The L'Arche Canada of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Thoughts with Jean Vanier for Tuesday 27 December 2016 "A Symbol"
Celebrations certainly have a role in helping people to accept the sufferings of everyday life by offering them the chance to relax and let go. But to see them as nothing but a form of escapism is to fail to understand human nature. Our human hearts need something beyond the limitations and frustrations of the daily grind. We thirst for a happiness which seems unattainable on earth. We crave the infinite, the universal, the eternal – something which gives a sense to human life and its irksome daily routines. A festival is a sign of heaven. It symbolizes our deepest aspiration – an experience of total communion. .[Jean Vanier, Community and Growth, page 314]
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The L'Arche Canada of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Thoughts with Jean Vanier for Monday 26 December 2016 "Children"
Some people think that children do not feel anything, that they do not suffer from the ambiguities and contradictions of the adults living around them. But that is not true. Children have extremely vulnerable hearts. They need the truth and cannot tolerate injustice or lies.[Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, page 17]
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The L'Arche Canada of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Daily Thoughts with Jean Vanier for Sunday 25 December 2016 "Depression"
Depression, that dark and painful force which invades the deepest part of our being and spreads throughout our whole body, has its origins in the wounds of our childhood that we have never wanted to own or to name. But they re-emerge at given moments into our consciousness, paralyzing us with feelings of sadness, guilt and confusion.[Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, page 15]
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