“Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.” – Leo Tolstoy
Inspirational thoughts
Spiritual battles
“Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one’s head.”
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Making others laugh
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”
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Death
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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Changing yourself!
“There can be only one permanent revolution — a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man. How is this revolution to take place? Nobody knows how it will take place in humanity, but every man feels it clearly in himself. And yet in our world everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
My latest poem
Your cell phone addiction…causes much affliction!
Glued to the display?…no talk, no diction?
Six hours each day?…without constriction?
Too busy to pray?…no benediction!
People around?…Please, shut it down!
Go “face to face”…instead of zoom!
Leave it some place…not your bedroom!
Be open to grace..crush doom and gloom!
God’s plan for you
“Focus on your own conversion, not that of your neighbor.” Fr. Jacques Philippe
Getting back up!
Feelings…
Daily prayer routine
“Here is a point worth underlining: Mental prayer should not be treated as something exceptional, done at a time snatched with difficulty from other activities, but should become a habit, part of the normal rhythm of our lives, so that its place is never questioned, even for a single day. This will foster fidelity to mental prayer, which is essential. Life is shaped by rhythms: the rhythm of heartbeat and breathing, the rhythm of day and night, of meals, of weeks, and so on. Mental prayer should become a daily event as vital to us as the basic rhythms of existence. It should become the breathing of our souls.” Fr. Jacques Philippe