Review: ONE TRACK MIND
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 29, 2013
From birth, it seems, Ste. Therese had one and only one thought on her mind, to serve the Lord with gladness. Her family had no money problems; Christ's parable about passing a camel through the eye of a needle didn't apply in her case.She lived in an era when it wasn't unusual for children to die before their fifth birthday. Her family suffered the heartbreak not uncommon to the day. Therese lost four siblings. By her sixth birthday she had lost her mother, again, not uncommon.But that didn't make it easy. The two oldest sisters each ' adopted'  a younger sister to care for. That helped to hold the family together. Therese adored all her sisters, though, and cherished her father even more.This young lady seemed to know she was going to serve the Lord before she could even write. You should read what she went through to get permission for early admission to the Carmelite order. Weaker people would have given up.When she suspected her death was near, she began to rejoice. Some people fear death-to her it was a chance to meet an important person face to face.One of the most interesting parts of the book is the section of poems written by the lady herself. Reading the poems is like looking into her soul. She really did have only one thing on her mind.And there's nothing wrong with that.