The Happiness Project: How To Be Happier



Sunday, March 29, 2009 - Posts

  • Thomas Merton's Ambition? "To Be What I Already Am."

    Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:49 PM | By Gretchen Rubin

    “Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.” -- Thomas Merton, Journal, October 2, 1958

    * Interested in starting your own happiness project? If you’d like to take a look at my personal Resolutions Chart, for inspiration, just email me at grubin, then the “at” sign, then gretchenrubin dot com. (Sorry about writing it in that roundabout way; I’m trying to thwart spammers.) Just write “Resolutions Chart” in the subject line.

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