Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The third discipline is community. Whom do you choose as your companions? Whom do you choose to be friends with, to live… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child is ranting and raving, trying to get back at the friend, one wound leads to another. But when the child can experience the consoling embrace of a parent, she or he can live through the pain, return to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This is what life is about. It is being sent on a trip by a loving God, who is waiting at home… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“There is a twilight zone in our hearts that we ourselves cannot see. Even when we know quite a lot about ourselves-our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“There seems to be a mountain of obstacles preventing people from being where their hearts want to be. It is so painful… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is truly God given. Because where God wants you to be, God holds you safe and gives you peace, even when there is pain. To live a disciplined life is to live in such a way… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share
I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
