"(The) independent, self-sufficient approach to 


life is the fundamental sin of so many of us... 


It is the refusal of grace. It is the failure 


to acknowledge Abba as the Divine Almsgiver. It 


is Adam and Eve reaching for the apple all over 


again. But, luckily, self-sufficiency can take 


us only so far. Sooner or later we run up 


against a brick wall. We get a sudden glimpse 


into our existential self-deficiency. We finish 


eating the apple and discover, a few hours 


later, that we are hungry again. We gradually 


realize where we actually are and where we 


truly belong."





Albert Haase