For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our …

Thomas Merton
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For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God's will, to be what God wants us to be. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.138, Shambhala Publications
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