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Beyond the limits of our existence.
Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other in every moment. There is a quality
of sadness that pervades all the moments of our life. It seems that there is no such thing as clear - cut pure joy, but that
even in the most happy moments of our existence we sense a tinge of sadness. In every satisfaction, there is an awareness
of limitations. In every success, there is a fear of jealousy. Behind every smile there is a tear. In every embrace, there
is lonliness. In every friendship, distance. And in all forms of light, there is a knowledge of surrounding darkness....But
this intimate experience in which every bit of life is touched by a bit of death can point us beyond the limits of our existence.
It can do so by making us look forward in expectation to the day when our hearts will be filled with perfect joy, a joy that
no one shall take away from us. Henri Nouwen.
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