04:46:10 pm

Having no fear is good, but it can also make you a bit weaker. People think that fear is a weakness, but that is not true. Those who know fear are able to make choices that are logical and grounded. I do not want to argue how being fearless can help you, because to me, that is nothing more than rubbish. I hope that we can agree that having fear can help a person do incredible things in this life.

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