"The broken-open heart is not a rarity to be found only among saints but a common feature in the lives of ordinary people, including ourselves. You suffer the death of someone who gave your life meaning. Then you go through a long underground passage of grief when life without that person barely seems worth living. But one day you emerge and discover, to your surprise, that because of your devastating loss, your heart feels more grateful, alive, and loving. The heart is an alchemical retort that can transform dross into gold."
--Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart of Democracy, page 60.
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