He who loves God lives the angelic life on earth, fasting and keep vigils, praying and singing psalms and always thinking good of every man. (Maximos the Confessor)

I pray and sing fairly often, daily or at least several times a week.

If I have kept a vigil, I have forgotten. I have a vague memory of staying up all night for an, allegedly, spiritual purpose as a teenager.

I have not engaged in a spiritual fast for many years.

I do not always think good of every man There are two who I have generally consigned as bad men. There are many more with whom I have a passing annoyance.

Certainly, I am no angel. Maximos would say, no wonder.