Thomas Merton, the American monk, pointed out that we may spend our whole life climbing the ladder of success, only to find when we get to the top that our ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
-Richard Rohr
One of the guiding principles of our Center for Action and Contemplation puts it this way: ‘The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.’ -Richard Rohr
Your concern is not so much to have what you love anymore, but to love what you have—right now. This is a monumental change from the first half of life, so much so that it is almost the litmus test of whether you are in the second half of life at all. https://t.co/kyR2xZHZN3