| | "Thomas Merton wrote, 'There is always a temptation to
diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.'
There is always an enormous temptation in all of life to diddle around
making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for itsy-bitsy years
on end. It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step
aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down, saying, I
never merited this grace, quite rightly, and then to sulk along the
rest of your days on the edge of rage. I won't have it. The world is
wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more
extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making
whoopie; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or
Lazarus." -Annie Dillard |
| | Posted 10/31/2005 7:07 PM - 1 comments
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