Jean Vanier’s Daily Thought – Monday,
6 January 2014 “Embracing reality”
As people grow older and as
their strength diminishes they often become more accepting of their lives and
of reality. However, old age can make some people bitter and desperate; they
become angry with life, with themselves, with their weakness and with the
awareness of the nearness of death and the end of their lives.
It takes time to learn to
embrace reality, to enter into a 'bonding' with reality; a bonding with our own
weakness and poverty.(Jean Vanier, Befriending the Stranger, page 114)
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