The only right way

I would like to emphasize one bad human quality that, in my experience, has caused the most trouble on earth. Pride, vanity, and ego are among the greatest sins in the Qur'an and the Bible. In my opinion, this is the first thing we all need to work on. Pride is the root of sin! It is necessary to restrain the mind from superiority over others, from exaggerating one's personal importance, to work on self-control, and much more. After all, self-control is a false concept: in spite of your outward tranquility, you are capable of holding back everything inward. This is good, but it is better to change yourself on the level of awareness and conviction, not on the level of self-control, and simply be a person without such a vice.

There is no need to judge each other in anything ("Judge not that you be not judged") — not to exalt oneself or to diminish anyone. This is the Creator's right and power. We are all different. Each of us is given strength for one aspect of life or another to a different degree. Some are psychologically stronger, some are physically stronger, some are gifted in mathematics and some in linguistics, some in negotiations, some in IT. Every believer must do his best not to upset God. Therefore, there should be no diminishing or devaluing of any person. He may be doing the best he can with the little you can see of him. And you, who do much as you think, use only a small part of the strength the Lord has given you. And in essence, you are less than this man before God. Yet you allow yourselves to condemn him.

All the more so never complain that your parents could not give you anything. It was probably the best they could do. They did their best. I come from a simple family, far from rich, but I am immensely grateful to my parents for everything. I know they work as hard as they can, 100 percent, all my life. And I thank God for giving me such parents.

Do not give up praying. There is no need to ask for anything but forgiveness and mercy. The Creator knows better than you what you need.

Prayer (conversation with God) and penance (sincere regret) should be done as seriously as possible, in the full awareness that the Lord is close to you and is listening to you attentively. He is the Creator of everything, not a big boss or even a president! It is impossible for us to comprehend even a little of His greatness and power. Just bow down and ask for forgiveness. When you realize even a little bit of the greatness of God, which is what the righteous and believing people come to, then you will happily fall face down on the ground, stretch out your hands, and ask for forgiveness. This realization will reveal your need for love and fear of the Lord.

In the book of ECCLESIASTES in the Bible, it is written that man should do what is given from above, do it for the good of mankind, and enjoy what he has done.

The most vivid examples of people who were pleasing to God and who lived according to the laws of the Scriptures were the prophets.

A man can spend his whole life searching for the meaning of life, trying to understand the innermost things, and trying to live according to different teachings, directions, maybe even some sects, but he will not find what he wanted to find and he will not do what the One he was searching for expects of him. And the other will simply trust in the Lord and obey His commandments, and he will be greater to God than the thousands who have searched all their lives.

No regrets