“Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God’s help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Obedience to God’s plan, fasting your pride, vanity and laziness, and dedicating serious time to prayer= deep joy and peace. God notices and blesses this effort to imitate his son!
