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December 21, 2009
"The rain I am in is not like the rain of cities."
Let me say this before rain becomes a utility that they can plan and distribute for money.
By "they" I mean the people who cannot understand that rain is a festival, who do not appreciate its gratuity, who think that what has no price has no value, that what cannot be sold is not real, so that the only way to make something actual is to place it on the market. The time will come when they will sell you even your rain. At the moment it is still free, and I am in it. I celebrate its gratuity and its meaninglessness. -- Rain and the Rhinoceros by Thomas Merton
Posted by Vanderleun at December 21, 2009 8:51 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.