We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time…

Thomas Merton
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We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us. ✨ John Howard Griffin, Thomas Merton (1970). A hidden wholeness: the visual world of Thomas Merton, Mariner Books
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