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Changing my Options

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Quite often we find ourselves in dead ends. Practical dead ends in our work, psychological dead ends in our environment, economical dead ends and so on.

The more the dead ends, the more difficult our lives become every day. And these dead ends, this work without results, is covered and removed by a revitalization of our minds, a new wind that helps us get away from the past and look for a new future.

It’s a practical revitalization and not a theoretical one. Revitalization in our ideas, replenishment of our energy, refreshment and renewal of our interests, our relationships, our goals and our motivations. Nature itself teaches that everything needs to be renewed. From the cells of our body that are renewed daily as we live to the trees and animals, everything is renewed, everything changes every day, even when we cannot observe the change.

Renewal is synonymous with life, movement, search and new things. A life of faith invites us to this renewal. Not to repetition, but to renewal. Not to habit, but to inventiveness and innovation.  Non-renewal means dead ends, it means death. And this must be avoided with all our might, no matter the sacrifices.

Dig Deeper

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Wisdom says that the higher you want to ascend, the deeper you must dig in order to build your building, and support your work.

We know this from our everyday life, as we see tall buildings that have been built in proportion to their depth. Only then can the building have guarantees that it will withstand the storms and earthquakes; when it is grounded in proportion to its height and is well built on solid foundations.

This practical aspect of life reflects the deeper truth, which says that the better the foundation of our faith is, the better it is built on solid foundations, then the safer it will be in storms and earthquakes. And because storms and earthquakes usually exist in our lives, we must be sufficiently provident in order for our building to get through every difficulty.

Judgment and Mercy

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One of the most topical and timeless issues of everyday life is injustice.

It is an element that is difficult to tolerate, especially when this injustice comes from high-ranking people, people with authority, who of course apply injustice not in the interest of others, but as a rule, in their own interest.

This indicates that our sensitivity to justice is dimmed and does not work properly, but it works either in favoritism or in an indifferent and unfair manner. The ultimate result, however, is the feeling of injustice, and when this injustice is accompanied by deeds, every reasonable person is dismantled, asking to stop injustice, restore order and return the law.

However, quite often, we too do wrong to others, either from ignorance or from a personal interest covered with a mantle of deliberate ignorance. Christ Himself puts this social behavior, which affects every person of everyday life, first in our life values.

“Society of Angels”

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The circumstances of our lives, both today and in the past, have not always been easy or favorable.

From birth to death, man suffers from harsh trials; physical, mental, economic, social and emotional. In all these trials, everyone is called upon to arm and prepare themselves properly in order to deal with them successfully and overcome resistance and misgivings.

And since the trials and the harsh reality will certainly come, everyone is obliged to discover the tools and weapons that will be suitable for their personal needs, with which they will resist and eventually defeat any resistance. Because tools and weapons very according to our needs and abilities to use them.

And for every successful effort and conflict, proper preparation and practice is required to bend the resistance and to guarantee the success of one’s effort.

Effectiveness and Judgment

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Work, result and judgment. This is our everyday life on all issues, simple or complex, great or insignificant.

We work and we strive, because we have a plan, small or big, short or long, and our plan includes, in all cases, an expected outcome, a profit, a benefit, a positive development in each of our cases. This happens both in our simple and complex thoughts, and it happens in our daily life and future plans as well.

We strive because we expect a good and positive result from effort, and not to be harmed and lose our achievements. Christ was absolute in these matters, and in every occasion He stressed the need not only to work but also to keep an eye on our situation, until we get the final result, which should be positive, stable, profitable and in synch with the purpose for which we strived.