What a calling. What is good about working according to your vocation? Can a calling be bad?

And here's how it turned out. And in fact, the Argentine’s place in the top is deserved, especially if we evaluate his last season. Higuain helped Juventus win everything at home and also reach the Champions League final. But something else is more important - the forward continues to score a lot and consistently, and this is the main thing. In FIFA 18, the Argentinean became a little slower, but improved his passing and dribbling game.

9. ("Real")

The German midfielder's place in the top ten is perhaps the main surprise of this ranking. However, such a high position will still not increase Kroos’s popularity in the game. Due to the very low speed (which, however, has increased by as much as 5 points), Tony does not use last years the attention and love of FIFA fans. And it’s unlikely that anything will change in new game. But still, we note the German’s progress - plus 2 to the overall rating, as well as a card improved in almost all indicators compared to FIFA 17.

8. (Chelsea)

According to the football simulator from EA Sports, Hazard is the best player in the Premier League this season, because all his competitors remained in the last ten. As before, thanks to his high speed, good shooting and dribbling, the Belgian will be in special esteem in the Ultimate Team mode. Especially for those players who will assemble squads of Premier League players in FIFA 18, and we bet there will be a majority of them. Compared to last year, the changes on the Belgian’s card are small, but noticeable - his passing and “physics” are higher.

7. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

The main man in Real Madrid's defense and arguably the best central defender in the world right now. By the age of 30, Ramos had gained phenomenal shape: he is good both in front of his own goal and even in front of someone else’s goal, which Atlético fans especially remember. In FIFA 18, the Spaniard became a little slower, but improved in almost all other indicators. The overall rating also deservedly increased by one.

6. ("Bavaria")

Exactly in the middle of the top ten are two Bayern players who had an undistinguished, but very good season in their the highest level. The first is Pole Robert Lewandowski, who impressed EA Sports so much that they raised his overall rating by one, as well as improving his shooting, dribbling and passing stats.

5. ("Bavaria")

The second is Manuel Neuer. The performance of the best goalkeeper in the world, however, has hardly changed at all compared to last year. Which is probably fair - after all, Neuer and his Bayern had a smooth season without ups and downs, winning the home championship but stumbling in the Champions League.

4. (“Barcelona”)

The collapse of the great Barcelona trio of MSN did not affect their rankings. in place, Messi even more so, but Suarez is right there too. The Uruguayan, like his colleague on the list, Manuel Neuer, has hardly changed at all during the season. The blows became a little worse, but the “physics” increased.

3. ("PSG")

We have yet to evaluate in the future the transfer of the year that Neymar made from Barcelona to PSG. To what extent, for example, will moving to Paris affect the Brazilian’s career, and will he lose motivation? But right now, Neymar is one of the best players on the planet, both in real football and in FIFA 18. He continues to be one of two (amusingly, the other is Ousmane Dembele, who replaced the Brazilian at Barcelona) players in the game with five stars on feints and on the “weak” leg. We also expect that with Neymar’s transfer to PSG, the number of teams made up of French championship players in FIFA will increase significantly. In the new version of the game, the Brazilian became a little faster and improved his physics.

2. (“Barcelona”)

Once always the first in the game from EA Sports, the Argentinean from Barcelona is slowly turning into the always second, losing this year the title of best player in the world according to FIFA. Over the year, according to the game version, Messi has hardly changed at all. The only difference is new card from the previous one - minus one point in the dribbling indicator.

1. (“Real”)

The king continues to sit on the throne. The Portuguese player had a phenomenal season and rightfully ranks first in the ranking of the best football players in the world according to FIFA 18. However, there are nuances. Over the course of the year, the virtual Ronaldo lost two points in speed, as well as one in dribbling, which most likely will not please his fans. But these are all, alas, fairly predictable changes associated with the player’s age. After all, Ronaldo will turn 33 next February.

100 best football players in the world according to FIFA 18. Part one

EA Sports has started announcing the names of the best players in the world. In the first issue - places from 100th to 81st.

100 best football players in the world according to FIFA 18. Part two

EA Sports continues to announce the names of the best players in the world. In the second issue - places from 80th to 61st.

The English publication The Guardian, with the help of experts, including SE, conducted a large-scale survey and identified the hundred best players of the world championships.

The top 100 included three representatives of Soviet football - Lev Yashin (No. 30), Igor Belanov (No. 82) and Rinat Dasaev (No. 94). The Brazilian Pele is recognized as the brightest football player in the history of world championships.

The list is compiled based on the opinions of 40 experts from three categories: leading authors of The Guardian, foreign journalists from around the world (including the editor-in-chief of the Internet portal "Sport Express" Arthur Petrosyan) and legends of the world championships, including Lothar Matthäus, Zico , Sunday Olise and John Barnes.

Each expert had to name the top 40 best players. First place brought 40 points, second - 39, and 40th, respectively, one. Then the total number of points for each of the three groups was displayed and multiplied by the coefficient assigned to each group. The opinion of the World Cup legends was the most significant.

PELE

Diego MARADONA

Franz BECKENBAUER

RONALDO

Zinedine ZIDANE

Johan Cruyff

Lothar MATTHEUS

Gerd MÜLLER

GARRINCHA

Michel Platini

Lev YASHIN

Igor BELANOV

We are interested in many things from the world football, football players' salaries, their Family status etc. I will try to publish all this as quickly as possible. In this article, as you already understand, I will write top football players according to the Russian public!

At the end of the article, I will write to you about a very nice online store of football paraphernalia!

Let's get to the main point!
1) ZINEDINE ZIDANE

This French athlete is very popular football player, despite the fact that he hasn’t played for a long time! Many consider him the best football player of all times!

2) LIONEL MESSI

This player left big marks in the history of football! Throughout his career, he broke many records and received a huge number of titles! Messi - best player Barcelona, ​​and perhaps the world!

3) CRISTIANO RONALDO (Cristiano Ronaldo)

Today there are many disputes about who is the best player, among these disputes is Ronaldo, and with him Messi, about whom you read above. This player has also earned a lot of honor and respect among various magazines, rankings, etc.

4) RONALDO

Brazilian football player. In Russia he is known as Ronaldo the Zubastic. In one of his interviews, Zidane said that this football player is one of the best players in the entire history of football, by the way, he also noted that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are not suitable for this title.

5) LEV IVANOVICH YASHIN

Our Compatriot. He played for the Dynamo club (Moscow). The only goalkeeper in history to receive the Ballon d'Or. He is called a goalkeeper from God.

6) PELE

King of Football. Pele is ranked first among the best players of the 20th century according to World Soccer magazine. He holds the record for the number of world championships won as a player - 3 titles.

7) JOHANNES CRUJFF

Former Dutch football player. He is second in the ranking after Pele. Best European Footballer 1971, 1973, 1974.

8) FRANZ BECKENBAUER

9) DIEGO MARADONA (Diego Maradona)

World football legend best football player in the history of Argentina, and of course the favorite of the Russian public!

10) ROBERTO CARLOS and DAVID BECKHAM

I thought for a long time which one to choose, but I didn’t bother and wrote both)

It's hard to choose from this large quantity There are only ten football players. I would also include Alfredo Di Stefano, Ronaldinho and many other football players, but what’s done is done!

Of course, I understand that I’m not a professional in this matter, and everyone has different opinions, so WRITE YOUR TOP TEN IN THE COMMENTS!!!)

Today is a wonderful day in Kolomna, the city day is being celebrated, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated, and I got a wonderful opportunity to come into contact with your life, with the life of the Moscow region, by taking part in this holiday. Perhaps the most striking moment is this meeting in the wonderful palace of beautiful children, where it is so easy and simple for many thousands of people to meet each other, and how good it is that our meeting with you has at its center such an important topic as the spiritual education of man .

And I would like to say a few words about something that is vital for every person. I would like to talk about vocation. What is a calling? Vocation is a person’s internal concentration on a certain area of ​​activity, it is an internal concentration of attention and strength in relation to the chosen direction of life and activity. Human happiness largely depends on vocation. If you do not work according to your calling, then the work becomes boring and hard, a wise man said about this: “In order to determine whether you are working according to your calling or not working according to your calling, try to assess your condition after vacation. If you go to work with joy, it’s because of your calling, but if you go to work with memories of your vacation, with a heavy feeling of returning to some uninteresting routine, then there is no calling.”

If a person works according to his calling, he is happy, even if his work is not always adequately paid; the inner uplift and joy from the work performed compensates for material shortcomings. In order to be a happy person, you need to try to build your life in such a way as to work, to work according to your calling. Vocation is formed in childhood, in adolescence, which is why childhood and adolescence are, perhaps, the most important stage human life. Adults always look down on children a little, because children need support, care, education, and an adult, of course, is wiser and more educated than a child, but we must remember that it is in childhood and adolescence that what later is formed and will determine a person’s happiness. It is also during these years that one’s vocation is formed, so despite all the apparent ease and carefreeness of childhood and adolescence, this is actually a very important stage in life.

A vocation is formed under the influence of parents, sometimes even an inclination towards a particular activity is transmitted genetically, hereditarily, but education has a very great influence on the formation of a vocation, because at school students can come into contact with different areas of human knowledge. A good school not only introduces a child to theoretical acquaintance with certain areas of knowledge, but also helps to come into contact with them practically. Today you heard about wonderful camps where children work. Of course, not everyone will become a mason or builder, but participation in labor during summer holiday helps a person, a small person, perhaps a young person, to understand what work is.

The formation of a vocation does not happen automatically; there is a wonderful ancient wisdom that says: “Teaching without reflection is an empty exercise, but thinking without learning is a dangerous activity.” After all, in order for a vocation to be formed, you need to not only memorize the material that is taught to you in schools, you need to reflect, you need to constantly work with your mind to accompany your education and perception of information. Creative initiative must be present, including when you are simply learning a lesson. And you need to try to comprehend, understand the material being taught, and somehow pass through everything that is given to you through yourself. And at that moment when the heart surrenders, when you understand: this is mine, then studying this discipline ceases to be boring.

I would also like to recall the wonderful statement of Abba Dorotheus - there was such a wonderful old man, the father of the Church, he wrote a lot, he was very educated person, lived at the turn of the VI-VII centuries. Abba Dorotheus could not study, his studies were not easy for him, and not only because the material was so difficult to master, but he also did not want to study. Recalling his years of study, he said that for him touching a book was like the touch of an evil beast. He ran away from studying and did not want to study, but at some point he began to encourage himself, to force himself, to cultivate his will. And then in the same memories of his studies, he says that the teaching, the book became everything for him. He forgot about food, drink, sleep, it was so interesting to immerse himself in this world of science.

It is interesting to immerse yourself in the world of science when you feel a calling, and not only in the world of theoretical science. Because in general, all human activity is Science with a capital S. If you feel the joyful command of your heart when you come into contact with one or another sphere of human activity, stop carefully at this activity, think about it again and again, let it pass through yourself in order to find this calling. And, of course, the teacher has a huge role. After all, the teacher not only knows more than the students, he tells the lesson and conveys information. In the end, you can simply read the same things, but reading books or using the Internet cannot replace the real experience of communicating with a teacher, because a teacher, teacher, professor in higher school– this is not only a person transmitting some knowledge. This is a guide to science, a tour guide.

In one of his wonderful works, Father Pavel Florensky, our outstanding scientist, encyclopedist, and priest, wrote about what it means to be a teacher, a professor. He really connected the work of a professor and teacher with the work of a guide who leads a group of visitors, for example, through a botanical garden. He talks about plants, talks about nature, but he talks about one blade of grass for longer, and he talks in such a way that suddenly the knowledge he conveys becomes so attractive that people stop at the same blade of grass and peer at it for a long, long time.

The great art of a teacher lies in being such a guide to science and life, to be able to correctly place emphasis, to interest children, to form image. And what image? It may seem strange, but each teacher conveys his own image to the students, and here, perhaps, we should say about the most important thing, that there is now a certain crisis, a crisis in relations between generations. It often happens that young people do not understand their elders well, including their teachers. A certain dividing line arises between the student and the teacher; the teacher fails to reach the heart, not only the mind - the heart of the students. And this happens not only because, perhaps, the student is not attentive and diligent enough (which, of course, happens), but very often it depends on the inability of the teacher himself to overcome this division. The image will be learned when this image is beautiful, which is why everything about the teacher must be beautiful, including appearance, clothing, manner of speaking, but, most importantly, the person must have a beautiful inner life. In this sense, every teacher must be an ascetic, because the success of his work depends on his inner spiritual and mental state.

I would like to formulate a certain rule now. A bad person cannot be a good teacher. Just like a priest.

There are such human activities - pedagogy, education, the same spiritual enlightenment... A priest must also be an ascetic. His inner world– this is a certain way to convey, among other things, information. Will they listen to a bad priest who does not live according to what he preaches? And in the same way they will not listen to the teacher, bad person, evil man, for whom everything is not in order in his personal life: a bad family, bad children... The work of a teacher is wonderful, but it requires internal asceticism, it requires some kind of internal feat. And without this feat it is impossible to convey your inner world to those who carefully follow every word of the teacher.

But, on the other hand, much will not be understood and accepted if the student himself, like Abba Dorotheus, does not begin to force himself to overcome laziness, sloppiness, lack of concentration, if he wastes precious time on empty, unnecessary things. There are a lot of temptations in our world. I remember how, when I was finishing school, I was preparing for the exam. It was spring, the weather was beautiful, the windows were open, through the windows the music of one very popular and sweet song reached my ears, which was sung at the time when I was young. I looked out the window, saw young people, girls walking to the sounds of this music, I was so drawn to the street, I so wanted to be there: it’s fun there, it’s beautiful!

But, having opened the textbook, I thought: maybe now something most important in my life is being decided, I’ll close the window, sit down at desk and I won’t go outside. And the whole future life may depend on such an act. I stood by the window, was silent, thought, closed the window, even drew the curtains, although it was during the day, and began to prepare for the exam. I remember this incident from my life because I know that you are going through the same temptations. But today there are even more of them, television is constantly present in our lives, computers, which can also transmit information and distract from information... And it also requires a kind of asceticism, through which you cultivate your will, the ability to control your thoughts and your actions. The ability to convince oneself is a remarkable human ability. And it is here, in this area of ​​your personal existence, that you pass the most important exam of your maturity. Your entire life will depend on this future life. And no most wonderful teacher will be able to convey to you knowledge, experience, his image - this beautiful image - if you do not have the strength, the ability to limit yourself in pleasure, entertainment - in order to concentrate on learning.

It seems to me that in general the education system is an amazing system that works on the principle of two-way movement: from teacher to student, from student to teacher. The teacher teaches the student, and the students help the teacher grow. May God grant that your vocation may be formed as a result of your time in the schools. So that what you do in the future is a joyful activity for you, so that when you leave your vacation, you return to your work with a light feeling and great interest. We are not necessarily talking about prestigious work - any work can and should give a person a feeling of satisfaction. This is what happens if a person works according to his calling.

And the last thing I would like to tell you... A calling presupposes that someone calls. It’s not that you yourself are called, but someone calls you.< …>Sometimes you see how others work in the field in which you would like to work, most often after this the choice of profession occurs. But we have one more calling, each of us, regardless of what professional activity we choose.

Today I started talking about this in church, because it is connected with the Gospel that we read at the Liturgy. Many of those who are older will recognize this text. We are talking about a parable, a parable that tells about a rich man, a master who invited friends to his son’s wedding day and sent his servants to deliver the invitations. And those to whom this invitation was sent refused to come to the wedding, everyone was busy with their own business and did not really want to go to this fun. And more than that: they took one of them and beat them, even deprived them of their lives, accusing them of taking them away from their own business. Then the lord became angry and opened the doors of this bridal chamber, the wedding feast for everyone who wants to come (see Matt. 22:1-14).

The meaning of this parable is that by this gentleman the Lord meant God. The Lord calls us all, in this sense, we each have a calling to be with Him. Some feel this calling so strongly and vividly that they can no longer do anything other than directly serve God: they go to seminaries, become priests, go to monasteries, and through serving God they form various images of their service to their neighbors. For others, this calling does not so strongly determine the path of life, but, nevertheless, is of great importance for the intellectual and moral formation of the individual. But there are people who, like those who received an invitation from the Lord, refuse to accept it, do not want, and not only do not want - sometimes they can say a rude word to those who came to invite to God’s feast of faith, and there were cases when envoys were killed.

The world will be completely different, our life will be completely different, there will be a lot of goodness, light and truth around us if we respond to God's calling. If we combine our professional calling with one common calling for us - to be with God. And then in the rays of God’s truth and in the rays of God’s grace, like a precious stone shimmering in the rays of the sun, our life will sparkle with all its facets. Because God is light, and without light no precious stone is visible, no edge plays, no beauty is revealed.<…>God is the light that illuminates us with His grace, and in the light of this grace, human talents, human callings, so diverse, so different, forming the unified beauty of the world created by God, will marvelously shine.

God grant that through these lessons that you are receiving today in schools in the Moscow region, beauty will be revealed to you God's peace. God bless you.

Ecology of life: Once upon a time in childhood, we all passed by cleaners. But we didn't look at them. We looked only at the sky, dreaming of becoming stars, astronauts, actors, presidents and musicians. Maybe now, doing something completely uninteresting to us, we are paying for our childish naivety?

Once upon a time in childhood, we all passed by the cleaners. But we didn't look at them. We looked only at the sky, dreaming of becoming stars, astronauts, actors, presidents and musicians. Maybe now, doing something completely uninteresting to us, we are paying for our childish naivety?

First of all, I want to say that there are no bad and good professions - such a division lives only in our heads. If a profession exists, it means that someone needs it, and there is no way to do without it.

The division of professions should be carried out only into the following two unequal groups, namely “mine” and “others”. If what you do brings you pleasure, then you have found “your” profession - your calling.

Continue to do this - let the profession “upgrade” your knowledge, control your thoughts on weekends and holidays (not to the detriment of yourself and your loved ones, of course) and every day more and more often turn your eyes to the sky, as in that distant, distant childhood.

According to my estimates, no more than 30% modern people dedicate their lives to their calling. The work activity of the rest has different shades gray: some are lighter, while others have impenetrable darkness.

Unfortunately, there is currently no universal remedy to correct this situation, because, as already mentioned, we ourselves divide work activity into prestigious and “not very prestigious”. Respectively, we ourselves become victims of our own thoughts.

Everything in society is very complicated. I would like to be a janitor: sweep the streets, remove garbage, work in the fresh air and at the same time help passers-by (give directions; transfer old women at traffic lights; clear snow from cars parked in my yard; feed feral cats and dogs, so that they who were not attacked; to amuse lonely pensioners who came out to sit on a bench, and also just communicate with people - learn news from them and share your own).

But in the current conditions, I don’t want to be a janitor, because janitors, according to society, are people of the lower class, and it prohibits them from earning a lot. In addition, according to society, janitors should not be happy: indeed, wherever you look, most of them have their own family drama. In other words, society has distorted this profession, making it a kind of doormat on which everyone wipes their feet. What can you say about doctors, teachers, drivers, postmen, housing office workers, cooks and many, many others? Is their position noticeably better than that of the wipers?

“Society... I also found the culprit!” - you exclaim and you will be right. Yes, we can say differently - that each of us, without exception, is to blame, because we ourselves allow such inequality, such hierarchy in our heads. And even if these notorious Freedom, Equality and Fraternity are around us at least ten times, while we see our world as a series of black and white - and never neutral - most janitors will still go about their business out of inevitable necessity, and not by vocation.

How to be? Give up on the imperfections of society and continue to persistently search for yourself. We can force ourselves to do something we don’t like and even endlessly convince ourselves that we can’t find anything more suitable than the job we currently have, that it’s too late to change anything, especially since there is force majeure etc.

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But the fact remains: until we find a calling, our life will not throw off the black and white prison uniform from our shoulders, and the janitors will not just clean our cars of snow in the morning and smile at us in the evenings when we return from work. Until we ourselves become happy, doing what we love, the whole world around us will seem gloomy, uninteresting, dirty and unpromising. And we will not work on its imperfections while our souls are disgusting. Meanwhile, only we must do this.

Our common calling is to change the world for the better y, but not on papers or for money - i.e. pretend, but for real – i.e. now. published