The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Wednesday, 5 October 2016 "An Attitude"Community life, with all its complexities, implies an inner attitude. Without this, it very quickly ossifies and we seek all sorts of comprises to avoid growth. This attitude is that of a trusting child who knows that he is only a tiny part of the universe and that he is called to live in gift and oblation where he is.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 193]
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Jean Vanier's Daily Thought
>> Image from: Expo Haiti-Quebec (Jonathan Boulet-Groulx)"To Love is to ..."
Loving someone does not simply mean doing things for them; it is much more profound. To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance; it is to understand them, understand their cries and their body language; it is to rejoice in their presence, spend time in their company and communicate with them. To love is to live a heart-to-heart relationship with another, giving to and receiving from each other.[Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, page 19]
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