"A monk walking through the woods came across a couple strolling and answered their greetings. 'And what do you do?' the woman asked. The monk replied, 'I don't do anything. I live here." She insisted. So did he. She thought of life in terms of what one does for a living, but the monk did … Continue reading And What Do You Do? I Live Here.
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Begin in Your Own Heart
"Hence, the healing of the world does not begin in some far-off land that we must hasten to help, but in the geography of your own heart. There the sinner is washed in mercy and becomes thereby an instrument of mercy, not merely by his prayers, but in everything he does. For he is a … Continue reading Begin in Your Own Heart
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