Let The Enemy Rage At The Gate;

God Takes Pleasure To See You Take Your Little Steps; And Like A Good Father Who Holds His Child By The Hand, He Will Accommodate His Steps To Yours And Will Be Content To Go No Faster Than You. Why Do You Worry?

Don't Sow Your Desires In Someone Else's Garden; Just Cultivate Your Own As Best You Can; Don't Long To Be Other Than What You Are, But Desire To Be Thoroughly What You Are. Direct Your Thoughts To Being Very Good At That And To Bearing The Crosses, Little Or Great, That You Will Find There. Believe Me, This Is The Most Important And Least Understood Point To The Spiritual Life. We All Love According To What Is Our Taste; Few People Like What Is According To Their Duty Or To God's Liking. What Is The Use Of Building Castles In Spain When We Have To Live In France?

If I Want Only Pure Water, What Does It Matter To Me Whether It Be Brought In A Vase Of Gold Or Of Glass? What Is It To Me Whether The Will Of God Be Presented To Me In Tribulation Or Consolation, Since I Desire And Seek Only The Divine Will?

Doing Little Things With A Strong Desire To Please God Makes Them Really Great.

Hell Is Full Of Good Intentions And Wills.