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Finding Me

I am currently reading this book by Viola Davis and this quote, by Thomas Merton, stood out to me.

“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.”

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