Thomas Merton 1915 - 1968
Trappist Monk, Author; Poet, Spiritual Leader
"Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves……..They waste their years in vain efforts to be some other poet, or some other saint. ….They wear out their minds and bodies in a hopeless endeavor to have somebody else’s experiences or write somebody else’s poem or possess somebody else’s spirituality." Thomas Merton - New Seeds of Contemplation (Chapter Integrity)
I was re-reading this on my old blog and thought it worth sharing, and a great reminder for myself......bkm
