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The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.

Henri Nouwen

In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Life Ourselves Source Wound
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
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
The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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Feeling Healing Hide Oneself
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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I Love You Life Opportunity
Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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Greatness Heart Wound Yourself
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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Myself Search Son Time
Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.
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Dare Friendship God Love Reality Yourself
Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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Change Forgiveness Remember Way
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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Compassionate Distinct Judgement Prevent Togetherness
You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer – listening to the voice of the one who calls you “the beloved.”
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Call Listening Prayer Voice Yourself
Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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Ground Hide Stand Treasure Trust
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
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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Forget Life Ourselves Tragedy Worth
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
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

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