“Perhaps the book of life, in the end, is the book of what
one has lived, and if one has lived nothing, one is not in the book of life.” –Thomas
Merton
Wow. I mean really
that is all I can say about this quote from the quiet monastic voice of
Merton. Short and sweet his phrasing is
nothing short of an exhortation to live fully and to live engaged in all that surrounds
you.
This may seem to be a contradiction these words coming from
a hermit but the exhortation to live, really live is no paradox. Merton was engaged in the natural world that surrounded
him, every single day. With unyielding constancy
Merton was engaged fully in the deepest pursuit of the holy. His was a mind
never at rest. From his hermitage he
lived so far beyond the limitations of most of our minds.
What is my book about?
What pages have I written? Is my
book something that anyone else would want to read? Good questions all.
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