March 27, 2006
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ambiguity
"Our hearts and minds desire clarity. We like to have a clear picture of a situation, a clear view of how things fit together, and clear insight into our own and the world's problems. But just as in nature colors and shapes mingle without clear-cut distinctions, human life doesn't offer the clarity we are looking for. The borders between love and hate, evil and good, beauty and ugliness, heroism and cowardice, care and neglect, guilt and blamelessness are mostly vague, ambiguous, and hard to discern.
"It is not easy to live faithfully in a world full of ambiguities. We have to learn to make wise choices without needing to be entirely sure."
- Henri Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith, March 27
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That last sentence definitely caught my attention.
Edit: ... and I think that I need to do more of what that sentence says.
Comments (7)
Caught my attention too ....
I would say we learn to make the choices and hope they would turn out to be wise choices.
"The borders between love and hate, evil and good, beauty and ugliness, heroism and cowardice, care and neglect, guilt and blamelessness are mostly vague, ambiguous, and hard to discern."
true
Thanks fro stopping by.
M
thanks
tunisia is where i go to tunisia for 1.5 month to learn beginner arabics. if i get it, it's an all paid 4 program, travel to lodging, but that mean i've about 1/2 a month of my summer left to spendn w/ my family before i leave them for a year for jet 
Have a good Easter weekend
Thanks for visiting. The last verses of the song caught my attention too.
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