“We become neighbours when we are willing to cross the road for one
another. There is so much separation and segregation: between black people and
white people, between gay people and straight people, between young people and
old people, between sick people and healthy people, between prisoners and free
people, between Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Christians, Protestants and
Catholics, Greek Catholics and Latin Catholics. There is a lot of road crossing
to do. We are all very busy in our own circles. We have our own people to go to
and our own affairs to take care of. But if we could cross the street once in a
while and pay attention to what is happening on the other side, we might become
neighbours.”
- Henri Nouwen
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