Thank you for this, David. What great thoughts for contemplation. I’m off to “extravagant and bright” living today. ~Paul
“Thomas Merton wrote, “there is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.” There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years on end. It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down, saying, I never merited this grace, quite rightly, and then to sulk along the rest of your days on the edge of rage.
I won’t have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus.
Go up into the gaps. If you can find them; they shift and vanish too. Stalk the gaps. Squeak into…
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Walking this Truth out in my day-in, day-out. I saved this one. Good stuff.
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Thanks, Dan. Be well. ~Paul
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Thank you!
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🙂
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Nice work and nice words, thanks for sharing
be good to yourself
David
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Thank you much.
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Thank you for this gift! What a great reminder for living life to the fullest.
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My pleasure. 🙂
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nice repost and great image! thanks paul 😉
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Thanks, Felipe. Great weekend to you. ~Paul
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