paradigm shift

This is something I do not do and it is something I need to seriously think over.

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 Daily Meditation for February 23, 2011 written by Henri Nouwen 

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What Is Most Personal Is Most Universal 

We like to make a distinction between our private and public lives 

and say, "Whatever I do in my private life is nobody else's business." 

But anyone trying to live a spiritual life will soon discover that the 

most personal is the most universal, the most hidden is the most public, 

and the most solitary is the most communal. 

What we live in the most intimate places of our beings is not just for 

us but for all people. That is why our inner lives are lives for others. 

That is why our solitude is a gift to our community, and that is why our 

most secret thoughts affect our common life. Jesus says, "No one lights a 

lamp to put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines 

for everyone in the house" (Matthew 5:14-15). The most inner light is a 

light for the world. Let's not have "double lives"; let us allow what we 

live in private to be known in public.