{"id":3386,"date":"2024-01-17T03:05:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2024-01-17T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T10:08:00","slug":"wrong-goal-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svetisimeon.org\/en\/?p=3386","title":{"rendered":"Wrong goal of life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A young man came to an elder and joyfully told him that the goal of his life had been fulfilled: he had passed the exam well and entered university. The elder asked: “Okay, you’ll graduate from university, but what’s next? \u2013 I will apply in the civil service \u2013 said the young man. \u2013 And then? \u2013 I’ll create a family. \u2013 And what’s next? – the elder continued to ask. \u2013 I will receive rewards and medals. \u2013 And next? \u2013 I’ll get old and retire. \u2013 And then what? \u2013 I’m going to die, said the young man, no longer in such an enthusiastic tone. \u2013 And what’s next? – the elder asked. \u2013 I didn’t think about that, – the young man said.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archimandrite Raphael Karelin<\/a>
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A young man came to an elder and joyfully told him that the goal of his life had been fulfilled: he had passed the exam well and entered university. The elder asked: “Okay, you’ll graduate from university, but what’s next? \u2013 I will apply in the civil service \u2013 said the young man. \u2013 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-fathers-wisdom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t