Struggling

Hey guys. I haven't been on here in a while, I hope everyone is doing well.

Anyways, the past 2 months I have really been struggling. I am a dancer (breakdancer) and acquired a knee condition called chondromalacia a few months ago. I first thought it was no big deal, but now I am learning I might not ever be able to dance again. This just devastated me. Dancing is my passion and feel like I would be completely lost without it. I know God has a plan for my life, but right now I don't understand why he would lead me away from something I love so much. I planned on really trying to incorporate my faith into my dancing and had alot of future plans. Im just lost, frustrated, and extremely saddened. Please pray for me, any advice would be welcome.

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Christmation Date: 4/11/09

Saint Alexius, pray for my wretched soul!

"He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5)

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱέ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν

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My prayers.

Have you talked with your priest?

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Virgin Theotokos, rejoice!
O Mary, Full of Grace;
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
For thou hast borne the Savior of our souls.

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Glory to Jesus Christ!
Glory Forever!
O Giver of Life, Glory to Thee!


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No, I have not yet. I plan on doing so soon. Greek festival is this week, so as you can imagine he is pretty busy

I am meeting him next week though. Good to see you again Maria.

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Christmation Date: 4/11/09

Saint Alexius, pray for my wretched soul!

"He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5)

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱέ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν

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prayers for you dude.

yeah I would talk to your priest about this

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"Everyone capable of thanksgiving is capable of joy and eternal salvation." -Fr. Alexander Schmemann

"The time of the end, though it seems to be near, we do not know. Let us then struggle while it is still day, with the time and the weapons which our All-merciful God has given us!" -Fr. Seraphim Rose

Prayers.

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"The greater the love, the greater the sufferings of the soul.
The fuller the love, the fuller the knowledge of God.
The more ardent the love, the more fervent the prayer.
The more perfect the love, the holier the life." ~St. Silouan
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The Father is my hope, the Son my refuge, the Holy Spirit my protection: All-Holy Trinity, glory to You!
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PRAY constantly to FIND GOD.
LOVE greatly to KNOW GOD.
PARTAKE of His Sacraments to EXPERIENCE GOD.
~ from my little Orthodox Prayer book

My prayers and sympathies!
I kind of can relate. I was on a good track to doing musicals and such at a few years older than you (and I didn't even have my faith then). I ended up with chronic sinus problems/allergies that nothing seems to cure and my voice changed completely and not for the better. Fortunately at the same time I had been studying something that wasn't at all related to music and knew that if things didn't work out I'd have something to fall back on. In the end I didn't end up doing that either but still...

It's a hard thing to deal with but I promise you it will get better. If you can't dance, maybe you can teach or maybe you can find your passion in something else. In the end when we sit down and look around (instead of just on our own belly button) it turns out that we don't really have it as bad as we thought we did. Trust me I don't follow my own advise half the time but I try... I complained like no other after I couldn't really sing anymore but it was a wake up call when my uncle took pity on me and felt so bad for me (and there he is a paraplegic in a wheel chair) Did make me feel like an idiot at the time, still does.
God has a plan, half the time you wonder why it sucks so bad, but he has a good one somewhere there for you!

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Thanks for that post Khaleas. It helped alot.

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Christmation Date: 4/11/09

Saint Alexius, pray for my wretched soul!

"He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds we are healed" (Isaiah 53:5)

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱέ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν

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When you 'struggle' you are possibly improving and improving by facing and overcoming difficult obstacles. Good luck ! ~ Gn.