The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised

by piclry · Published June 30, 2022 · Updated June 30, 2022

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend

proved much longer than I realised – Henri Nouwen

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy

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