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Life has been very "full" lately and my blog entries have been non-existant. However, flipping through TWU's summer course calendar, my attention was caught by a "Retreat Course" on the life of Thomas Merton. There's plenty of online info on Merton of course. This particular Merton quote, found by way of The Quotations Page strongly resonates with me:

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

Thomas Merton
US religious author, clergyman, & Trappist monk (1915 - 1968)

Perhaps I will create my own "retreat" on Merton!