Let nothing disturb you;
Let nothing make you afraid.
All things are passing;
God alone never changes.
Patience gains all things.
Who has God wants nothing.
God alone suffices.— The Bookmark of Saint Teresa of Avila
In this beautiful prayer, Saint Teresa implies possession, but also that nothing can be possessed. She does not intent to imply that one can possess God as one possesses things. God is never an object. God is always subject. It is about relationship, I-You, being with another, union, communion. My relationship with God is my choice. I can be open to Him or not. God’s relationship with me never changes, so why should any thing bother me.
I choose You, to be open to You, to be with You, to love You.