Thomas Merton Slows Down
> “The very act of resting,” Thomas Merton saw, “is the hardest and most courageous act one can perform.” — Pico Iyer (@PicoIyer) October 18, 2015 [https://twitter.com/PicoIyer/status/655811526943641601]…
Merton Slows Down
> The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help…