A natural desire of a normal person is to become
better and, consequently, to live better. We are not always satisfied with
ourselves and with our behavior. And this is a good sign. Enjoying yourself is the
sign of degradation and the unwillingness to grow and develop yourself.
However, people will never manage to change their life
through hate, spite and conviction. We change for the better only though love
and forgiveness. Hatred damages our heart not only spiritually, but on the
physical level, too. Spite destroys our identity, our organism. All the necessary
forces can be given by peaceful spirit only, by a loving and kind heart.
These are the changes we should reach to, cutting off
everything bad and planting good. It is just like weeding and cleaning flowerbeds:
we pull all the weeds with their roots, clean the place from the last year
leaves, then plant some beautiful flowers and sow the seeds. And of course, any
flowerbed needs a regular care.
If only we devoted at least a small portion of our
time to caring for our soul and pulling weeds from it – bad thoughts, hatred,
revenge – just imagine how we would transfigure and how the world around would
change then.
A person wants to live among the beautiful and
primeval nature, but they are constantly destroying it; a person wants to swim
in pure watersheds and drink clean water, but they intentionally pollute it.
People want to breath with the fresh air, but they pollute it with wastes, too.
We want to become better and live better, but we do
nothing for this. We only shake the air with our dissatisfaction and protests.
It is in our power not to turn into dumps, filled with the rubbish of offenses,
greed, hypocrisy and spite. For this we need only one thing – obedience. Trust
the Lord, listen to His advice – and then your life will become better indeed.
By Metropolitan
Anthony (Pakanich)
Translated
by The Catalog of Good Deeds
Source: http://pravlife.org/ru/content/pochemu-nenavidet-i-zlitsya-opasno
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