You Are a Recipient of Light—Henri Nouwen

It is indeed the task of everyone who cares to prevent people—young, middle-aged, and old—from clinging to false expectations and from building their lives on false suppositions. If it is true that people age the way they live, our first task is to help people discover their lifestyles in which “being” is not identified with “having,” self-esteem does not depend on success, and goodness is not the same as popularity. — from You Are the Beloved: 365 Daily Readings and Meditations for Spiritual Living (p. 199)