perfection, but it must be received with the desire and the care to take away from the heart all that displeases him whom we wish to lodge there. Persevere in thoroughly conquering yourself in these small daily contradictions you receive; make the bulk of your desires about this; know that God wishes nothing from you at present but that. Busy not yourself then in doing anything else: do not sow your desires in another’s garden, but cultivate well your own. Do not desire not to be what you are, but