Day 35 of 80

A Drop of Dew

Letters·Manuscript C·Littleness & Humility
Context
In a letter to her sister Céline, Thérèse created one of her most delicate images: the soul as a drop of dew, born under stars, hidden in the heart of a flower, evaporated by the sun into nothing. To be little, pure, and unknown — this is the deepest aspiration.

You must be always as a drop of dew hidden in the heart of this beautiful Lily of the valley.

The dew-drop--what could be simpler, what more pure? It is not the child of the clouds; it is born beneath the starry sky, and survives but a night. When the sun darts forth its ardent rays, the delicate pearls adorning each blade of grass quickly pass into the lightest of vapour. One must be so little to draw near to Jesus, and few are the souls that aspire to be little and unknown.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Story of a Soul, Letters (Manuscript C). Taylor translation, 1912 (public domain).
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