Father Henri J. M. Nouwen’s Daily Meditation – Thursday, January
30, 2014 “Choosing Joy”
Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard
to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What then
brings the joy we so much desire? Are some people just lucky, while others have
run out of luck? Strange as it may sound, we can choose joy. Two people can be
part of the same event, but one may choose to live it quite differently than
the other. One may choose to trust that what happened, painful as it may be,
holds a promise. The other may choose despair and be destroyed by it.
What makes us human is precisely this freedom of choice.
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Henri Nouwen Society
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St. Louis, MO 63122 United States
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