This site will focus primarily on my original writing but I will on the very rare occasions post the thoughts of others because they are too valuable not to.

I learned about Thomas Merton in law school. For some reason, his work resonated with me. His path to becoming a monk was unconventional and powerful.

The following passage has remained in my consciousness since then.

“My hope is in what the eye has never seen.  Therefore let me not trust in visible rewards.  

My hope is in what the heart of man cannot feel.  Therefore let me not trust in the feelings of my heart. 

My hope is in what the hand of man has never touched.  Do not let me trust what I can grasp between my fingers.  Death will loosen my grasp and my vain hope will be gone.  

Let me trust in Your mercy, not in myself.  Let my hope be in Your love, not in health, or strength, or ability or human resources.  If I trust You, everything will become, for me, strength, health, and support.  Everything will bring me to heaven.  If I do not trust You, everything will be my destruction.” M