“The charity that begins at home cannot rest there but draws one inexorably over the threshold and off the porch and down the street and so out and out and out and out into the world which becomes the home wherein charity begins until it becomes possible, in theory at least, to love the whole of creation with the same patience, affection, and amusement one first practiced, in between the pouts and tantrums, with parents, siblings, spouse, and children.” WorldFirstsChildrenWholeHomeParentStreetsCreationTheoryDrawsCharityAffectionSpouseAmusementSiblingThresholdAnd OffPorchTantrums Author:Nancy Mairs
“I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell.” PeopleWorldSelfFeltStepsNormalOrdinarySatisfactionFlightBarriersDisabilityOutsidersParticipatingElevatorsNormalityOrdinary WorldBraille Author:Nancy Mairs
“no one expects all impediments to be miraculously whisked away. In insisting that others view our lives as ample and precious, we are not demanding that they be made perfect. ... If it is both possible and pleasant for me and my kind to enter, the world will become a livelier place. You'll see.” IfsWorldKindMadePerfectViewsOur LivesPleasantImpedimentsInsisting Book:Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled Source: Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled
“God enters the world through those of us who are willing to let God participate fully in our lives.” WorldOur LivesWillingLetting GoAngel Author:Nancy Mairs
“God is no White Knight who charges into the world to pluck us like distressed damsels from the jaws of dragons, or diseases. God chooses to become present to and through us. It is up to us to rescue one another.” WorldGodWhiteDiseaseDragonsRescueKnightsPluck Author:Nancy Mairs
