"I want to learn how to hold the……" — Parker J. Palmer

I want to learn how to hold the paradoxical poles of my… - Parker J. Palmer

"I want to learn how to hold the paradoxical poles of my identity together, to embrace the profoundly opposite truths that my sense of self is deeply dependent on others dancing with me and that I still have a sense of self when no one wants to dance."

— Parker J. Palmer

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