The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.
HENRI NOUWENThe 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.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to 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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If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.
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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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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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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
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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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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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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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The 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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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
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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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