"When life and death lose their proper meaning, that it to say, when they are no longer experienced as what they really are, then the awful and empty power creeps into everything and sickens everything. So when death becomes most trivial, it also becomes most pervasive. It is only 'the end of life.' So all life ends. All is death. Why live?" (LOVE AND LIVING, page 87)
Why live?
Exploring contemplative awareness in daily life, drawing from and with much discussion of the writings of Thomas Merton, aka "Father Louie".
Sunday, January 7, 2007
life and death
This came from Wayne Burns today, who has been emailing daily morning Merton quotes to me for quite awhile. It seems especially poignant these days.
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