Watson doesn’t care that we can’t get out of our driveway. He doesn’t care that piercing winds threaten to toss the deck furniture. He doesn’t care that today’s snow accumulation may break records. He doesn’t care that we want to relax, sit by the fire, and read our books. He doesn’t care that Thomas Merton is changing my life. He waits patiently on high alert – ready to leap, explore, and discover – faithful that his orange sphere will soar out the sliding doors and into the woods. I suddenly glean the etymology of “doggedness” – persistence, resolve, commitment. Some students need to take lessons from this energetic bundle of curiosity. I might just see if some want to take him out to play.
We need a new word: ‘cattedness’, where it’s considered admirable to curl inside a pool of sunlight and read that Thomas Merton!
I could be a cat if someone would run my dog!
Which Thomas Merton book would you recommend that I start with?
No Man is an Island is loaded with challenging paradoxes, and Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain is an incredible autobiography of his life. I’m only halfway through it because I have to put it down to think, think, think – like Winnie the Pooh.
CUTE!!!!!
Winter Wonderland is so beautiful….if it wasn’t soooo nice here like to join you in front of the roaring fireplace