Parker Palmer

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.

There is a big difference when the two of you stand in my doorway. I don't know why this difference exists, but I am so conscious of it that for one I want to yell, "Get out of my room and stop looking at me!" while to the other, I feel more at calm, as though you are standing guard and watching over me protectively.