If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, b…

Richard Rohr
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If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.27, John Wiley & Sons
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If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.27, John Wiley & Sons

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