Be who you are and do that well.
I recommend to you holy simplicity.
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
During the night we must wait for the light.
To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.