JUST BEING A WOMAN IS ENOUGH FOR MY WINGS TO FALL OFF

“Just being a woman is enough for my wings to fall off,” wrote one of the great mystic poets, St. Teresa of Ávila, (1515 – 1582). Regardless of the social conventions at the time that clipped the wings of women, Teresa was defiant in her individual nature. A Carmelite nun and religious reformer and great visionary, her poetry is supremely simple, direct and from the heart. I adore her poetry. Love Susie. x

God alone is enough

Let nothing upset you,

let nothing startle you.

All things pass;

God does not change.

Patience wins

all it seeks.

Whoever has God

lacks nothing:

God alone is enough.

St. Teresa of Ávila