tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339187472078582711.post695267053384459033..comments2024-01-27T07:12:58.318+01:00Comments on Of life, laughter and liturgy . . .: I am useless - but this is a joyful post!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04405344181636487394noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339187472078582711.post-24004256569749251772010-03-30T11:00:05.255+02:002010-03-30T11:00:05.255+02:00These lines have been accompanying me for the last...These lines have been accompanying me for the last 30 years:<br /><br />"The tree on the mountain height is its own enemy.<br />The grease that feeds the light devours itself.<br />The cinnamon tree is edible: so it is cut down!<br />The lacquer tree is profitable: so they maim it.<br />Every man knows how useful it is to be useful.<br /><br />No one seems to know<br />How useful it is to be useless." <br /><br />Thomas Merton: The Way of Chuang Tzu, New Directions, New York, 1965, p.59<br /><br />HansHanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179523345682603965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339187472078582711.post-14009567044059948962010-03-30T10:45:18.252+02:002010-03-30T10:45:18.252+02:00I really liked your "overstepping the limits ...I really liked your "overstepping the limits of normal uselessness" bit. I personally relate with it quite closely. The only reason why we survive this crazy world is because we are a bit crazy ourselves. But can you imagine a world without people who do not constantly dance with impossibility? What a drab, boring, predictable and mundane dance it would be.<br />ManojManoj Kurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226302221890466533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339187472078582711.post-9505199536581316672010-03-30T09:38:50.577+02:002010-03-30T09:38:50.577+02:00I knew this was a serious post when I realised &qu...I knew this was a serious post when I realised "Dr B." had mysteriously morphed into "my husband"Tom Z.noreply@blogger.com