Saint Paisios of Mount Athos
One time, some seniors from the Athonite School asked elder Paisios what they should watch out for most in their lives.
“Pay attention to the little, everyday things,” he answered.
“You sit there comfortably in your
armchair, and you think that it’s not bad or a sin; you say, ‘It doesn’t
matter.’ It doesn’t matter if we eat a little more or if we ask for
good food. It doesn’t matter if we sleep a little bit more. It doesn’t
matter if I was a little short with my parents or someone else. This
doesn’t matter, that doesn’t matter….
We justify all these little
wrongs. But not paying attention to these small things will lead us to
do even bigger wrongs―and then we’ll say, ‘it doesn’t matter’ about them
too. We shouldn’t let the body be lazy, because the body affects the
spirit. We have to be vigilant.”
sourse :
Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
©2012 For the English Language by The Holy Monastery Saint Arsenios the Cappadocian
http://www.orthodoxpath.org/saints-and-elders-counsels/how-to-be-vigilant/
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