Thoughts on Solitude

"What becomes visible here is that solitude mold self-righteous people into gentle, caring, forgiving persons who are so deeply convinced of their own great sinfulness and so fully aware of God´s even greater mercy that their life itself becomes ministry. In such a ministry there is hardly any difference left between doing and being. When we are filled with God´s merciful presence, we can do nothingother than minister because our whole beingwitnesses to the light that has come into the darkness. "

Excerpt from The Way of the Heart
By Henry Nouwen