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四歲的斯汀上學了，教書的

霍爾太太是一位虔誠的基督徒，每次上課之前，她都要領著孩子們進行祈禱。有一天，

霍爾太太給孩子們講解《聖經》，當講到“祈禱，就會獲得一切”的時候，小斯汀忍不住站了起來，他問道：“如果我祈禱上帝呢？他會給我想要的東西嗎？”“是的，孩子，只要你願意虔誠地祈禱，你就會得到你想要的東西。”

小斯汀特別想得到一塊很大很大的麵包，因為他從來沒有吃過那樣誘人的麵包。而他的同桌，一個金頭發的小姑娘每天都會帶著一塊這麽誘人的麵包來到學校。她常常問小斯汀要不要嘗一口，小斯汀每次都堅定地搖頭，但他的心是痛苦的。

放學的時候，小斯汀對小姑娘說：“明天我也會有一塊大麵包。”回到家後，小斯汀關起門，無比虔誠地進行祈禱，他相信上帝已經看見了自己的表情，上帝一定會被自己的誠心感動的！然而，第二天起床後，當他把手伸進書包的時候，除了一本破舊的課本什麽也沒有發現。他決定每天晚上堅持祈禱，一定要等到麵包降臨。

一個月後，金頭發的小姑娘笑著問小斯汀：“你的麵包呢？”

小斯汀已經無法繼續自己的祈禱了。他告訴小姑娘，“上帝也許根本就沒有看見自已在進行多麽虔誠的祈禱，因為，每天肯定有無數的孩子都進行著這樣的祈禱，而上帝只有一個，他怎麽會忙得過來？”小姑娘笑著說：“原來祈禱的人都是為了一塊麵包，但一塊麵包用幾個硬幣就可以買到，人們為什麽要花費這麽多的時間去祈禱，而不是去賺錢買麵包呢？”

小斯汀決定不再祈禱。他相信小姑娘所說的正是自己想要知道的—只有通過實際的工作來獲得自己想要的東西。而祈禱，永遠只能讓你停留在等待中。小斯汀對自己說：“我不要再為一件卑微的小東西祈禱了。”他帶著對生活的堅定信心走向了新的道路。

   多年後，小斯汀長大成人已經是一名為了理想勇敢戰鬥的作家了。他再沒有祈禱上帝，因為在無數個艱難的日子中，他都記著不要為卑微的東西祈禱。

“天上掉不下來熱餡餅。”只有奮鬥和努力是真實的，只有自己的汗水才是真實的。祈禱天堂裏的上帝，不如相信真實的自己；祈禱虛無上帝，不如付出誠實的勞動。

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