A story from Optina monastery in the tradition of the desert fathers ...
What is more precious than anything in the world?
Time!
And what do we waste uselessly and without being sorry? Time!
What do we not value and what do we disregard more than anything? Time!
When we waste time, we lose ourselves…
Time is given by God to use correctly for the salvation of the soul and the acquisition of the life to come …
The Lord will call us to account for having stolen time for our own whims, and for not using it for God and our souls.
Time!
And what do we waste uselessly and without being sorry? Time!
What do we not value and what do we disregard more than anything? Time!
When we waste time, we lose ourselves…
Time is given by God to use correctly for the salvation of the soul and the acquisition of the life to come …
The Lord will call us to account for having stolen time for our own whims, and for not using it for God and our souls.
Sebastian of Optina
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