If i ask to be delivered from trail rather than for deliverance out of it, to the praise of his glory ; if i forget that the way of the cross leads to the cross and not to a bank of flowers ; if i regulate my life on these lines, or even unconsciously my thinking, so that i am surprised when the way is rough and think it strange, though the word is, “ think it not strange, ” “ count it all joy, ” then i know nothing of calvary love
若我求神救我脫離試煉，而非求他使我在試煉中得著釋放，好讓他的
榮耀得著頌贊；若我忘卻十字架的道路是引到十字架，而非通向滿布花朵的堤岸；若這樣的觀念制約了我的生命，或甚至不自覺地左右了我的思想，以致當道路坎坷
崎嶇時我會覺得驚訝，覺得奇怪，雖然經上的話說：不要以為奇怪（似乎是遭遇非常的事） ，倒要歡喜…那我就還是絲毫不懂加略山的愛。
The prosperous bathroom and the peaceful little hut of the elder sister are also a good comparison. although the younger sister makes a lot of money in the public bathroom, she does not seem to be happy, while the elder sister leads a quiet but fruitful life in her little hut
宮崎駿通過湯婆婆在繁榮的澡堂忙碌但不大快樂的生活和錢婆婆在簡樸自然鄉間小屋自得其樂的純樸生活作一強烈對比，表達了自己喜歡和回歸大自然生活的心愿。
