Famine, poverty, abuse, you can't keep that all blocked out. If you let those things teach you, influence you, change you, those are the events that transition you without you even knowing it to become more compassionate.
Richard RohrWhen we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.
Richard RohrI decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
Richard RohrYou cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain a certain degree of anxiety, and a willingness to not know-and not even need to know. This ever widens and deepens your perspective. This is how you allow and encounter Mystery and move into the contemplative zone.
Richard Rohr