Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepen…

Thomas Merton
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Our real journey in life is interior; It is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts. Never was it more necessary to respond to that action. ✨ Thomas Merton (1975). The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, p.296, New Directions Publishing
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