Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no ma…

Thomas Merton
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Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.104, New Directions Publishing
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Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them. ✨ Thomas Merton (2007). New Seeds of Contemplation, p.104, New Directions Publishing

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