“Listen carefully. There is a mother who is embroidering. Her son, who is sitting on a low stool, sees her work, but upside down. He sees the knots of the embroidery, the tangled threads, and says, ‘Mother, what are you doing? Your work is not at all clear.’ Then the mother lowers her embroidery and shows the good part of her work. Each color is in its place, and the variety of threads form a harmonious design. We are seeing the reverse side of the embroidery; we are sitting on the low stool.”

—St. Padre Pio