Every moment and every event of everyman's life on earth plants someth…

Thomas Merton
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Every moment and every event of everyman's life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imperceptibly in the minds and wills of men. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, New Directions Publishing
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