Look at Rembrandt and van Gogh. They trusted their vocations and did not
allow anyone to lead them astray. With
true Dutch stubbornness, they followed their vocations from the moment they recognized
them. They didn’t bend over backward to
please their friends or enemies. Both ended
their lives in poverty, but both left humanity with gifts that could heal the minds
and hearts of many generations of people.
Think of these two men and trust that you too have a unique vocation
that is worth claiming and living out.
--Henri Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love
Image source: Rembrandt, Christ Preaching (c. 1652), Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/272384.html?mulR=992
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