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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

Henri Nouwen

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
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Illusion Life Property Share Violence
We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
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Fall Preparation Rain See
Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.
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Afraid Discover Empty Fear God Hold On Myself Stand
Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.
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Compassionate Human Power Weakness
Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
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Direction Fear Generosity Love Time
Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
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Joy Kiss Life Moments Ourselves Sadness Time
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
I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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God Knowledge Myself Wonder
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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Day Joy Simplicity
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Life Ourselves Source Wound
Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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Change Forgiveness Remember Way
Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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God Place Space
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
Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
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Life Maturity Spiritual Yourself
Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
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Day Hope Ourselves Sun Talk True Walk
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

Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

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