"No one can help anyone without becoming involved, without entering with his whole person into the painful situation, without taking the risk of becoming hurt, wounded or even destroyed in the process. The beginning and the end of all spiritual leadership is to give your life for others . . . Who can save a child from a burning house without taking the risk of being hurt by the flames? Who can listen to a story of loneliness and despair without taking the risk of experiencing similar pains in his own heart and even losing his precious peace of mind? In short: Who can take away suffering without entering it? . . . The great illusion of leadership is to think that a person can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there."
Henri Nouwen,
"The Wounded Healer"
Photo: Bent and broken Ponderosa Pines, with Long's Peak in the distance; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 22, 2013
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Photo: Bent and broken Ponderosa Pines, with Long's Peak in the distance; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 22, 2013
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