I assure you that God is much better than you believe. He is content with a glance, a sigh of love. As for me, I find perfection very easy to practice because I have understood it as a matter of taking hold of Jesus by his heart. Look at a little child who has just annoyed his mother. If he hides away in the corner in the sulky mood and in fear of being punished, his momma will not pardon him . But if he comes to her, holding out his little arms, smiling, and saying: “Kiss me, I will not do it again,” will his mother be able not to press him to our heart tenderly and forget his childish mischief? However, she knows her dear little one will do it again on the next occasion, but this does not matter; if he takes her again by the heart, he will not be punished.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)
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