Don't worry about the fact that you are calming down only gradually. The important thing is to make at least a millimeter of progress every day. And that will happen imperceptibly, almost as a bonus. Do not try to force any "not wanting" with your will. When you feel those clamps tightening on you again, quietly turn to the sky, from where Someone who loves you is watching over you. Do it ten times if you need to do it ten times, and that great certainty of the soul will gradually release our poor anxiety, and at the same time, we will move a bit further; humility will cause God's silence to descend upon us.
(Cardinal Charles Journet /1891–1975/, correspondence)
