Perfect obedience is this:
( St.
Dorotheos ) never allowed ( his disciple, Dositheos ) to become
attached to any material objects. Dositheos took everything with joy and
faith and obeyed willingly in everything. When he needed a cloack,
Dorotheos provided him with the cloth and he would go away and sow it
carefully with style. When he had finished, he would ask, “Dositheos,
did you sow that cloak?”
Dositheos would reply in simplicity , “Yes, Father, I made it most beautifully and well.”
He would then say to him, “Go and give it to that brother or to that sick man.”
