60.4月22日不冷不熱－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪

There are three “dangerous temptations” that lead to mediocrity:

有三種「危險的誘惑」將導致不冷不熱：

(a) The temptation of “compromise,” whereby one is satisfied with what one has done, or can do, without striving to do the best.

(b) The temptation of “substitutes,” whereby one tries to “fill oneself” with something –be it material possession or human achievements- different from our Christian vocation.

(c) The temptation of “discouragement,” whereby, dissatisfied, one hardly moves, or moves on out of sheer inertia.

1. 「妥協」的誘惑，即一個人對自己已經做或是能做的事情感到滿意，而不想努力地精益求精。
2. 「替代品」的誘惑，即一個人企圖以與我們基督徒的聖召不符的事物，來「填滿自己」—無論是物質、財富、還是人類的成就。
3. 「氣餒」的誘惑，即欲求不滿、幾乎不想行動，或者純粹出於擺脫惰性而繼續前進的人們。

On the contrary, we should apply in our spiritual life the advice of a baseball coach to his players:

相反地，我們應該在自己的屬靈生活中，應用棒球教練對自己球員的建議：

(a) Focus on the whole game, don’t go just after immediate results.

(b) Keep sacrificing.

(c) Keep praying, you need God’s help.

(d) Keep forgiving.

(e) Keep reconciling.

(f) Keep giving chances to the poor players.

(g) And when you fall, pick yourself up, and get back in the box.

1. 專注於整個比賽，不要只追求立竿見影的效果。
2. 不斷地犧牲。
3. 繼續地祈禱，你需要天主的助佑。
4. 繼續地寬恕。
5. 保持和諧。
6. 繼續地給較差的球員機會。

當你跌倒時，自己要爬起來，然後回到球場去。