This week we’ll listen as Parker Palmer shares the experience of literally “getting stuck” while repelling off of a cliff. The lesson he learned helped him to through a long period of depression and inability to write. Sometimes, when we cannot get out of a situation, “getting into it” is the best thing we can do.
How many of us, when we find ourselves dealing with pain, grief or suffering, try as best we can to distract ourselves or avoid the difficult feelings rather than “getting into them”?