http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/11/08/words-of-wisdom-from-a-6-year-old-key-to-living-a-good-life-you-have-to-twy/ McKinney TX Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2011/11/08/words-of-wisdom-from-a-6-year-old-key-to-living-a-good-life-you-have-to-twy/comment-page-1/#comment-20171 Deborah Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:19:54 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=3901#comment-20171 Sophie sure lives up to her name.  Once you try, it is indeed a whole lot easier to be good. <em> It's getting to the point of trying that's so hard.</em>    When I am not trying it's either because I'm unaware that I've quit trying to be good---or, worse,<em> I don't care that I'm not trying to be good.</em> It's a combination of mindlessness, sloth and pride that keep me from trying.    Once I realize that i am not trying, I have to find the motivation to want to try.  This only comes through prayer and confession.  Only through admitting that I don't want to try, and that this is sin, do I receive the help to want to try, again.  And then the rest is easy--or eas<em>ier</em>...    It's a simple process---so simple that even a child can figure it out and do it.  But it's also hard---so hard that even a middle-aged woman, with years of trying behind her, still struggles to do it.   Sophie sure lives up to her name.  Once you try, it is indeed a whole lot easier to be good.  It's getting to the point of trying that's so hard. 
 
When I am not trying it's either because I'm unaware that I've quit trying to be good—or, worse, I don't care that I'm not trying to be good. It's a combination of mindlessness, sloth and pride that keep me from trying. 
 
Once I realize that i am not trying, I have to find the motivation to want to try.  This only comes through prayer and confession.  Only through admitting that I don't want to try, and that this is sin, do I receive the help to want to try, again.  And then the rest is easy–or easier… 
 
It's a simple process—so simple that even a child can figure it out and do it.  But it's also hard—so hard that even a middle-aged woman, with years of trying behind her, still struggles to do it.
 

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