and on poetry ...

"The poet assembles words in such a way that they exercise a mysterious and vital reactivity among themselves, and so release their secret content of associations to produce in the reader an experience that enriches the depths of his spirit ... A good poem induces an experience that could not be produced by any other combination of words."

- Thomas Merton, Bread in the Wilderness

Thomas Merton continues to inspire me

"At the center of our being is a point of nothingness that is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal, from which God disposes our lives, which is inaccessible to the fantasies of our own mind or the brutalities of our will."

- Thomas Merton

If I was perfect, I would not be here on this earth. Am I celebrating my missteps today? A blog devoted to my practice of self-acceptance - in all my perfect imperfection - as I meander through this magical, uncomfortable, exquisite existence.