Passwords: Passing on Words of Wisdom and Strength, Volume 2 is a collection of 21 real life inspirational stories from everyday and extraordinary people just like you sharing how they overcame poverty and prejudice, heartbreak and childhood scarring. Each story is uniquely written from the voice of the writer and passes along a universal truth. The collection was inspired by Dr. Bernie Seigel’s book, 365 Prescriptions For The Soul.
The marvelous thing about learning from a story is that a story never ends, so our learning from it need not either.
The Active Life by Parker J. Palmer, 1990
For most of us, life can be challenging at the best of times. However, these challenges present themselves in our lives to test us to see who we truly are and what we are made of. One of our contributing authors, Pete Bernard, the Algonquin Shaman, shares with us that “personal mastery must be first proven and then lived”. We must face life’s tests with love, gratitude, wisdom, understanding, faith and hope. We need to then apply our newly acquired knowledge into our daily lives or else we cannot evolve and grow.
Suffering is a dreadful teacher but often the beginning of the best ofus. Suffering and creativity are often interdependent. Pain produces a terrible tension released in our creative response. Suffering can be like a grain of sand in an oyster: it can create a magnificent pearl.
Teresa of Avila
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