Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.
Joan D. ChittisterRead
Hospitality means we take people into the space that is our lives and our minds and our hearts and our work and our efforts. Hospitality is the way we come out of ourselves. It is the first step towards dismantling the barriers of the world. Hospitality is the way we turn a prejudiced world around, one heart at a time.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Hospitality is the act of welcoming others into our lives, which helps break down barriers and fosters understanding.
In this quote, Joan D. Chittister emphasizes the profound impact of hospitality as an expression of openness and acceptance. By inviting others into our personal spaces, be it our minds or hearts, we begin to break down societal prejudices and foster connections that can change the world one interaction at a time. This act of welcoming is presented not just as a physical gesture but as a transformative step towards building empathy and understanding in a divided world.
Themes
HospitalityOpennessAcceptancePrejudiceConnection
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, this quote can highlight the importance of welcoming others.
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All quotes →Feminism without spirituality runs the risk of becoming what it rejects: an elitist ideology, arrogant, superficial and separatist, closed to everything but itself. Without a spiritual base that obligates it beyond itself, calls it out of itself for the sake of others, a pedagogical feminism turned in on itself can become just one more intellectual ghetto that the world doesn’t notice and doesn’t need.
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We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent.
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The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not whether or not we give donations to popular charities but whether or not we are really committed to the poor.
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It is a pathetic moment in the history of the human condition when the outside world tells us who and what we are - and we start to believe it ourselves. Then, bent over from the weight of the negativity, we start to wither on the outside.
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To be contemplative we must remove the clutter from our lives, surround ourselves with beauty, and consciously, relentlessly, persistently, give clutter away until the tiny world for which we ourselves are responsible begins to reflect the raw beauty that is God.
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