Open your heart to everyone you meet,
for the image of God resides in all.
Speak no empty word;
do and say all things
from a heart fed by the eternal spring—
unceasing, interior prayer.
Do not despair
Do not despair when ordeals assail you,
people reject you, and demons attack:
“for just as gold and silver are refined in the fire,
so is your soul in the furnace of humiliation”
Above all, love God
Above all, love God,and love your neighbor.
For love is the measure by which you shall be judged,
and when you love you lack nothing.
Treat your thoughts like leaves
Treat your thoughts like leaves
floating along a gentle brook—
you may watch them pass;
and, on occasion,
lift one out of the flowing stream
to study it intently,
but always put it back again.
"Take nothing for your journey"
May Jesus’ words,"Take nothing for your journey," keep you traveling light,
always moving in the direction of simplicity,
free from the burden of debt.