Do Not Wish To Be Anything But

When You Encounter Difficulties And Contradictions, Do Not Try To Break Them, But Bend Them With Gentleness And Time.

Do Not Complain Then Of Your Poverty, My Daughter, - We Only Complain Of That Which Is Unwelcome, And If Poverty Is Unwelcome To You, You Are No Longer Poor In Spirit.

Don't Get Upset With Your Imperfections. Surrender To The Power Of God's Love, Which Is Greater Than Our Weakness.

God Requires A Faithful Fulfillment Of The Merest Trifle Given Us To Do, Rather Than The Most Ardent Aspiration To Things To Which We Are Not Called.

Half An Hour's Meditation Each Day Is Essential, Except When You Are Busy. Then A Full Hour Is Needed.