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My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.

Henri Nouwen

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
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
Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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Greatness Heart Wound Yourself
Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.
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Community Food Mindset People Relationship Togetherness
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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God Himself Listening Open Prayer
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
I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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Community Feeling Solitude Strong
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
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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Prayer Religious Spirit
We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.
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Healing Health Help Offering Reach
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
Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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Change Forgiveness Remember Way
Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Experience Joy Love Yourself
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
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Ability Heart Human Mindset Ourselves Thinking
Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.
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Beautiful Flower Joy Ourselves Pain Power Water
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

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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