There are things that, unless purified from them, a society cannot mature. I will mention two of them. The first is this prolonged childhood in which many young people nestle. Then, there is the friendship which, here and there, almost became enmity, that is, a field for transmitting the infection of deviations that are increasingly ...
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Advice from My Father
“No one is considered truly successful in life except he who has been given, in it, the opportunity to learn to be patient”. This is advice from my father. Did he learn it from his father? Did he hear it from someone else? I know he has left it with me.
Read moreLoyal Love
I have a friend whose news are interesting. She does not like Lebanon. No, rather, she says that she does not love Lebanon. A few days ago, she had to travel abroad for about a week. On the eve of her travel, she told me: “At a time when no one can know the fate ...
Read moreHeaven is More Loyal
Yesterday, my friend did not sleep. News of the hospital in Gaza almost carried him where he does not wish. He said to me: how can I sleep while some people in Gaza are on the earth and some are under the earth? Upon my life, my bed will not accept me. There was a ...
Read moreBrethren and Books
What I do know, from the lore of my Church, I have brought it along from brethren and books. I will start with the brethren in order to be faithful to history, my own history, prior to them and with them. Prior to them, I had nothing to do with books. When I joined them, ...
Read moreAnother Opinion
Before I travelled, a friend of mine asked me to express an opinion on a matter that concerns him. He did not like my opinion. He left me and went away. I thought it ended here. When he found out that I was back, he came to greet me. We sat together. He immediately said ...
Read moreThe Worthiest Desire
I used to believe that there is no one in the world who, like your father and mother, would want you to live. Jesus’ word “I have come that they may have life…” (John 10:10), was one of my proofs to myself of His fatherhood to all creation. However, this summer, I made a new ...
Read moreThe Culture of Reform
What most people like is for you to praise them. If you have a beneficial word, do not expect it to be always accepted, if you said it. Those who accept the word are those who believe that God constantly addresses us in order to be better, that is, to be His and in His ...
Read moreObedience
I laid eyes, by chance, on this Arabic aphorism: “he who obeys your staff, has disobeyed you”. I thought it would be beneficial to transfer it to my lines, to preserve it and to extend the benefit. The picture is clear. The saying is criticizing, with obvious severity, bringing people, by force, to obedience. It ...
Read moreThe Offer of Travel
I had a great friendship with my eldest grandson before they left three years ago. Travel did not ruin our friendship. However, it made the boy put a distance between himself and me, which, to this day, I have not been able to decipher. I thought of two things, that he considered me responsible for ...
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