come to me to seek sustenance. When they find it to their liking I shall know that it is not to me they owe it but to Thee; on the other hand if they complain, and find bitter what I offer them, my peace shall remain undisturbed, I will try to convince them that this nutriment comes from Thee, and I will carefully refrain from seeking any other for them."
When I thus understood that it was impossible for me to do anything by myself, the task appeared to me simplified. Interiorly, I occupied myself solely in trying to become more and more united to God—knowing that the rest would be added unto me.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. X
From afar it seems easy to do good
to souls, to make them love God more,
to mould them after our own views and
opinions. But coming closer one feels,
on the contrary, that to do good without
the divine assistance, is as impossible a
thing as to bring the sun back after it
