論拖延（麥克拉倫）
『你所討厭的工作並不會因為你拖延到明天再做而變得比較不討厭。只有當你完成它們之後，你才能開始嚐到後來的甜美，並且當你回想到自己所討厭的工作已經被迅速地完成時，那種感覺更是令人愉悅。這些被完成的工作滿了祝福，甚至它們臉上還帶著微笑離你而去。而那些沒有完成的工作，它們讓你備受威脅與煩擾，甚至妨礙了你與神之間的交通。若現在擺在你眼前的，有任何一丁點的工作是你所逃避的，立刻嚴正地看待它。擺脫它的唯一方式就是完成它。』
No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant. Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there is a smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone, they stand threatening and disturbing our tranquility, and hindering our communion with God. If there by lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it.
