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When death takes a child from us,
Samuel E. Surazal
When death takes a child from us, the light in our hearts goes out. We can kindle it again when we place our hearts' longing in the immortal…
Our children weep our tears
Samuel E. Surazal
Our children weep our tears and they carry the wounds of our souls. They pay the price that we owe to life. Since we are committed to the…
Our children’s lives
Samuel E. Surazal
Our children's lives belong to love. In them, however, it shows us not only its beauty, but also its wounds and its tears of sadness. In our children's…
Our children are the symbol of love.
Samuel E. Surazal
Our children are the symbol of love. In their alert eyes we see the original purity and tenderness of the heart, revealing life's authenticity. In the touching looks…
Courage to love
Samuel E. Surazal
Courage to love is the greatest risk and adventure in this world. Whoever entrusts their vulnerability to the power of love connects with the power of God's love.…
Being a child does not mean being naive.
Samuel E. Surazal
Being a child does not mean being naive. Being a child unlocks the power of love and the unconditional trust in life that grows from it. Childlikeness is…
Childlike forgiveness
Samuel E. Surazal
Childlike forgiveness is the strongest weapon in the world of the soul. A child gives themselves without hesitation to forgiving love and is thereby able to love again…
When a child
Samuel E. Surazal
When a child opens their faithful eyes and in them gives us their innocence and from them their joy in life, and thus wraps us in the heaven…
The loving eyes of a child
Samuel E. Surazal
The loving eyes of a child can settle every quarrel, dry every tear, ease every distress, take the darkness from every sadness. A child's love has the power…
Children express their feelings
Samuel E. Surazal
Children express their feelings purely with their eyes. They cannot hide their psyche behind false looks and words. Our children's eyes are the windows to our own innocence.…
Humility, gentleness and compassion
Samuel E. Surazal
Humility, gentleness and compassion are inseparably bound together. They are natural traits of our childlike personality. But if we merely put them on, they turn into absurdity and…
If you have lost
Samuel E. Surazal
If you have lost your inner child, you have lost your heart. Warmth, light and vitality you will find again when you truly immerse yourself in the openhearted…