My dear friend, Nina, reminded me this morning that it is our authenticity and willingness to be vulnerable that is the most appealing and, indeed, the most valuable to those around us. Although our egos would prefer that we look good, it’s the not looking so great that touches people and gives them the permission to be more vulnerable themselves. And that may set them free.

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I was in my early thirties when I began, literally, to wake up to questions about my vocation.  By all appearances, thing were going well, but the soul does not put much stock in appearances.  Seeking a path more purposeful than accumulating wealth, holding power, winning at competition, or securing a career, I had started to understand that it is indeed possible to live a life other than one’s own…Then I ran across the old Quaker saying, “Let your life speak.”  I found those words encouraging, and I thought I understood what they meant: “Let the highest truths and values guide you.  Live up to those demanding standards in everything you do.”…Today, some thirty years later, “Let your life speak” means something else to me…”Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.  Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.”
- Parker J. Palmer, Let Your Life Speak

It’s quite a feat to learn what’s yours and what’s some kernel of your truth, covered over by influences of society, media, celebrity.  But the soul knows, and as Palmer says, it does not put much stock in appearances.

What is your life saying to you?

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