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[8] Yet there was this difference. When he was thinking of those things of the world, he took much delight in them, but afterwards, when he was tired and put them aside, he found himself dry and dissatisfied. But when he thought of going to Jerusalem barefoot, and of eating nothing but plain vegetables and of practicing all the other rigors that he saw in the saints, not only was he consoled when he had these thoughts but even after putting them aside he remained satisfied and joyful.
[8] Había todavía esta diferencia: que cuando pensaba en aquello del mundo, se deleitaba mucho; mas cuando después de cansado lo dejaba, hallábase seco y descontento; y cuando en ir a Jerusalem descalzo, y en no comer sino yerbas, y en hacer todos los demás rigores que veía haber hecho los santos; no solamente se consolaba cuando estaba en los tales pensamientos, mas aun después de dejando, quedaba contento y alegre.
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola
