【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻译】熊倩涵
【编辑】颜士宝
When you choose to do My will and walk in My ways, you have to do it whole heartedly, no matter what it may mean. You have to take the rough with the smooth when learning that vital lesson of instant obedience to My will. Only when you give all will you receive all. In this spiritual life you cannot pick out all the plums and leave the cake; it is all or nothing. Many souls like to choose the parts in this life that appeal to them and to ignore those parts that do not comply with their baser desires. Doing so is not living a spiritual life; it is picking and choosing what you want to do, not what I require of you. You cannot expect things to work out for you if that is your attitude. I need your total surrender and dedication before I can work wonders and miracles in and through you. Now that you know, why not do something about it?
当我选择去实践上天的意愿，行在上天的道上时，我需要全心全意地这样去做，无论这可能意味着什么。当我学习对上天的意愿即刻遵从的重要功课时，我必须苦乐均爱。只有当我给出一切时，我才会收获一切。在这灵性生活中，我不能挑三拣四；它要嘛是全部，要嘛就没有。
有很多灵魂喜欢选择在这生活中对他们有吸引力的部分，并忽略那些和他们的底层欲望不一致的部分。这样做，并不是活出灵性生活；这是在拣选我想做的，而不是上天需要我去做的。如果这是我的态度，我无法期待事情会为我顺利运作。上天需要我完全的臣服与奉献，在上天能对我从内至外运作奇迹与神迹之前。现在，我既然知道了，为什么不对此做些什么呢？
