Seorang Murid bertanya kepada Gurunya, kenapa derita belum beranjak darinya sedang dia sudah mendekat ke Tuhan.
Kemudian, Sang Guru berkata:
“Jika kau mendekat ke Tuhan hanya saat sedih dan menderita, bisa jadi kau akan makin sering menderita.”
“Mengapa, Tuan Guru? Kenapa derita belum beranjak ? Apakah Dia tak mencintaiku?”, tanya Murid.
Sang Guru menjawab: “Justru karena Dia cinta dan sangat merindukanmu, sementara cara untuk membuatmu mendekat adalah dengan memberimu derita.”
Murid: “Jadi sebaiknya, aku mendekat pada-Nya hanya di saat bahagia ? “
Guru: “Itu lebih baik, tetapi yg terbaik, mendekatlah pada setiap keadaan”
Murid: “Jika begitu, aku akan lebih sering bahagia atau menderita? “
Guru: “Jika selalu dekat pada-Nya, segala perasaan akan takluk kepadamu. Kedekatanmu kepadaNYA mengalahkan segalanya”
Sang murid terdiam.
(A Disciple asked his Master, why the pain had not left him when he was already drawing near to God.
Then the Master said:
“If you draw near to God only when you are sad and suffering, you may end up suffering more and more.”
“Why, Master Teacher? Why hasn’t the pain gone away? Does he not love me?”, asked the student.
The Master replied: “Precisely because He loves and misses you very much, while the way to bring you closer is to give you pain.”
Disciple: “So should I draw near to Him only in happy times? ”
Teacher: “That’s better, but best of all, approach every situation”
Student: “In that case, will I be happier or more miserable? ”
Master: “If you are always close to Him, all feelings will be subject to you. Your closeness to Him conquers all.”
The student fell silent.)