Always try to be in good spirits
How to not take offense at those people who exaggerate my mistakes and vilify me?
Humanwise, it is hard. Look, at the words the Lord says, "You are gods" (Ps. 81:6). He calls us so we jump out of our short human pants and come into the world of angels. When a person is in God, he easily forgives injustice and even slander that happens to him. He sometimes does not even notice some things. He celebrated Pascha well, or went to confession, gloomy under the heavy weight of his sins, but repented sincerely, his confession was successful, lightness and joy came into his heart, and he did not even notice that someone pushed him or treaded on his toes. On the contrary, when a person is in bad mood, every trifle is the end of the world for him. This is why we must always try to be in good mood. St. Poemen the Great told his disciple, "Always have good thoughts and you will be saved."
Even when everything is dark around you, find some kind thing. The most kind One is Christ. We are all in the same situation. We live in the same world. However, some people think about the end of the world every day and walk around gloomily, and some people, at the same time, think about Christ.
Once, on Athos, a pilgrim began to gloomily and dismally talk with a novice about the end of the world. The novice was in good spirits and answered him cheerfully, "Great! Christ is coming soon!" It is really so. One Elder was asked, "Will antichrist come?" He said, "Certainly, he will! If he does not come, how will Christ defeat him?!"
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How to not take offense at those people who exaggerate my mistakes and vilify me?
Humanwise, it is hard. Look, at the words the Lord says, "You are gods" (Ps. 81:6). He calls us so we jump out of our short human pants and come into the world of angels. When a person is in God, he easily forgives injustice and even slander that happens to him. He sometimes does not even notice some things. He celebrated Pascha well, or went to confession, gloomy under the heavy weight of his sins, but repented sincerely, his confession was successful, lightness and joy came into his heart, and he did not even notice that someone pushed him or treaded on his toes. On the contrary, when a person is in bad mood, every trifle is the end of the world for him. This is why we must always try to be in good mood. St. Poemen the Great told his disciple, "Always have good thoughts and you will be saved."
Even when everything is dark around you, find some kind thing. The most kind One is Christ. We are all in the same situation. We live in the same world. However, some people think about the end of the world every day and walk around gloomily, and some people, at the same time, think about Christ.
Once, on Athos, a pilgrim began to gloomily and dismally talk with a novice about the end of the world. The novice was in good spirits and answered him cheerfully, "Great! Christ is coming soon!" It is really so. One Elder was asked, "Will antichrist come?" He said, "Certainly, he will! If he does not come, how will Christ defeat him?!"
#archpriesrSergiyBaranov
