BORN TO DIE
All relationships end in parting; We are born to die. Death is commonplace. Parting is central to all relationships. The completion of a friendship requires separation. In death, a relationship is completed, but not over. It is ended, and in that sense completed: Whole because it is finished. When you have accepted that, then you can begin to enjoy the relationship in a new way, in its completeness. There is nothing new to be added, nothing left to be done, because you can do nothing more. And you can begin to explore and discover and enjoy it, rather than try to change it. In its completeness, it lives- it lives in you. It is finished, but not over. So it was with Christ, So it is with all who die, Who are alive with us in the presence of the past. Written by Thomas Merton
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