Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
HENRI NOUWENThe spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims of passing feelings of happiness or depression.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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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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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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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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Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you’d rather not go.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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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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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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I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.
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The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing that is a friend who cares.
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The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results.
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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