The nothingness of life

My good adopted friends, allow me to say to you a few words, by way of counsel. God authorizes me to come to you.

How I regret not being able to communicate to you all the ardor that was in my heart and that animated me toward good! Believe in God, the author of all things; love him; be good and charitable: charity is the key to heaven. To become good, think sometimes of death; it is a thought that elevates the soul and leaves it better. For what are we on Earth? An atom cast into space; a very small thing in the Universe. Man is nothing: he makes up a number. When he looks before him, when he looks behind him, it is still the infinite that he sees; his life, however long it may be, is a point in eternity. Think, then, of your soul, think of the new life that awaits you, for you cannot doubt that it exists, were it only by the desires of your soul, never satisfied, which is a proof that they will be in a better world. Until soon. S. Swetchine. n [1]

[v. Sophie Swetchine.]