BQ March 28th
Untilled soil, however fertile it may be,
will bear thistles and thorns;
and so it is with man's mind.
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
St. Teresa of Avila, 1515
will bear thistles and thorns;
and so it is with man's mind.
How is it, Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
St. Teresa of Avila, 1515
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