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Let Your Life Speak

Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Book • 2024
In 'Let Your Life Speak', Parker J. Palmer reflects on the journey of finding one's true vocation through a deeply personal and compassionate lens.

The book encourages readers to listen to their inner selves rather than external expectations, and to embrace their true identities and integrity.

Palmer shares his own experiences, including struggles with depression and unconventional career paths, to illustrate the importance of authenticity and self-awareness in discovering one's calling.

The book emphasizes that vocation is not a goal to be achieved but a gift to be received, and that it involves aligning one's life with one's natural gifts and interests.

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