Despite so many barriers I encountered I have always run forward. Sometimes not many follow you. But those who join you are huge gains for Heaven. Those who run with you increase your appetite for a marathon: you are not alone! I went through illnesses, but I overcame. And I learned that man is not sick because he is a sinner. Sometimes he gets sick because he does not value health. You can also be exhausted by obedience! And yes, from time to time it is needed as in the psalms: to stop!

I reset myself to prayer. I began to learn that only with it we open Heaven. Then we see life and fellow human beings with different eyes. But also God in another dimension. It’s so great! I stayed to fight where others abandoned. Happiness is for stubborn people. For people who don’t give up on other people easily! And especially to principles, to freedom.

I had the power to forgive! In no relationship is it only sunny, but if you open an umbrella you can survive in the storm and you and the one next to you. But to forgive I always looked into the past. When you look into your past, shame grabs you. Bear it, that you too have been supported! I found joy to live among the very poor Romanians. I offered pieces of bread. I received love. Love is happy when it offers love. I found friends. Friends don’t say “take care of yourself!”. They “take care of you.”

We had bans and opportunities. I worked online but earned enough bread. I didn’t have any vacations but I stayed longer with my family. I have never entered the mall, restaurants, fashion stores. But we saved a lot of money spent otherwise for nothing. I wore a mask but no one could plug my mouth!

In spite of circumstances, we had a blessed a 2021! But the best thing that has happened to me this year is that God has not abandoned me for a moment!

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