【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻译】熊倩涵
【编辑】颜士宝
Stop for a moment in all your busyness, and see what you are putting first. Is it work? Is it living? Is it your wants? Your desires? Seek ye first My kingdom. Find your direct contact with Me and all else shall be added unto you. Do you not realise that your communion with Me means far more than anything else, for it is from this contact that all else stems. Do your part and put first things first. You cannot draw water from a well unless you get a bucket and let it down into the well, fill it with water and then draw it up. You have to do something; you have to make the effort and do your part. Standing at the top of the well looking: at the water will not draw it up. So with this spiritual life: standing around watching others find their oneness with Me will not do it for you. Every soul has to do its own inner seeking and finding.
在我的忙碌中停下来一刻，然后看看我将什么放在首位。它是工作吗？它是生活吗？它是我想要的事物吗？它是我的欲望吗？
首先去寻找上天的王国。找到我和上天直接的连接，那么一切其他的都会随之到来。
我难道没有意识到我和上天之间的交流比任何其他事物都来得更有意义吗，因为其余一切正是源于这个连接。
完成我的部分，并且分清主次。我没办法从一口井中取水，除非我先拿到一个水桶，然后将它放进井里，把它灌满水然后再拉起来。我必须得做些什么；我必须得付出努力，完成我的部分。站在井边看着里面的水，是无法将它取出的。
这灵性生活也是这样：站在旁边看着其他人找到他们与上天的合一，是无法对我有什么作用的。
每一个灵魂都需要完成它自己内在的寻找与发现。
