Henri Nouwen: Care, Giving and Receiving
- Ann
- May 8, 2025
- 1 min read
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To care is the most human of human gestures. It is a gesture that comes forth from a courageous confession of our common need for one another and the grace of compassion that binds us together with brothers and sisters like ourselves who share with us the wonderful and painful journey of life. In the very act of our caring for another, you and I possess a great treasure. One of the great riches of caregiving is that it embraces something more than simply a focus on cure. Caregiving carries within it an opportunity for inner healing, liberation and transformation for the one being cared for and the one who cares. And because we who offer care and we who receive care are both strong and vulnerable, though in different ways, our coming together in a caregiving relationship is an occasion to open ourselves to receive an unexpected gift. |
Henri Nouwen Society <info@henrinouwen.org>uwen Meditation: Caregiving and Mutuality |
May 8, 2025 |
This post is very meaningful this morning. After living a relatively healthy life, at 78, this physical body is tired, and I'm looking forward to knee surgery next month. I'm having difficulty accepting help, and do know this is my present lesson. My experience has been in the medical profession, so the "tides have turned", so to speak, and receiving is not easy for me. Nouwen has clearly shown the gift shared in giving and receiving. Thank you, Ann...Love-Light!