Why should I fear anything that cannot rob me of God, and why should I desire anything that cannot give me possession of Him? Exterior things come and go, but why should they disturb me?
Why should I worry about losing a bodily life that I must inevitably lose anyway, as long as I possess a spiritual life and identity that cannot be lost against my desire?
Why should I go to great labor to possess satisfactions that cannot last an hour, and which bring misery after them, when I already have God in His eternity of joy?
It is the easiest thing in the world to possess this life and this joy; all you have to do is believe and love; and yet people waste their whole lives in appalling labor and difficulty and sacrifice to get things that make real life impossible.
Thomas Merton- New Seeds of Contemplation
Brilliant.
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