“Our life is a short time in expectation,
a time in which sadness and joy
kiss each other at every moment.
There is a quality of sadness that pervades all the moments
of our lives. It seems that there is no such thing as a clear-cut pure joy, but
that even in the most happy moments of
our existence we sense a tinge of sadness. In every satisfaction, there is
an awareness of limitations. In every success, there is the fear of jealousy.
Behind every smile, there is a tear. In every embrace, there is loneliness. In
every friendship, distance. And in all forms of light, there is the knowledge
of surrounding darkness … but this intimate experience in which every bit of life
is touched by a bit of death can point us beyond the limits of our existence.
It can do so by making us look forward in expectation to the day when our
hearts will be filled with perfect joy, a joy that no one shall take away from
us.” ― henri j.m. nouwen
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