Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts the door behind us—and welcome the largeness of life that now lies open to our souls. The door that closed kept us from entering a room, but what now lies before us is the rest of reality.


p. 54 - Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (1999)

Parker Palmer Quotes

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts...

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts...

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts...

Each time a door closes, the rest of the world opens us. All we need to do is stop pounding on the door that just closed, turn around—which puts...