(photo taken where the river meets the sea ~ Aparri, Cagayan)
"Through contemplative perception, in standing before reality naked, and letting reality be for us all that it is in itself, we allow reality into our lives in such a way that it is part of who we are and we become part of it. It is through this type of vision (rather than through our frenzied attempts to be everywhere at the same time through fame, travel, excessive activity, gluttonous involvement and monumental achievement) that our personalities become co-extensive with all that is. In contemplation, the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable, the part of our own lives never being enough of us, is overcome." -- Ronald Rolheiser
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