Sometimes when we are asked to do something, we offer all kinds of excuses why we shouldn’t do it, such as: we don’t have time, the necessary material, or the ability. To think of our limitations and shortcomings gives them life and force. August, 1979
— Matriarch Meri Louuise
Happy Birthday, Thomas Merton!
Thomas Merton, who died in 1968, was born 100 years ago today.