May I be like the almond tree
That, whether there be cars --
Or no cars -- on the winding roads,
Wars or no wars,
Whether there be music in the house or not,
Or famine, or concentration camps,
Or the systematic drowning of billions
In tsunamis of perpetual distraction --
Still brings forth her blossoms in silence.
~~Andrew Harvey, inspired by Thomas Merton
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