Open in app
Home
Notifications
Lists
Stories

Write
Patrick Parker
Patrick Parker

Home

About

Published in About Me Stories

·Pinned

About Me — Patrick Parker

I help people become who they truly are! — Originally from the United States, I pursued a love of music from an early age. My passion allowed me to travel the world, live abroad, earn a doctorate, and gain ten years of invaluable leadership experience as an Executive Director. …

About Me

2 min read

About Me — Patrick Parker
About Me — Patrick Parker

Published in Everything Fun

·Pinned

Dear Jon: Saying Thanks To My PenPal of Fifteen Years

When I was a twenty-year-old aspiring musician, I met a man in his retirement named Jon who would become my musical mentor, and even more importantly, my friend. — He lived in Paris and I lived in North Carolina (then Ohio, then Texas, then Germany, then Texas, then Louisiana, then Texas, then…Norway!!). So, by necessity, we became email penpals. Jon was and is an exceptional teacher. I never apprenticed with him formally, but I visited him several times in…

Pen Pals

4 min read

Dear Jon: Saying Thanks To My PenPal of Fifteen Years
Dear Jon: Saying Thanks To My PenPal of Fifteen Years

Published in Everything Fun

·Jul 19

Hell’s Receptionist: A Fable of Radical Acceptance

In honor of the way my best friend lives his life; I recently visited him in India and the following words naturally flowed out of my pen and onto the page. — Take a moment to engage your mind’s eye. You know, your ability to generate inner mental pictures, as though there is a movie reel projecting onto the theater screen of your mind. Now, imagine you arrive at the lobby of a hotel, not knowing why you are there or how…

Life

6 min read

Hell’s Receptionist: A Fable of Radical Acceptance
Hell’s Receptionist: A Fable of Radical Acceptance

Published in Everything Fun

·Jul 11

On Children

An excerpt from Khalil Gibran’s enduring and influential “The Prophet.” — A friend of mine who is a mother recently shared this poem with me, stating that it really sums up her vision of what she wants for her son: And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children…

Children

2 min read

On Children
On Children

Published in New Earth Consciousness

·Jul 6

The Days Are Long But The Years Are Short

Our time here is short. Let’s make the most of it! — Year after year we live our lives. As Gretchen Rubin says, “the days are long, but the years are short…” In childhood, time seems to slink by, feeling almost as if it’s going in reverse.

Insights

3 min read

The Days Are Long But The Years Are Short
The Days Are Long But The Years Are Short

Jul 6

Living In The Mystery

A secret to living life with an open heart and an open mind. It is hard to stay living in the mystery because it’s hard to live in uncertainty and have negative capability. After all, in life, there are often multiple valid interpretations of the same events, difficult decisions often…

Mystery Of Life

2 min read

Living In The Mystery
Living In The Mystery

Published in Everything Fun

·Jul 5

What’s Your Vintage Year?

Carl Jung said it best when he stated that each person is like a vintage wine that is stamped with the year, place, and season in which they are born. Just as my parents instilled certain values in me, so did being a 1988 vintage from a North Carolina summer…

Wine

2 min read

What’s Your Vintage Year?
What’s Your Vintage Year?

Published in Refresh the Soul

·Jul 5

My Best Friend

A note of gratitude to the person I share my daily life with — Years back, I met a guy that was almost instantly mesmerizing in his humility, curiosity, gentleness, and genuineness. Over the course of time, we slowly became the best of friends and have made many memories together. Some of the memories have been really fun! Like taking a road trip through…

Friendship

3 min read

My Best Friend
My Best Friend

Published in Everything Fun

·Jul 4

Let Freedom Ring!

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom!” ―Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Scarlet Letter” Like many people in the United States, I grew up with an immense sense of patriotism in my hometown. Fourth of July was a huge event with picnics, a symphony orchestra with cannonfire in…

Fourth Of July

3 min read

Let Freedom Ring!
Let Freedom Ring!

Published in Everything Fun

·Jul 3

This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine!

A tiny flicker can illuminate a vast darkness. When I was a kid in Sunday School, they taught us a simple song: “this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.” Although I was a young boy, I took the words at face value. I certainly hid my light…

Hinduism

2 min read

This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine!
This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine!
Patrick Parker

Patrick Parker

Writes on the spiritual inner journey. Editor of “Everything Fun”: https://medium.com/everything-fun.

Following
  • Stephen Blackford

    Stephen Blackford

  • Paul Walker

    Paul Walker

  • Anne Bonfert

    Anne Bonfert

  • Jo Ann Harris

    Jo Ann Harris

  • Sezgin Dogan

    Sezgin Dogan

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Knowable