Nothing Will Disturb Me

My God, you who are charity and love itself,
    help me to love myself  in you, for you ,and by you,
    and my neighbor for your sake.
May I possess you as my sole treasure and my one glory,
    far dearer than all creatures.
Grant that I may rejoice in your perfect love for me,
    and in the eternal love borne for you
    by all the angels and saints who see you face to face.

Grant that my neighbors may be able to bear the burdens
    as I wish to bear mine.
Let them care for nothing but you,
    and only for those things that will lead them to you.
Above all else, help me always to remember
    that I have only one soul, and that I have only one short life
    that must be lived by me alone,
    that I have only one death to die,
    and that there is only one glory that is eternal.

If I do this as you have promised,
    there will be many things I will not care about at all.

Nothing will disturb me.

St. Teresa of Avila