All Our Hopes, Dreams, Wishes, And Desires...

...were NEVER meant to be fulfilled in the first place !

Our heart is directed towards all these [ worldly ] things, is stuck on them, loves them, and longs for them. But the release from catastrophe should be sought elsewhere. The change should occur within us. We must become total strangers towards everything human, towards human logic and human thought, and towards all good things. We must be indifferent towards everything. When estranged from everything, then God can be everything for us, for God alone to remain with us. This will give us the deep peace from within. Otherwise, even if there is something in our heart which is not of the other life, but of this one, we should know that we will be continuously tormented.

Aimilianos of Simonopetra