“There is a part of you that too easily gives in to others’ influence. As soon as someone questions your motives, you start doubting yourself. You end up agreeing with the other before you have consulted your own heart. Thus you grow passive and simply assume that the other knows better. Here you have to be very attentive to your inner self. “Coming home,” and “being given back to yourself” are expressions that indicate that you have a solid inner base from which you can speak and act – without apologies – humbly but convincingly.” The Inner Voice of Love, Henri Nouwen, pg 38

The Seer 2020, Alex Grey

“For all ministers are called to recognize the sufferings of their time in their own hearts, and make to that recognition the starting place of their service. Whether we try to enter into a dislocated world, relate to a convulsive generation, or speak to a dying person, our service will not be perceived as authentic unless it comes from a heart wounded by the sufferings about which we speak.” The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen pg 6

Eugene “Doc” Roe as portrayed in Band of Brothers

“My gift became my curse and yet it is still my greatest gift, and it seems that I cannot have one without the other.
One knows oneself only at the price of one’s innocence.”

The Sacred Ennegram from the Foreward by Richard Rohr, pg 11

Unbreakable 2000

“To care is to be present to those who suffer, and to stay present, even when nothing can be done to change their situation.”

“One of the great riches of caregiving is that it embraces something more than simply a focus on cure.”

A Spirituality of Caregiving, Henri Nouwen, pg 16