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The 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.

Henri Nouwen

Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.
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Fear Greatness Joy Love Pain Risk Strong Worth
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
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
Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
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Alive Community Growth Heart Oneself Quality
If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
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Essential Life Myself
Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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Change Forgiveness Remember Way
We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.
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Angel Drink Each Other Need Sorrow Strength
The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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Feeling Healing Hide Oneself
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
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
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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Hard Time Inspirational Rejection Thinking
I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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Doubt Help Moments Myself Trust
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
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
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
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

The 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.

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