Temptation

Under a temptation which seemed to me irresistible, I said to her: "This time, I cannot surmount it."

She [St. Therese] replied: "Why seek to surmount it? Rather pass beneath.  It is all well for great souls to soar above the clouds when the storm rages; we have simply to suffer the showers.  What does it matter if we get wet?  We shall dry ourselves in the sunshine of love.

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Above from the counsels and reminiscences of Soeur Therese in the book The story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux.  She is also known as The Little Flower of Jesus.