The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Sunday, 18 September 2016 "The Outlet"

The L'Arche Canada Foundation in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada with Jean Vanier's Daily Thoughts for Sunday, 18 September 2016 "The Outlet"
All of us in community - and especially, perhaps, the people with responsibility - may carry a load of frustration which cannot always be expressed in a group without endangering the community itself. The more sensitive we are, the more we are weighed down by feelings of frustration, anger, anxiety, incompetence, sadness and apathy. We may need to say how much we detest someone who challenges us, without being accused of 'lack of charity'. We may need this outlet for our emotions if we are to rediscover peace.[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 184]
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JEAN VANIER'S Daily thought
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"Loneliness or Solitude"
Loneliness seems to be an essentially human experience. It is not just about being alone. Loneliness is not the same thing as solitude. We can be alone yet happy, because we know that we are part of a family, a community, even the universe itself. Loneliness is a feeling of not being part of anything, of being cut off. It is a feeling of being unworthy, of not being able to cope in the face of a universe that seem to work against us. Loneliness is a feeling of being guilty. Of what? Of existing? Of being judged? By whom? We do not know. Loneliness is a taste of death.[Jean Vanier, Becoming Human, page 33]
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