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Personal reflections by Andre · v1.1 (March 29, 2026)

"To desire what is good for oneself and to seek prosperity or happiness is part of man's nature, and it is not a sin or vice. But we need to know, here on earth true and perfect happiness and prosperity will never be. For all of prosperity and happiness is only in God."

Saint Innocent of Alaska, Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven

"You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength, and with your whole mind, and your neighbor as yourself."

Luke 10:27

This is what I build my life around, because true & perfect happiness and prosperity is only in God. I seek a contemplative quality of life, and I'm learning that simplifying my life does not mean I'm living it any less profoundly. Emptiness is in everything sought apart from God. If anyone asks my values and principles, it is and always will be in God. Below are reflections that give me deep meaning, and in return, joy. It really is more blessed to give than to receive.