Quotes about Awareness

As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.

And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality. Listening to our emotions ushers us into reality. And reality is where we meet God. . . . Emotions are the language of the soul. They are the cry that gives the heart a voice. . .

True spirituality frees us to live joyfully in the present.

Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone and silent, or even, indeed, to find space in the day or in the week, just to reflect and to listen to the voice of God that speaks deep within us. . . . In fact, our search for God is only our response to his search for us. He knocks at our door, but for many people, their lives are too preoccupied for them to be able to hear. — Cardinal Basil Hume

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are.

We can't change—or better said, invite God to change us—when we are unaware and do not see the truth.

Most of us never examine the scripts handed to us by our past.

Those who cannot learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

Many Christians are stuck. Some are lost this very moment, trying to find their way. Others are afraid they will go astray if they remain stuck for too much longer. More than a few are lost without knowing it.