The disciple approached the master and said, “I have been with you for fifteen years and yet it seems that my stay here has yielded no fruit.”
The master replied, “It is true that you have been with me for fifteen years. Yet I have observed that in all those years, you still seek to cling to something, whether to a word I speak or to some obscure passage of scripture. Learn to have the courage to let go completely. Fruit only comes when you are no longer timid enough to shake the tree.”
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Originally posted in zenbananas.com
