tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post4884636805587606627..comments2024-03-01T23:41:02.240-05:00Comments on louie, louie: How can one reject the effect if he continues to embrace the cause?beth cioffolettihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-51377195991481934702012-05-31T06:39:56.587-05:002012-05-31T06:39:56.587-05:00I am new to your blog on Merton. Beautiful tribute...I am new to your blog on Merton. Beautiful tribute by the way!! I agree with your comment, the greed, power and force, consumerism....leading us down a path to where I wonder??<br /><br />My morning hours are my favorite time to write. From 3:00 am till 7:00 am I write. I learn. I grow. <br /><br />Thank you for posting and continuing with your beautiful work for Thomas Merton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-75957251196279260742011-09-07T13:18:35.973-05:002011-09-07T13:18:35.973-05:00I think you're right about that thing about th...I think you're right about that thing about the country over all other concerns.<br /><br />Would love to see some of the things that you write about what the unhappy people say.beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-71212815327677846002011-09-07T12:50:56.893-05:002011-09-07T12:50:56.893-05:00i was discussing finding the spiritual in everyone...i was discussing finding the spiritual in everyone with my wife last night, how difficult it can be when you are working with people at a job, i found that people i find most unpleasant, i can sense their unhappiness, which is where i find the connection<br /><br />i still prefer not to be around them <br />but i found writing down what they say somehow helps<br /><br />he's right about the monastery thing - i mean you have to deal with the same stuff as outside<br /><br />nowadays when the pres. or whomever says "country" over all other concerns, put country first, they mean: "kill as many as we say so"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-84848843822112363512011-09-06T10:22:44.745-05:002011-09-06T10:22:44.745-05:00I like the way Merton makes his very monastic life...I like the way Merton makes his very monastic life a protest to the "ways of the world" - the greed, the power and force, the consumerism. It's really the only way we have. THanks for stopping by and commenting, Paul!beth cioffolettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300116274007165612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822894759353679437.post-88316665972371705922011-09-06T07:09:17.569-05:002011-09-06T07:09:17.569-05:00Very powerful and wise words from Merton. As relev...Very powerful and wise words from Merton. As relevant today as as they were almost 50 years ago. Thanks for posting them, Beth.Paul Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338304547747650582noreply@blogger.com