Every flower created by Him is beautiful.

Excerpt

Our Lord has deigned to explain this mystery to me. He showed me the book of nature, and I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would lose its springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enamelled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden.

Source Story of a Soul, Chapter I, §2 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who wondered why souls do not all receive the same gifts, nature gives the answer: the rose takes nothing away from the violet or the daisy, and every flower, great or small, makes the beauty of God’s garden. Today, instead of comparing yourself, notice the particular beauty of someone very different from you, and tell them what you appreciate in them.

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