Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Beginning of Love

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” -- Thomas Merton

7 comments:

SARA said...

Very nice quote Joyce...ty.

Unknown said...

Wow...love it and how true it is!

Brad Wright said...

Wonderful quotation. I'll be thinking about it the rest of the evening... thanks for posting it.

SARA said...

Joyce, hope you get this message....I've been visiting your blog ...hope all it well with you.

Peace and prayers.
Sarah

Joyce said...

Thanks so much for caring, Sarah. It really means a lot to me. I'm good!! I just got back from vacation a few days ago and am just catching up. I'll be sure to post shortly -- it was a great trip home to New England!

Lobster and grinders and chowda -- oh my! :D

SARA said...

Glad you're back Joyce! and wow to lobster and chowda...glad it was a vacation and that you had a great time.

Unknown said...

Having grown up in Maine...If you say chowdah then you need to say Lobstah too. :-)(Hee Hee) Also glad to hear you enjoyed your time.