You Meet Me At A Very Strange Time In My Life

“Where would your merit be if you fought only when you felt courage? What does it matter if you have none, provided that you act as if you had! If you feel too lazy to pick up a bit of thread, and you nonetheless do it for the love of Jesus, you have more merit than some great accomplishment made in a moment of fervor.”

Therese told this story: An example of curbing her impulses and making small sacrafices

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Once a man was asked, “what did you gain by regularly praying to God?” The man replied, “Nothing…but let me tell you what I lost: anger, ego, greed, depression, insecurity, and fear of death.” Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not gaining but losing; which ultimately is the gain.

Date someone who gives you chills just by the way they look into your eyes

I changed the sheets and cleared the air. Sometimes growing isn’t progress. It’s accepting that you dirtied the place, and finding enough energy to clean it up.