#thomasmerton

[j-nn-ly]

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 (No Man Is an Island)

[carlmccolman]

So I gave a talk at the @writing_for_your_life Conference on “Writing as a Contemplative Practice.” Here I am, talking like I normally do with my eyes closed. It’s an introvert thing. Photos by the incomparable @kateradnc and T-Shirt but the exquisitely wonderful @franv.mccolman. Belly courtesy of too much chocolate. #writing #contemplation #spirituality #ThomasMerton #icedye (at Candler School of Theology - Emory University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpinbAbuzYy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[o-diariode-quem]

Meu Senhor Deus,

Não faço ideia para onde estou indo.

Não vejo a estrada à minha frente.

Não posso saber ao certo onde isso vai terminar.

Nem eu realmente me conheço,

e o fato de eu achar que estou seguindo sua vontade

não significa que estou realmente fazendo isso.

Mas acredito que o desejo de agradar você

de fato lhe agrada.

E espero ter esse desejo em tudo o que estou fazendo.

Espero nunca fazer nada além desse desejo.

— Thomas Merton

[bdknopp]

LIBERTY…

God Bless America “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.” ― Thomas Merton Thomas Merton, a prominent Trappist monk, writer, and mystic, teaches us that true love begins with the acceptance of others as they are, without trying to mold them into our own image. This quote serves as a reminder to…

[centrumobecnosci]

#walentynki #jesteś #szanuje #kocham #akceptuje #jestem #ufam #wierzę #doświadczam #obecność #cytat #thomasmerton (w: Centrum Obecności) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoojZm8twzg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ronk]

Art allows us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. - Thomas Merton #art #vermeer #thomasmerton https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFPi_POb15/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[monasterypod]

from No Man Is an Island. This reminder, for me, is a constant call back to a bedrock of nonviolence. In the times of needing to clearly call out violence and oppression and genocide, there can be an exhaustion from working for peace. This exhaustion needs tending. Take care of yourselves friends.

#thomasmerton

#nonviolence

#peacemaking

#freepalestine

[jacobnicholasacostamisquez]

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." #Renaissance #RenaissanceThought #Humanism #Interconnectedness #Universality #WestMeetsEast #EmpiricalObservation #CriticalThinking #ThomasMerton #JohnDonne #Antiisolationism

[unfoldingnarratives]

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time #ThomasMerton #aventurasdeamigos #openstudio #puertasabiertas #zapadores #artistas #carabanchel #explorar #inspirar

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[annhansonsculpture]

🌀This has certainly been my experience. While I didn’t always know where my artist journey would take me, my intuition told me it was a journey I must take, and that was enough for me. ✨I had so many puzzling mysteries in my life that troubled me and I felt lost on where to start. My art held my hand and showed me the way. My art studio was my safe haven to help figure these things out in. 🌀There are some truths too difficult and painful to approach directly. Our lives are often thick with coping mechanisms that blind us while protecting us and so, we need a different approach. ✨May your personal experience of art, whether you be an artist or an art appreciator, help you find your way💋 🌀Music: “Remember” by @iksonmusic ✨ 🌀 ✨ #annhansonart #artistsofig #artistsonig #annsdailydoodle #artistquotes #artinspiration #intuitiveartist #theartistsway #artquotes #trustyourself #lifeofanartist #artistsoninsta #artistsoninstagram #creativesoul #artinspo #artistsofinstagram #artistquote #thomasmerton #courageouscreative #artjourney #artwords #arttalk #innerwisdom #artthoughts #trustthejourney #innerresource #trustyourintuition #wisewords #innerguidance #arttherapy (at Poughkeepsie, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChPvP5QOxRT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[anastpaul]

Quote/s of the Day – 20 December – '… Answer quickly, O Virgin. ...'

Quote/s of the Day – 20 December – ‘… Answer quickly, O Virgin. …’

Quote/s of the Day – 20 December – Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent, Readings: Isaiah 7: 10-14; Psalm 24: 1-6; Luke 1: 26-38 “And Mary said,‘Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.May it be to me according to your word.’” Luke 1:38 “The price of our salvationis offered to you.We shall be set free at once, if you consent.In the eternal Word of God, we all came to beand behold, we die.In your…

[ktobias98]

[canonizedandotherwise]

[pastelunicornrainbowlove]

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Thomas Merton , No Man Is an Island

[zunairasworld]

"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: no man is an island)

[spiritpilgrim]

I love waking before sunrise. The birds all sing the most beautiful symphony to the rising of the sun. As I sit with my first cup of coffee of the day, I consider what Vivaldi must have been inspired by to Compose his Four Seasons. What it was for Monet to sit at the side of the lake staring into the water which inspired his beautiful water lilies and for Georgia O’Keefe to paint her beautiful red canna and calla lilies. I walk with a slight skipping beat in the woods — in hand and heart with the Spirit in which Gwen Frostic must have skipped too as she collected the sketches that became her iconic wood block prints. It is the Spirit of Creation and I’m grateful that I can see and feel it’s musings in sight and sinew — even as I experience the creaking joinings of well-worn age. Creative musings are ageless — the Spirit of Creation is ever appreciated. As we may capture only a brief reflection, our heart sings and we grow ever more appreciative too — chasing the musings of life and love. Come Holy Spirit. Fill us to overflowing. Teach us to ever appreciate Your muses — Your creation. Teach us to reflect them so brightly that others cannot help wanting to skip to the beat of your symphony. #spiritpilgrim #pilgrimspirit #trusttheprocess #muse #georgiaokeefe #gwenfrostic #vivaldifourseasons #sunrise #thomasmerton #2corinthians https://www.instagram.com/p/CCDliD6BBGy/?igshid=qx7yvdm3tklh