Weakness and Strength

If we deny our weakness and the reality of death, if we want to be powerful and strong always, we deny a part of ourselves, we live an illusion. To be human is to accept who we are, this mixture of strength and weakness. To be human is to accept and love others just as they are. To be human is to be bonded together, each with our weaknesses and strengths, because we need each other. Weakness, recognized, accepted, and offered, is at the heart of belonging, so it is at the heart of communion with another.

                                                                         -Jean Vanier, Becoming Human