Success vs. Fruitfulness
We have been called to be fruitful--not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.
Henri J. M. Nouwen
Public address at Yale, March 30, 1995
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Title: Success vs. Fruitfulness
Posted by Ken Sapp on April 25, 2006 01:00 AM | Link
Category: Food for Thought
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Keywords: fruitfulness, success
