Everyone is familiar with the sunflower. It always turns its yellow head towards the sun; it’s drawn towards it, and from this it has received its name.
But it happens that a sunflower ceases to turn towards the sun. Then people who are experienced in this matter say that it’s begun to spoil; a worm has appeared in it and it needs to be cut down quickly.
A soul that hungers for the statutes and the mercies of God is similar to a sunflower and strives for and reaches out for God.
If it ceases to seek Him, it perishes.
Elder Barsanuphius of Optina
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