When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives become absurd lives in which we are thrown back and forth between the past and the future. If we could just be, for a few minutes each day, fully where we are, we would indeed discover that we are not alone and that the One who is with us wants only one thing: to give us love ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2017). You are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living, p.20, Hachette UK
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