Status Updates From No Man Is an Island

“but sooner or later we must distinguish between what we are not and what we are. We must accept the fact that we are not what we would like to be. We must cast off our false exterior self like the cheap and showy garment that it is. We must find our real self in all its poverty, but also in its great and simple dignity: created to be a child of God, capable of loving because of God.”

Bars from Merton this AM:
“Why do we get angry about what we believe? …what we pretend to be defending as the “truth “is really our own self-esteem. A man of sincerity is less interested in defending the truth, for he thinks that if the truth can be clearly seen, it can very well take care of itself.”
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.” (Controversial)