So many people around me, including me, are in a time of change and transition. I came across some wise advice today from Thomas Merton.
"Advice? I would say that there is one basic idea that should be kept in mind in all the changes we make in life, whether of career or anything else. We should decide not in view of better pay, higher rank, "getting ahead," but in view of becoming
more real, entering more authentically into direct contact with life, living more as a free and mature human person, able to give myself more to others, able to understand myself and the world better. I hope these few notes may be of some use."
Thomas Merton
(From Echoing Silence pg 29-30)
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Mrs. Do & Lita said to tell you "hi", and that they miss you and think about you often!
Oh Julene, what a nugget of goodness you've found. I love Thomas Merton (although I must admit, I find little time to read him with any depth...sigh). I keep coming back to this blog post, and hearing different pieces stick out. "more real" "contact with life" "free and mature human person" I feel like this little clip of Merton could be mined and remined over again for the next ten years, and a new nuance might appeal to me each time. I remember upon first reading I heard the "decide not...of better pay".... Just trying to say thank you. So thank you, friend. -Vanessa Pierson
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