- People's lives are sheer misery because they do not simplify things. Most of the conveniences we have cause difficulties. Those who live in the world often suffocate from abundance. They have filled their lives with gadgets and devices but this only makes it more difficult to enjoy. If we don't simplify things, one convenience will result into numerous difficulties and we will end up miserable.
When we were little, we used to cut off the spool at the end and put a wedge in it, turning it into a nice and enjoyable game for ourselves.
- Geronda, what helps the most when one is trying to grasp the joy of austerity?
- It helps if you can grasp the deeper meaning of life But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Simplicity begins from there, so does every proper approach to life.
Elder Paisios - With Pain and Love for Contemporary Man
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Perhaps you'd consider submitting this to my Nativity Carnival (running Advent through Epiphany)?
http://theten0clockscholar.blogspot.com/2011/11/keeping-advent-nov-13th.html
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