Almost 50 years ago, Thomas Merton, a wild young man turned hermetic Catholic monk, wrote these astonishng words. The full quote is below, and really shows how extreme busyness can become a kind of violence.  “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist most easily succumbs: activism and overwork. The rush … Continue reading The Subtle Violence of Busyness (Thomas Merton)