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"We become neighbors when we are willing to cross the road for one another. There is so much separation and segregation: between black people and white people, between gay people and straight people, between young people and old people, between sick people and healthy people, between prisoners and free people, between Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Christians, Protestants and Catholics, Greek Catholics and Latin Catholics.
"There is s a lot of road crossing to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have our own people to go to and our own affairs to take care of. But if we could cross the road once in a while and pay attention to what is happening on the other side, we might indeed become neighbors."
~~Henri Nouwen
Copied from Roberta at Spiritually Directed.
3 comments:
Oh Jan, thanks for putting this up and with such a lovely photo as well.
I have been remiss in thanking you for so much beautiful mail of late, you warm my heart and cheer my soul Jan, in ways that you could never imagine.
My prayers for you and for all.
What a beautiful quotation Jan! Have you heard Tom Lehrer's National Brotherhood Week? It's a very tongue in cheek look at how unwilling we are to cross the street...
This is beautiful. Thank you for posting this inspiring thought.
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