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"The grip the present has on me. That is the one thing that has grown the most noticeably in the spiritual life -- nothing much else." -- Thomas Merton (quoted in Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours, 2007)
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I find myself regretting the past and losing hope in the future. The present is about the only refuge I've got left, but it's precarious and requires constant vigilance to shore up the fragile boundaries. It's hard to tell the difference sometimes between growth and deterioration.
Posted by: john doyle | 25 March 2007
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