(Fedor Tyutchev)

Then he did not yet know that not only his wife, but also he himself would have to walk the way of the cross to overcome himself and the crucifixion of his coarsened personality. After all, it really happens that it is our earthly cross that becomes for us the beginning of paradise. And how right Elder Nectarius of Optina was when he said that “God creates only out of nothing... you need to create yourself as nothing, and God will create out of you.”

If men cry without being ashamed of their tears - There are reasons for crying, there is a causal connection, The darkness has opened up the abysses, the light of the sun is far away... If men cry, it means it’s not easy for them...