Wait... your wings aren't grown yet!

Title: Wait! Your Wings Are Not Grown

The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to
the soul that seeketh Him.
LAMENTATIONS 3:25

BE patient till your wings are grown. I fear very
much that you are too vehement and headlong in
your wishes and attempts to fly. You see the
beauty of spiritual light and good resolutions;
you fancy that you have almost attained, and your
ardor is redoubled; you rush forward, but in
vain, for your Master has chained you to your
perch, or else it is that your wings are not
grown; and this constant excitement exhausts your
strength. You must indeed strive to fly, but
gently, without growing eager or restless. You
resign yourself, but it is always with a BUT; you
want this and that, and you struggle to get it. A
simple wish is no hindrance to resignation; but a
palpitating heart, a flapping of wings, an
agitated will, and endless, quick, restless
movements are unquestionably caused by deficient
resignation. Do you know what you must do? You
must be willing not to fly, since your wings are
not yet grown. Do not be so eager with your vain
desires, do not even be eager in avoiding
eagerness; go on quietly in your path--it is a
good path.
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES