One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning…

Thomas Merton
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One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value and the beauty in ordinary things, to come alive to the splendour that is all around us. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.33, Shambhala Publications
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