1. Вступительное напоминание о данном обещании вести переписку о духовной жизни. Ожидаемая от сего польза

After we agreed to talk about the things you need in writing before you left for Moscow, it was natural for me to expect that upon arrival you would let me know about yourself and the new situation for you. I waited and waited, but I haven’t been waiting for anything for so long. What happened? Are you really healthy? Mother of God bless you. Or did they change their intentions?! Anything can happen – and it’s possible. It’s in this case that I’m writing now, so that if this is the case and there is any concern about me involved—something that might not be a burden or something else—you’ll throw it out of your head. Writing to you, and moreover about such subjects, will not be a burden for me; on the contrary, it will be a considerable pleasure, introducing some variety into my usual activities. I will say something more: that if what we planned does not happen, then I will feel the same as someone who has suffered some kind of loss or lost something feels. I won’t explain to you how this is, but I repeat that this will be so and that this is how it should be. So I have to not give you advice, but attach a request: write. Although you have nothing to expect from me about great wisdom, just reviewing everything that is worthwhile will bring you considerable benefit, reviving this entire area in your memory and focusing your attention on it, perhaps with excitement and special energy. And what a blessing this last one is! For if we have inconsistency in life, then it almost always comes not so much from thinness of mind and thinness of heart, but from a lack of zeal and jealousy for what is right. You might be interested in: