- Forgot you? Is your phone silent? It’s OK. Don’t complain.
- Were you unfairly offended? Forget it.
- Do they despise you? Rejoice!
- Are you being accused? Don’t make excuses.
- Are you being bullied? Don’t answer.
- Are they scolding you? Keep silence and pray.
- They won’t let you speak? Are they interrupting? Don’t be sad.
- Are they insulting you? Don’t argue.
- Do your children shift their responsibilities to you? Do your relatives and friends do the same? Don’t protest.
- Are they yelling at you? Keep calm.
- Are they stealing yours right in front of you? Pretend to be blind.
- Are they laughing at you? Be patient.
- Do they not listen to your advice? Do your children not listen to your advice? Bow your knees and pray.
- Irritation between spouses? It’s your fault. And again you. And not the other one.
- Guilty? Ask for forgiveness.
- Not guilty? Ask for forgiveness again.
- Are you healthy? Praise the Lord.
- Are you sick? Do you have cancer, are you suffering, are you suffering, are you in pain? Praise the Lord.
- Unemployment, poverty in your house? Fast. Stay awake. Pray.
- Pray for everything and everyone. Pray a lot. Fasting and prayer, because “this same race is driven out only by fasting and prayer.”
And if, my brothers, we follow these tips, and, first of all, I, then rest assured that we will be saved!
Archimandrite Stefanos Anagnostopoulos
Charity Fond Holy Land
Investment in the Soul!
