Jesus chose to
enlighten me on this mystery. He opened the book of nature before me,
and I saw that every flower He has created has a beauty of its own, that
the splendor of the rose and the lily's whiteness do not deprive the
violet of its scent nor make less ravishing the daisy's charm. I saw
that if every little flower wished to be a rose, Nature would lose her
spring adornments, and the fields would be no longer enameled with their
varied flowers.
So it is in the world of souls, the living garden of the Lord. It
pleases Him to create great Saints, who may be compared with the lilies
or the rose; but He has also created little ones, who must be content to
be daisies or violets, nestling at His feet to delight His eyes when He
should choose to look at them The happier they are to be as He wills,
the more perfect they are.