The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
Thomas Merton, (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968), 20th century Anglo-American Catholic writer, Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, poet, social activist and student of comparative religion. See the the new issue for an article by Vanessa Hurst on how Thomas Merton viewed suffering: “The Flight from Disunity.” It’s also up on our website. (via parabola-magazine)
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