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.
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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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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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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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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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.
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Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression and resentment, or you choose to let these losses be passages to something new, something wider, and deeper.
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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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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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Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
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My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
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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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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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If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.
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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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