The strength of your circle determines the weight of your crown. The most valuable asset you posses is time, do not waste it living someone else's life The best way to enhance your quality of life is by protecting your circle and raising your standards. Birds of a feather flock together. Your future is shaped by those who walk beside You.

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”

You believe in Christ, and somehow that makes you the "delusional" one. Meanwhile: They chase money, status, and pleasure like it'll actually satisfy them — then wonder why they're still empty after they get it. They build their entire identity on things that expire — looks, relationships, jobs, followers — and act shocked when it all falls apart. They live like they've got unlimited time, like death isn't coming for every single one of them, and call US the ones believing in fairy tales. They'll trust an algorithm to tell them who they are, but call you naive for trusting the God who made you. That's not clarity. That's not "living in reality." That's delusion — just dressed up in a nicer outfit. Faith in Christ isn't the delusion. Thinking this world owes you meaning apart from Him — that's the delusion. And most people are drowning in it and calling it freedom. Jesus Loves You.

Really. You can't. Your thoughts will appear, and there's nothing you can do to reverse that. What you can do is not give it attention. Attention is how the thought grows. The modern life is perfect example of this, let's say you just thought of doomscolling, then you ( open tiktok for important reasons ) And that's how your attention is hijacked. It's all about steering where your attention goes. Remember you're not your thoughts. You're the observer of those thoughts. You might think where these thoughts come from. Well most of it is just a compilation of your past which i call experiences, and based on what happened then, you have certain beliefs that either give you energy to go through hard times, or u get limited by them. If that's the case, you don't give attention and do the important shit anyways. And a new experience is born. -Ignas

I have just finished reading The Ladder of Divine Ascent written by Saint John Climacus. I would recommend the book to study early church monasticism, disciplines, discernment, virtue and vices. In addition I have just finished reading God's revelation to the human heart written by now Saint Seraphim Rose which I would recommend, he is a great newly canonized contemporary Saint by ROCOR and his writings have pricked me to the heart. This one asks the question of why one studies religion? How does God reveal himself to different people, the nature of suffering, and the spiritual rebirth. I'm about to start on Nihilism the revolution of the modern age written by Saint Seraphim Rose. Stay in the scriptures, constantly study the fathers, stay in prayer, fasting, and stay in the life of the church.