You Meet Me At A Very Strange Time In My Life

Thérèse. F. 23. INDIE-VIDUAL

[typographicdiary]

[thelittlefloweroflisieux]

“Where would your merit be if you fought only when you felt courage? What does it matter if you have none, provided that you act as if you had! If you feel too lazy to pick up a bit of thread, and you nonetheless do it for the love of Jesus, you have more merit than some great accomplishment made in a moment of fervor.”

St. Therese of Lisieux (via thelittlefloweroflisieux)

[tuagifs]

“Can I ask you a weird favor?” “Anything.”

[midnightbluebalaclava]

cried a bit here. Wish Ben could’ve stayed instead. 

[thelittlefloweroflisieux]

Therese told this story: An example of curbing her impulses and making small sacrafices

“Another time, I was in the laundry doing the washing in front of a Sister who was throwing dirty water into my face every time she lifted the handkerchiefs to her bench; my first reaction was to draw back and wipe my face to show the Sister who was sprinkling me that she would do me a favor to be more careful. But I immediately thought I would be very foolish to refuse these treasures which were being given to me so generously, and I took care not to show my struggle. I put forth all my efforts to desire receiving very much of this dirty water, and was so successful that in the end I had really taken a liking to this kind of [baptismal remembrance], and I promised myself to return another time to this nice place where one received so many treasures.

Read here

[midnightbluebalaclava]

Here we are, after 4 years of forgetting about this tumblr. My last update in my bio was when I was 23.

But it seems that I need this outlet again to speak the things in my mind and in my heart heart that I can’t bear to keep to myself.

[catholic-quotes]

[wrists]

[midnightbluebalaclava]

wrists:

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[yrbff]

[manwithaspade]

[lillyandleopard]

[emanuelsmedbol]

To the islands [ with @meganmclellanco ]

[justlittlethings]

[heythereney]

[a-joyfuljourney]

Once a man was asked, “what did you gain by regularly praying to God?” The man replied, “Nothing…but let me tell you what I lost: anger, ego, greed, depression, insecurity, and fear of death.” Sometimes the answer to our prayers is not gaining but losing; which ultimately is the gain.

Anonymous 

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simply-divine-creation

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I greatly enjoy this quote.

(via orthodoxheretic)

[hplyrikz]

Date someone who gives you chills just by the way they look into your eyes

(via hplyrikz)

[heldinhishands]

I changed the sheets and cleared the air. Sometimes growing isn’t progress. It’s accepting that you dirtied the place, and finding enough energy to clean it up.

sometimes recovery isn’t measured by days, but by how you handle relapse - c.h. (via heldinhishands)

[oaesiir-beloved-of-heaven]