Kayla

“Many of my daily preoccupations suggest that I belong more to the world than to God. A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me. It takes very little to raise me up or thrust me down. Often I am like a small boat on the ocean, completely at the mercy of its waves. All the time and energy I spend in keeping some kind of balance and preventing myself from being tipped over and drowning shows that my life is mostly a struggle for survival: not a holy struggle, but an anxious struggle resulting from the mistaken idea that it is the world that defines me.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

“If God is compassionate, then certainly those who love God should be compassionate as well.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

“We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since days of long ago.”
― Robert Burns

“I witness many signs of hope. I don’t have to wait until all is well, but I can celebrate every little hint of the Kingdom that is at hand.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming