it would tell simply all what God has done for it
without trying to hide its blessings.
It would not say,
under the pretext of a false humility,
it is not beautiful or without perfume,
that the sun has taken away its splendor
and the storm has broken its stem
when it know that all this is untrue.
The flower about to tell her story
rejoices at having to publish
the totally gratuitous gifts of Jesus.
She knows that nothing in herself
was capable of attracting the divine glances,
and His mercy alone brought about
everything that is good in her.
Thérèse de Lisieux
