"God is using everything that happens to lead me into solitude . . . Everything I touch cauterizes me with a light and healing burn. I can hold on to nothing . . . Today I seemed to be very much assured that this solitude is indeed God's will for me, and that it is truly He Who is calling me into the desert. Not necessarily a geographical one, but the solitude of His own heart in Which all created joys and light and satisfactions are annihilated and consumed."
Thomas Merton, 1947
Photo: The Joint Trail, Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, UT; November 25, 2012
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