Daily each man carves the stone of
His tomorrow,
Which promptly then becomes his today,
With the chisel,
Of his, and others,
Thoughts, Words, and deeds.
The manner in which he
Chooses to comport himself
Relative to his circumstances,
Determines the quality of the
Finished work of art.
A rightly formed conscience,
Well grounded in truth,
Can well guide the
Hammer and chisel.
Today is the Feast of St. John Of the Cross, sixteenth century Spaniard, Carmelite priest, and Doctor of the Church. I got this image from a comment of his about mortification.
