The Love of God calls for our Love to return to the source.

Saint Teresa of Avila

She says that we have to think of our human life on Earth as a night spent in a bad hotel, she knows what she’s talking about—you know it’ll be over soon, you’ve got to put up with it, and you’ve got to make the most of it; but there are bedbugs, a draught and overheating.

The journey is one from self-reliance to God-reliance.

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