How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others... But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.

Meditations from the Road: Daily Reflections from the Road Less Traveled and the Different Drum (ed. Touchstone Books, 1993) - ISBN: 9780671797997