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    Orthodox Rules for Life

    1. Be always with Christ and trust god in everything.


    2. Pray as you can, not as you think you must.
    3. Have a keepable rule of prayer, done by discipline
    4. Say the lord’s prayer several times each day
    5. Repeat a short prayer when your mind is not occupied
    6. Make some prostrations when you pray
    7. Eat good and healthy foods in moderation and fast
    on fasting days
    8. Practice silence, inner and outer.
    9. Sit in silence, for 20-30 mins each day
    10. Do acts of mercy in secret
    11. Go to liturgical services regularly
    12. Go to confession and holy communion regularly
    13. Do not engage intrusive thoughts and feelings
    14. Reveal all your thoughts and feelings to a
    trusted person regularly
    15. Read the scriptures regularly
    16. Read good books a little at a time
    17. Cultivate communion with the saints
    18. Be an ordinary person, one of the human race
    19. Be polite with everyone, first of all
    family members.
    20. Maintain cleanliness and order in your home
    21. Have a healthy wholesome hobby
    22. Exercise regularly
    23. Live a day, even a part of a day at a time
    24. Be totally honest, first with yourself
    25. Be faithful in little things
    26. Do your work, then forget it
    27. Do the most difficult and painful things first
    28. Face reality
    29. Be grateful
    30. Be cheerful
    31. Be simple, hidden, quiet and small
    32. Never bring attention to yourself
    33. Listen when people talk to you
    34. Be awake and attentive, fully where you are
    35. Think and talk about things no more than necessary
    36. Speak simply, clearly, firmly, directly
    37. Flee imagination, fantasy, analysis, figuring
    things out
    38. Flee carnal, sexual things at their first appearance
    39. Don’t complain, grumble, murmur or whine.
    40. Don’t seek or expect pity or praise
    41. Don’t compare yourself with anyone
    42. Don’t judge anyone for anything
    43. Don’t try to convince anyone of anything
    44. Don’t defend or justify yourself
    45. Be defined and bound by god, not people.
    46. Accept criticism gracefully and test it carefully
    47. Give advice only when asked or when it’s your duty
    48. Do nothing for people that they can and should
    do for themselves
    49. Have a daily schedule of activities, avoiding
    whim and caprice
    50. Be merciful with yourself and others
    51. Have no expectations except to be fiercely
    tempted to your last breath.
    52. Focus exclusively on god and light, and never
    on darkness, temptation and sin.
    53. Endure the trial of yourself and your
    faults serenely under god’s mercy
    54. When you fall, get up immediately and start over
    55. Ask for help when you need it, without fear
    or shame.

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