Question: Please confirm.
God’s answer:
This article about “The Little Way” is an example:
The Little Way
She (St. Therese) knew as a Carmelite nun she would never be able to perform
great deeds. "Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great
deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering
flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and
the doing of the least actions for love." She took every chance to sacrifice, no
matter how small it would seem. She smiled at the sisters she didn't like. She
ate everything she was given without complaining—so that she was often given
the worst leftovers. One time she was accused of breaking a vase when she
was not at fault. Instead of arguing she sank to her knees and begged
forgiveness. These little sacrifices cost her more than bigger ones, for these
went unrecognized by others. No one told her how wonderful she was for these
little secret humiliations and good deeds.
Thérèse continued to worry about how she could achieve holiness in the life she led. She didn't want to just be good, she wanted to be a saint. She thought there must be a way for people living hidden, little lives like hers. " I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by. Instead of being discouraged, I told myself: God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a saint. It is impossible for me to grow bigger, so I put up with myself as I am, with all my countless faults. But I will look for some means of going to heaven by a little way which is very short and very straight, a little way that is quite new.
"We live in an age of inventions. We need no longer climb laboriously up flights of stairs; in well-to-do houses there are lifts. And I was determined to find a lift to carry me to Jesus, for I was far too small to climb the steep stairs of perfection. So I sought in holy Scripture some idea of what this life I wanted would be, and I read these words: "Whosoever is a little one, come to me." It is