Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.
Henri NouwenOnce you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place.
Henri NouwenGod is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.
Henri NouwenYou don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
Henri NouwenIt's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will let you know something gradually over the years. And in that word from God you will find the inner place from which to live your life. Solitude is where spiritual ministry begins. That's where Jesus listened to God. That's where we listen to God.
Henri Nouwen