Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.

Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings. The beauty of listening is that those who are listened to start feeling accepted, start taking our words more seriously and discovering their true selves.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.

A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the child alone, but it does mean creating safe spaces where the child can be with other people. It does mean directing their attention to God.

While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the future and allows us to live in the present, with the deep trust that God will never leave us alone but will fulfill the deepest desires of our heart... Joy in this perspective is the fruit of hope.