It is terrible to see enthusiastic young people becoming disillusioned, wounded and cynical after a few years of community life where they felt neither welcomed nor understood. There are [some] in communities who attract and stimulate the enthusiastic, but who through lack of wisdom or pride lead young people toward disappointment. The world of community can be full of illusions. I ask forgiveness of all those who came to my community or others of L'Arche, full of enthusiasm, and who felt deceived by our lack of openness, our blocks, our lack of truth and our pride. (Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 138, L'Arche Canada | L'Arche Canada Foundation | Jean Vanier Online)
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