Only when we have the courage to cross the road and look in one another's eyes can we see there that we are children of the same God and members of the same human family.
~ from BREAD FOR THE JOURNEY by Henri J.M. Nouwen
How difficult seeing the truth is.
How lonely thinking the truth is.
How brave speaking the truth is.
And, how warm is the hand
Which is held out to people crying in the sad wind
Behind the lie.
How kind is the heart
Which accompanies people who cling to
The homeland in their hearts.