You can tell a culture is in trouble when its elders walk across the street to avoid meeting its youth.
Quoted by Meg Wheatley in Finding our Way and attributed to Malidoma Some from Burkino Fasso and Parker Palmer. Meg Wheatley’s has written a very appreciative and moving essay Maybe you will be the ones: to my sons and their friends.
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wonderful article by Meg Wheatley – thanks.
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Reblogged this on Teacher as Transformer and commented:
Meg Wheatley and Parker Palmer are two of my favourite authors and thinkers. The pose challenging questions which defy oversimplification. Do I walk across the street to avoid others? This is no simple question when answered in the affirmative. It says something about me that is much deeper than yes or no. It asks, “What would lead to me doing this?”, an exploration of my soul and humanness should follow.
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i am especially fond of Parker Palmer’s “Courage to Teach”
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Yes Pat. There are some great pearls of wisdom in what Parker Palmer has to say aren’t there?
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