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I had a natural passion for fine clothes, excellent food, and
lively conversation about all matters that concern
the heart still alive. And even a passion
about my own
looks.
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Vanities: they do not exist.
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Have you ever walked across a stream stepping on
rocks so not to spoil a pair of shoes?
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All we can touch, swallow, or say
aids in our crossing to God
and helps unveil the
soul.
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Life smooths us, rounds, perfects, as does the river the stone,
and there is no place our Beloved is not flowing
though the current's force you
may not always
like.
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Our passions help to lift us.
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I loved what I could love until I held Him,
for then - all things - every world
disappeared.
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~ Saint Teresa of Avila
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