Building a house

"You set about building a house: a few weeks or months later,
there it is for all to see. But if you decide to create something
in the spiritual domain, no one, not even you, can see it. So,
faced with no apparent result you become assailed by doubts, and
at times you are tempted to abandon everything and involve
yourself, like anybody else, in an activity where the results can
be seen and felt. Do as you wish, but one day, amid even the
greatest success, you will feel something is missing inside. Why?
Because despite your many activities you have not touched what is
most important; you have not yet planted anything in the world of
light, wisdom, love, power and eternity.
One day, you will understand that your only real creations are
the inner ones, for they are the only ones that have their roots
in you. When you leave for the other world, you will have
precious stones – qualities and virtues – to take with you in
your soul, your heart and your spirit, and your name will be
written in the book of eternal life."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov