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Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.

Henri Nouwen

It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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Discover Effort Gift Possession Result Share Solitude Worth
Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.
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Enemy Life Rejection Sacred Spiritual Voice
Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Foundation Life Patience Spiritual Time
Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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God Place Space
In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.
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Division Healing Live Love Privilege Rival World Wound
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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I Love You Life Opportunity
My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
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Complain Discover Interrupt Life Myself Work
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
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Close Distance Lose Silence Word
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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Myself Search Son Time
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.
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Attention God Life Path Pay Yourself
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Experience Joy Love Yourself
Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life…all of our life.
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Give Up Humanity Kiss Life Love Ourselves Smile Word
Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God’s eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God’s heart.
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Deep Eyes God Heart Place Trust Unique
For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.
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Children Conquer Country Defeat God Man Woman
You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer – listening to the voice of the one who calls you “the beloved.”
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Call Listening Prayer Voice Yourself
Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
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Human Learning Morning Patience Wait

Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.

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