From the author: The work was completed by participants in the course “The Path to Yourself” Fullness of Life, Elmira, 32 years old, Ufa Difficult question. For some reason, a glass half filled with water comes to mind. What is he like? Half empty or half full? In my case, this is probably the case. I think before the glass was always half empty, but now sometimes, occasionally it is half full. What does this feeling of fullness of life depend on? What does it consist of? After all, much in my life has remained the same, some may even have gotten worse. Perhaps the financial situation has worsened, but it depends on how you look at it... But, we can definitely say that my relationship with my husband has become better, of course, harmony, complete mutual understanding, mutual respect, care and true love are still far away, but still there are positive moments There is. Together we overcame difficult financial turmoil for us, united and persevered. I began to better understand how to treat girls, how to raise them, although there is still a lot to understand, assimilate, and do. I caught myself that if I re-read the above, it turns out that my glass half empty again. Every time - yes, but... )) But I write further... Are you tired yet? )) I communicate with different interesting people, but one-sidedly, incompletely, superficially, without touching their soul. But I began to see the individuality, originality of each person and this surprises me every time, although over time this feeling dulls, the novelty goes away. I became softer towards people, less demanding and expectant, sometimes open and this bears fruit. People understand me better, and I understand them better. I do what I like. This is not to say that this comes easily to me; every time I have to overcome myself in some way. But at the same time, so many interesting, new, unexpected things arise. It’s amazing that you seem to be doing the same thing, but for some reason every time it’s different, in a new way. If you compare how I did it a year ago and how I do it now, then these are two big differences. And this is not only the result of the experience of such work, but it is the result of my personal growth. And here there is no limit to perfection and there are no limits at all. So maybe this is not a canvas of life, but a mosaic? And when a sufficient number of pieces of this mosaic are collected, when every cell is healthy, then this feeling of fullness of life will come? Or maybe go another way? Improve the canvas and then every part will become healthy, harmonious, and everything will form an amazing picture of quiet, calm happiness, confidence, completeness, tranquility, self-expression, and realization of talents. Or maybe it will be a simultaneous process. Who knows?! Life will show, because it is so beautiful in every moment and there is no routine and there is no boredom and melancholy when you are calm and live the life that you should live, having fully revealed yourself as a Personality - an adult and responsible. Sounds life-affirming... to me...)) Fullness of life, Valeria, 35 years old, Kaliningrad Usually I don’t feel like I’m living life to the fullest. I feel the fullness of life only sometimes, but even then some of the blinders that I put on myself do not completely fall off. I would say that a certain window opens slightly, and I begin to feel the world around me, see, hear, feel the fresh breeze, smell. I see through this crack that the world is beautiful, and I want to go out there, fold back the top of the car in which I’m racing, because I’m tired of feeling like I’m in a capsule. And at the same time, gradually, gradually and imperceptibly, the walls of the capsule are thinning and dissolving . Why does this happen? I note two factors that are most obvious to me. The first is what happens in church sacraments - healing and strength are given, the second is work on oneself, work to overcome passions. If there is no second, the first is gradually taken away. And without the first, nothing at all is possible. That is, it is possible, but to a certain extent. In any case, it is impossible to talk about the fullness of life. This is the fullness, the edge of which you sometimes touch in prayer, which you feel in church, although you are unable to"