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In your writing, among other things, you mention that pride and laziness have overcome. Leaving everything else written there, as if already decided, I will say about these two enemy weapons; for, writing to you, I truly remind myself of the same thing, because I also see myself enslaved by him. Laziness is a considerable vice and is considered among the mortal sins; then we need to force ourselves to fulfill our duties, ask God for help, and not rely on our own strength. He, seeing such our will, will give strength and strength and help to overcome relaxed laziness; but without our diligence and will, God does not help. In case of weakness and powerlessness, let these replace our inactions: heart disease, regret and humility. Both about this passion and about the pride of St. the fathers wrote contentedly; Be curious yourself and read in the scriptures; Pride, everyone knows, is the most God-hating vice, against which Christ’s humility must be set, and is always the worst of all creation; We must also be diligent about this, and more often, and ask God to correct our paths. We, saying: Lord, give me humility, must accept those medicines with love that are sent to us from God for healing - both pride and other sins; and these are: sorrows, reproaches, reproaches and annoyance from others; all this is sent by the Providence of God for our testing and correction; then we must force ourselves to wear them to destroy our pride and for our sins; when we, having accepted an ulcer in our hearts, imagine our defilements, then our lips will involuntarily be blocked to contradiction; and this, of the first defilements, is pride; for the scripture calls the proud unclean. - What I wrote to you is not from my own experience, but from the holy fathers; but I myself am still among the students, and I demand the mercy of God and the prayers of the holy fathers and yours. Read books with humility, and the Lord will enlighten your hearts. You might be interested in: