Only when we have the courage to cross the road and look in one another's eyes can we see there that we are children of the same God and members of the same human family.
~ from BREAD FOR THE JOURNEY by Henri J.M. Nouwen
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose.