【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶
Have love and confidence in one another, for love and confidence in soul enable it to flower and develop, so it can take on responsibilities and grow in strength and stature. You cannot expect a child to grow in stature if everything is done for it. It has to be taught to think for itself, to make its own decisions and not rely on its parents to do all its thinking for it. It is not easy to see loved ones making the wrong decision, and yet at times it has to be done, so that they learn certain lessons. Lessons can be learnt the easy way, but often when they are learnt the hard way they are never forgotten. So never be over-protective; learn to take your hands off those souls under your care, no matter who they are or what age. Let them learn to shoulder their responsibilities and, what is more, to enjoy doing so, and help each other to grow.
要對彼此有愛和信心，因為愛與信心在一個靈魂中會讓它盛開和發展，因此它能夠擔負起責任，並且增長力量與高度。我無法期待一個孩子增長高度，如果我為她／他做每一件事情。她／他必須被教導去獨立思考，去做她／他自己的決定，而不是依賴她／他的父母為她／他做所有的思考。看著我所愛的人做出錯誤的決定是不容易的，然而有些時候必須得是這樣，他們才能學習到某些課題。課題是可以通過簡單的方法被學習，但通常當它們通過困難的方式被學到時，就永遠不會被忘記。因此永遠都不要過度保護；對那些在我的照顧之下的靈魂們，學習放手，無論他們是誰，在什麼年齡。讓他們學習去肩負自己的責任，不僅如此，去享受這樣做，並且幫助彼此去成長。
