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| 9-1-1 Memorial, New York City |
Read this quote and marinate in it...
...for a long while.
This is classic Nouwen, the kind of wisdom that, when it descends from the mind into the heart, sets a person free.
"A life without a quiet center easily becomes delusional. When we cling to the results of our actions as our only way of self-identification, we become possessive, defensive, and dependent on false identities. In the solitude of prayer we slowly unmask the illusion of our dependencies and possessiveness, and discover in the center of our own self that we are not what we can control or conquer but what is given to us from above to channel to others. In solitary prayer we become aware that our identity does not depend on what we have accomplished or possess, that our productivity does not define us, and that our worth is not the same as our usefulness." (P. 19)
Thank you, God, for Henri Nouwen.
