So I went to a monastery today...

... and it was really cool. I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything here and I know my last post was actually a quote by a monk, the same monk that will wrap up this post. I've been doing a lot of thinking a lot lately, hence the reason no blogging, and today this quote really struck me right where I have been lately so I figured I would share it. I received this quote on the back of an info card that was placed into my bag of coffee and a St. Francis of Assisi coin which I bought at the monastery gift shop.

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. No do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone -Thomas Merton