My good friend sent me this on my birthday (serendipity?) and it was exactly what I needed. Like a doctor's prescription for a nasty virus. Seriously. I read this quote daily now. It keeps me going and gives me faith in the worst of times.
St. Francis de Sales encouraged spiritual growth in souls but warned of the temptation of discouragement from failings and shortcomings along the path toward holiness.
“Be patient with everyone, but, above all, with yourself,” he wrote, as noted in Golden Counsels of Saint Francis de Sales. “I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections; always rise bravely from a fall. ... There is no better means of progress in the spiritual life than to be continually beginning afresh and never to think we have done enough.”
It is safe to say this is why I love her. She is SUCH a good friend. I wish I could be better about letting her and other friends know that. I hope she (among other friends) knows how much they help me with my struggle. They may feel like they are a help, but they have no clue how much they mean to me, especially in my lowest times.
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