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Re: Broken relationships


Submitted by Ford Prefect on January 20 2001 13:29:37
In reply to Re: Broken relationships submitted by asb on January 19 2001 23:25:11

This is almost creepy. I just now checked with nouwen.net and found this as today's meditation:

Daily Meditation: January 20
by Henri Nouwen; from Bread for the Journey, Harper Collins, New York, 1997

Yearning for Perfect Love

When we act out of loneliness our actions easily become violent. The tragedy is that much violence comes from a demand for love. When loneliness drives our search for love, kissing easily leads to biting, caressing to hitting, looking tenderly to looking suspiciously, listening to overhearing, and surrender to rape. The human heart yearns for love: love without conditions, limitations, or restrictions. But no human being is capable of offering such love, and each time we demand it we set ourselves on the road to violence.

How then can we live nonviolent lives? We must start by realizing that our restless hearts, yearning for perfect love, can only find that love through communion with the One who created them.


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