...I came into this world,
free by nature,
in the image of God,
I was nevertheless the prisoner of my own violence and my own selfishness,
in the image of the world into which I was born.
That world was the picture of Hell,
full of men like myself,
loving God and yet hating Him;
born to love Him,
living instead in fear and hopeless self-contradictory hungers...
--Thomas Merton
posted by Matthew and Elin at 6:57 AM
4 Comments:
this space has matthew weeman written ALL OVER it!! Stoked that I can again share in your poetry and inspirations...
I just read The Alchemist--you read it?
1:18 AM
there she is!! I was waiting for you to give a hello.
The Alchemist...love it...read it while I was living in England and then I tried to read it in spanish while I was in Honduras, but gave up...it is a great story, with little snipets of soul moving truth.
7:13 AM
this is kind-of fun to communicate somewhere in the middle of cyperspace...like these little notes in a bottle or something.
I'm sick, sick, sick this weekend with a wicked head cold, but I went out anyway both nights! Salsa dancing on friday and to a birthday on sat. Today was a beautiful, slow day with pancakes, friends and a good book. Oh, and a crazy beautiful sunset over the olympic mountains (the oppressive clouds broke for a blessed half hour!)
So here's the big question--when do i get to see some weeman original material on here?! I'll keep checkin in...and loving getting to take advantage of all the amazing authors you follow ;)
10:17 PM
the weeman original is gonna take some time...right now I am just enjoying the opportunity to post the readings and music and people that are feeding me...miss you, bri.
8:48 AM
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