On Being…

“Violence is what happens when we don’t know what else to do with our suffering.” But, Parker J. Palmer wonders, how do we turn the power of suffering toward new life? It depends on our willingness to exercise our hearts so that when suffering strikes, they are suppler and more able to break open to new life.

http://www.onbeing.org/blog/heartbreak-violence-and-hope-for-new-life/7476