Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - "Discovering your Two Parts" Monday, 5 June 2017 - L'Arche Canada in Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada

Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - "Discovering your Two Parts" Monday, 5 June 2017 - L'Arche Canada in Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada

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Monday, 5 June 2017
 
"Discovering your Two Parts"

Instead of saying, 'I am no good. I can't do anything, I want to disappear and die,' you will learn, little by little, to say, 'I feel sad and I feel like dying, and I don't know where this is coming from.' So you gradually discover these two different parts within you: the secret, hidden self which is the source of your being and your life, and the other, wounded self which sends messages of sadness, death and rejection to your consciousness.
Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, p. 53
 

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Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - "Part of a Beautiful Universe" Sunday, 4 June 2017 - "Part of a Beautiful Universe" L'Arche Canada in Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada

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Sunday, 4 June 2017
 
"Part of a Beautiful Universe"
You are not all alone. You are a part of this beautiful universe where each element has its place; each one is important. This world has existed for millions of years. The sun rises every morning and sets every evening. The stars shine brightly far above the clouds and the storms. They are so beautiful and so marvelously arranged! You are a part of this immense and marvelous universe!
Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, p. 47
 

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Jean Vanier - Daily Thought - Saturday, 3 June 2017 - "Trust as a Key" L'Arche Canada in Richmond Hills, Ontario, Canada

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Saturday, 3 June 2017
             
"Trust as a Key"


In order to open a door we need a key. In order to open the door of our hearts and to discover the meaning and rhythm of life, we need a key. We can let ourselves remain locked up in a prison of sadness and refuse to live. So we need a key to open a door to life, the door to liberation. This key is trust: to trust that deeper than all the feelings of sadness and death, lies our hidden, true self, which is unique and important. It has a destiny, which is growth to the fullest life possible.
Jean Vanier, Seeing Beyond Depression, p. 51
 
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