The poor soul cannot always do what it wants, but with God's help. However, her greatest wealth is precisely that she is always indebted, even though she tries in every way to repay Him. Often, in her desire to at least repay Him somehow, she falls into despondency when she sees her helplessness, how she is overwhelmed by so many tasks, obstacles, and awkwardness that come from the body in which she lives as if imprisoned. However, it is pointless to suffer! There is nothing else to do but to acknowledge our need and give Him our will. (…) Simply say with humility in your heart, for humility achieves everything: Thy will be done!
(Teresa of Jesus, The Way of Perfection XXXII,13)
