ANOTHER JUDICIOUS REPLY FROM ABBA ALEXANDER
Another brother visited Abba Alexander, the higoumen at the lavra of Abba Gerasimos, and said to him: “Abba, I want to leave the place where I am settled because I am badly afflicted by accidie.” Abba Alexander replied: “Child, this is surely a sign that you have neither eternal punishment nor the kingdom of heaven before your eyes. If you had, you would not be in accidie.”