Tag Archives: Thomas Merton

A glimpse of the cosmic dance

Posted on September 11, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, … Continue reading →

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Happiness is not a matter of intensity

Posted on June 14, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity.  Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton, 1955

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Love is about acceptance

Posted on May 19, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.  Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. Thomas Merton

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