What
is the secret of finding this treasure? There isn't one. This
treasure is everywhere. It is offered to us all the time and
wherever we are. All creatures, friends or foes, pour it out
in abundance, and it flows through every fiber of our body and
soul until it reaches the very core of our being. If we open
our mouths they will be filled. God's activity runs
through the universe. It wells up around and penetrates every
created being. Where they are, there it is also. It goes ahead
of them, it is with them and it follows them. All they have to
do is let its waves sweep them onward, fulfill the simple
duties of their religion and stage, cheerfully accept all the
troubles they met, and submit to God's will in all they have
to do ... This is the true spirituality, which is valid for
all times and for everyone. We cannot become truly good in a
better, more marvelous, and yet easier way than by the simple
us of the means offered us by God: the ready acceptance of all
that comes to us at each moment of our lives.
Jean
Pierre de Caussade
1675-1751