Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it …

Thomas Merton
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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. ✨ Thomas Merton (2012). On Christian Contemplation, p.36, New Directions Publishing
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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. ✨ Thomas Merton (2012). On Christian Contemplation, p.36, New Directions Publishing

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