Consider the work of the wind which disperses the cloud and sends it on its way.
The blazing rays of the sun which carpet the horizon, pouring forth reverberations of flaming gold. . .
The light haze of pollen of the flowers which floats through the air fertilizing the fields in waves of enchantment. . .
The singing breeze gently caressing the multicolored waves in the bubbling of waterfalls, into dispersed sounds. . .
The perfume that lives in the heart of the rose and announces the ripened fruit. . .
The tongues of the fire consuming the shapeless refuse to the cracking of the flames in a parade of splendor. . . .
The blaze of sparkling granules of infinite space filled with heavenly bodies. . .
All this — creations which cannot be passed by unnoticed — is suggesting a basic thought which creates a manifestation of goodness, which provides a touch of soothing beauty. . .
All this speaks of love, the love of God, the Principle of Charity in all languages. . .
How much you receive from life without spending a farthing!
These remarkable scenes are offered by Nature for the maternal joy of seeing you happy with her ineffable gifts.
It is goodness for its own sake which God sends us.
It is the good that is done for the sole pleasure of doing it.
The sun, the wind and the water demand nothing.
They teach us to love without asking; always to love without demanding anything.
So follow the Celestial Guidance through the routes of the world.
You may heed all the beggars’ tin cups wherever you may pass, but don’t be satisfied to do only this; every human being is a member of our own family.
Let emotion vibrate your heartstrings in a thousand keys of love at the eloquence of a child’s smile, at the affliction in a tear of old age, at the impulsiveness and uncertainty of the gaze of youth. . . .
Example is the most powerful magnet of the spirit.
Necessity marches in a cycle from life to life, and from destiny to destiny.
Money and worldly possessions, at the end of the earthly journey, are always like handfuls of mud and dust which we uselessly try to hold on to and which unavoidably slip away through our own fingers.
Enrich your heart with the joy of doing good for the pleasure which the good provides you, your only preordained idea being: To bring happiness to God’s children and to give to those around you at least a little bit of love from the Infinite Love which God gives us.
Maria Celeste