Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Pondering



“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 everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.”

— Thomas Merton

2 comments:

justcallmerie said...

ummmm . . . can all those things be lumped together? I'm pondering, too. I always like it when someone makes me think deeply . . .

KTElltt said...

Wow, Betsy. This is so insightful and true. Thanks!