Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limit…

Thomas Merton
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Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limitations? He will accept such work only as a 'means of livelihood' while he waits to discover his 'true vocation'. The world is full of unsuccessful businessmen who still secretly believe they were meant to be artists or writers or actors in the movies. ✨ Thomas Merton (2002). Seeds
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