Not a Christmas Story, but the best i could come up with in this political year. Thomas Merton calls this story
"The Fasting of the Heart."
Yen huei went to take leave of Confucius. "Whither are you bound?" asked the Master.
"I am going to the State of Wei," was the reply.
"And what do you propose to do there?" continued Confucius.
"I hear," answered
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