“Even a little child can scatter flowers, to scent the throne room with their fragrance; even a little child can sing, in its shrill treble, the great canticle of Love. That will be my life: to scatter flowers – to miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word, always doing the tiniest thing right, and doing it for love.”
~ St. Therese of Lisieux
Today is the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux. Therese’s legacy to us is her Little Way – she was determined to do even the smallest things with love. This included, for example, trying to find the best in annoying people and attempting to be kind when it would be easier not to be.
In every moment, we have the opportunity to respond in love – to the person in front of us, to the situation, to our own reactions… What would our lives be like if we decided to show love in every situation? Or even in most of them? That would be the ultimate in kindness.
