A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Befriending the life in others is sometimes a complex matter. There are times when we offer our strength and protection, but these… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
In order to live fully we may need to look deeply at our own suffering and at the suffering of others. In… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Chances are that any helpful two-year-old will break some eggs. We are often not very good at things when we are new. But there… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Big messages come in small packages. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Many people do not know that they can strengthen or diminish the life around them. The way we live day to day simply may… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
A label is a mask life wears. We put labels on life all the time. 'Right,' 'wrong,' 'success,' 'failure,' . . . Labeling sets… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
It is said that the Christian mystic Theresa of Avila found difficulty at first in reconciling the vastness of the life of the spirit… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Goose bumps happen when your soul is close to you, breathing lightly on the back of your neck, and wakes you up. — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
