The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Sunday, 14 February 2016 "The Myth of Community"
There is a myth about community, just as there is a myth about marriage. The myth of marriage is “they lived happily ever after.” The reality of marriage is that it is a place where a man and woman are called to sacrifice their egos on the altar of their desire to create one body. Community also means death to ego, in order that people might grow to become one body, truly belonging to each other, not in a closed way but in a mysterious way where each one is growing in inner freedom.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 32]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Saturday, 13 February 2016 "Pseudo-Communities"
There are quite a number of pseudo-communities where there is a strong sense of belonging, but a death of personal becoming. A community which is called to keep people open is a vulnerable community that takes risks. It does not hang on to its own security and power obliging people to stay.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 32]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Friday, 12 February 2016 "The Impossible"
What is the “impossible”? It is liberation. To liberate people from the demons of fear, of loneliness, of hatred and of egoism that shackle them. To liberate people so that they also can love, heal, and liberate others.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 30]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Thursday, 11 February 2016 "Caring For Others – Caring For oneself"
A source of conflict can arise between caring for people and caring only for oneself. To really care for the growth and freedom of other people means to sacrifice our own freedom. It means to discover that our greatest freedom is to help others walk to freedom.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 31]
The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Thursday, 11 February 2016 "Caring For Others – Caring For oneself"
A source of conflict can arise between caring for people and caring only for oneself. To really care for the growth and freedom of other people means to sacrifice our own freedom. It means to discover that our greatest freedom is to help others walk to freedom.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 31]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Wednesday, 10 February 2016 "Competition"
Another source of conflict is in learning to give space to others so that they may grow, rather than competing with them and lording over them. Our world is a world of competition. We have all been taught to live in a competitive world and to win, to be a success, and to move up the ladder of promotion and to get ahead. It is hard then in community to stand back in order to help others grow and exercise their gifts. There is then in community a loss of aggressive competition cultivated in our societies.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 31]
The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Wednesday, 10 February 2016 "Competition"
Another source of conflict is in learning to give space to others so that they may grow, rather than competing with them and lording over them. Our world is a world of competition. We have all been taught to live in a competitive world and to win, to be a success, and to move up the ladder of promotion and to get ahead. It is hard then in community to stand back in order to help others grow and exercise their gifts. There is then in community a loss of aggressive competition cultivated in our societies.[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 31]
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The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Tuesday, 9 February 2016 "Conflicts"
Community is a place of conflict: conflict inside each one of us. There is first of all the conflict between the values of the world and the values of community, between togetherness and independence. It is painful to lose one's independence, and to come into togetherness - not just proximity – to make decisions together and not all alone. Loss of independence is painful, particularly in a world where we have been told to be independent and to cultivate the feeling that “I don't need anyone else.”[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 30]
The L'Arche Canada Foundation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Daily Thought with Jean Vanier for Tuesday, 9 February 2016 "Conflicts"
Community is a place of conflict: conflict inside each one of us. There is first of all the conflict between the values of the world and the values of community, between togetherness and independence. It is painful to lose one's independence, and to come into togetherness - not just proximity – to make decisions together and not all alone. Loss of independence is painful, particularly in a world where we have been told to be independent and to cultivate the feeling that “I don't need anyone else.”[Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community, page 30]
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