Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an end.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Keep your inner peace steady regardless of external events since all things end.
- In plain terms
- Stay calm because worldly things will not last.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect your peace by remembering the temporary nature of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What disturbs your peace?
- How does time change things?
Another view
Accepting impermanence does not stop grief immediately.
More from John of the Cross
The soul that desires God to surrender himself to it entirely must surrender itself entirely to him without keeping anything for itself.
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