有个弟子终日沉浸在祈祷中。大师对他说：「什么时候你才会自立，而不处处黏着天主不放？」
弟子闻之愕然：「您不常教导我们应仰赖天主如父一般？」
「你什么时候才会懂得：『父亲』并不是让你倚赖的一样东西，他只是帮助你驱除内心倚赖他物的习性而已。」
ADULTHOOD
To a disciple who was always at his prayers the Master said, “When will you stop
leaning on God and stand on your own two feet?”
The disciple was astonished. “But you are the one who taught us to look on God as
Father!”
“When will you learn that a father isn’t someone you can lean on but someone who
rids you of your tendency to lean?”