"life consists in learning to live on one's own, spontaneous, freewheeling: to do this one must recognize what is one's own--be familiar and at home with oneself. this means basically learning who one is, and learning what one has to offer to the contemporary world, and then learning how to make that offering valid."
--thomas merton "love and living"
with ryan's comments on rachael's blog, i had to check out thomas merton. i've always loved the mystic writers.
and as i opened this book, the words penetrated my heart. his words are potent and they are beautiful.
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wow, i'm so happy you're reading merton! he's so fabulous isn't he?
we should have an online merton book club!
he IS great. i think we should have an online merton club!! that would be fabulous!
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