Who are you most inspired by?
Inspire most? I am inspired by a lot of people online. People who are doing it tough but keep going. People who are creative and super talented. Or people who are stepping out and living their dreams. I try to be positive and help!!
But “most” is a person of the past. And it changes! At the moment Franz Kafka since I am reading The Castle. Insightful and creative. And full of warning for today.
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Luke 15:1-7
Jesus will leave the church for the one person?
What’s your top tip to be successful in life?
There is no yesterday and no tomorrow. Live now, be present. The now is all.
And, tbh, I am very far away.
What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?
TV show: The Sopranos or Chernobyl. (I love anything to do with Chernobyl.)
Book: I am Dynamite – book about Nietzsche.
Movie: The Big Lebowski
I use the analogue of an F1 engineer and a person who drives their car. I can drive without being that engineer. I can have faith in Jesus without these scholars.
I am going to belabour a point and say it again. Happiness (if it exists) does not come from outside of me. In a world of production, likes and hites, happiness is me being me. It never comes from outside of me but only in the realisation that I am me and that is more than enough.
And, tbh, I am very far away!
I am not sure this is a skill but I would like to take my own advice. I would love to actually live my life according to my own standards. And the most important one is that I should stop looking outside of me for value. No community, no institution, and no person will ever give me value when I do not value myself. The impossible dream!
Or maybe play a musical instrument or be able to draw? Or maybe swimming?
For example, when asked, “What did Jesus do to save you?” many Christians will immediately answer something like, “He died on the Cross to pay the price for my sins.” Yet the idea that God the Father required repayment from Jesus to satisfy humanity’s debt to God has not always been a Christian teaching. It is also not the only way to think about salvation in Jesus Christ. This atonement model developed in the West on a trajectory from the teachings of Anselm, an eleventh-century Roman Catholic bishop. The so-called satisfaction model of Anselm has not held sway in the Orthodox Church for several reasons, including that Orthodox theology is not transactional in nature (e.g., there are not even “vows” or promises in the Orthodox Sacrament of Holy Matrimony). The main reason, however, is that a sharp and narrow focus on the Cross obscures all that the Son of God has accomplished for His fallen creation. In an Orthodox worldview, the full scope of what Jesus Christ has done must also include His Incarnation, His Resurrection, and even Pentecost.
A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology, 29
a fool and his prayer book 