Glory to Jesus Christ!
In the stories from the Desert Fathers there is one in which Abba Anthony defends some young monks who are just fooling around together from the puritanical judgment of some visiting ascetics. He compares the ascetic life to the string of a bow and arrow. If a bow is kept tightly strung it looses its ‘sproing’ and is useless. Relaxing the bow when not in use ensures that the ‘sproing’ is there when it is needed.
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