We Should Not Think That We Achieve

... If, To Me, To Live Is Christ (phil. 1:21), Truly My Words Ought To Be About Christ, My Every Thought And Deed Ought To Depend Upon His Commandments, And My Soul To Be Fashioned After His.

When Someone Steals A Person's Clothes, We Call Him A Thief. Should We Not Also Give The Same Name To The One Who Could Clothe The Naked But Does Not?

[every Disappointment Or Misfortune Can Become A Blessing In Disguise, For Which We Should Be Grateful. But Only If The Hidden Blessing Is Anticipated, Expected And Searched For Will It Be Found And Recognised As Such And The Most Made Of It. For Example...] Many A Man Curses The Rain That Falls Upon His Head, And Knows Not That It Brings Abundance To Drive Away Hunger.

Just As A Very Little Fresh Water Is Blown Away By A Storm Of Wind And Dust, In Like Manner The Good Deeds, That We Think We Do In This Life, Are Overwhelmed By The Multitude Of Evils.

Do Not Despise The Fish Because They Are Absolutely Unable To Speak Or To Reason, But Fear Lest You May Be Even More Unreasonable Than They By Resisting The Command Of The Creator. Listen To The Fish, Who Through Their Actions All But Utter This Word: 'we Set Out On This Long Journey For The Perpetuation Of Our Species.