I personally believe that in order to have a good life you must have some sort of spiritual dimension. I grew up in a Christian home and have been going to church my whole life. The definition of Christianity in the dictionary says; the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Christians. A lot of people use the term Christian very loosely these days. Some people think it just means simply a person who attempts to live a good life. But what is the good life?
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, philosopher, and playwright. He had hundreds of peasants that lived and worked on his estate. They worked very hard to live a decent life. “Tolstoy found in the lives of these peasants a spirituality that became a model for creating meaning and achieving happiness in this own life.” Tolstoy viewed religion a
Its times like these that I feel it is the most important to have a spiritual life. It’s so much easier to go through these situations, like loosing family members or friends, loosing your job or your house, when you have some one to turn to. I have grown up believing in God and whenever I have a problem or am going through something I always turn to Him first. He will always be there for you when no one else is. The Bible says that God will never let you go through anything that you cannot handle. It gives you a real peace to know that someone will always be there and won’t let you down.
s the way to happiness and the good life.
Living a good life could mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Having money or possessions like cars and houses might be all some people need to live a good life. Socrates said centuries ago that,
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