"Only when we see ourselves in our
true human context, as members of a race which is intended to be one organism
and “one body,” will we begin to understand the positive importance not only of
the successes but of the failures and accidents in our lives. My successes are
not my own. The way to them was prepared by others. The fruit of my labors is
not my own: for I am preparing the way for the achievements of another….
Therefore the meaning of my life is not to be looked for merely in the sum
total of my achievements. It is seen only in the complete integration of
my achievements and failures with the achievements and failures of my own
generation, and society, and time. It is seen, above all, in my own integration
in Christ." ~ Thomas Merton
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