Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
HENRI NOUWENThe main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
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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.
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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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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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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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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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Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
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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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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, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst.
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You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
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