When we make God our friend, we become our own friend
We are often our worst enemies. When we get some lucky breaks, we let them slip away because of laziness, distractedness and impulsiveness. When we [...]
When the mind says our victories are too small to count, cross-question it – What other way is there to big victories
When striving for self-mastery, we sometimes succeed in taking small steps forward. For example, suppose we find it difficult to wake up early in the [...]
Learn to wonder and ponder, not wander and pander
Babies tend to wander and pander. They wander wherever they can without considering where they are going and why. They typically pander to their tongue, [...]
When we limit our challenges, we can challenge our limits
Suppose an army is fighting a multifront war against a formidable enemy. For the army to succeed or even survive, it needs to limit the [...]
Tolerance empowers us when we focus on our purposefulness, not on our powerlessness
Some people feel that tolerating makes them powerless: “If things are going wrong and I just tolerate them without doing anything about them, am I [...]
The mind burdens us and deems as burdens those who offer to relieve our burdens
Suppose someone thrusts a huge burden upon us. We’ll feel annoyed, even angered, thinking: “Why do I have to carry this?” But, if they force [...]
Tolerance empowers us when we focus on our purposefulness, not on our powerlessness
Some people feel that tolerating makes them powerless. To know more about this verse, please click on the image Explanation of article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSddd-O16Y&feature=youtu.be Podcast: [...]
The mind is a perpetual procrastinator – it postpones our resolutions to someday, then some decade and then some lifetime
Suppose we wanted to go somewhere important. If someone physically tied us up, we would struggle to break free. Yet if someone deterred us by [...]
Everything that happens may not be God’s plan, but God can make his plan work through everything that happens
When something terrible happens, we may question, “Is this God’s plan? Did God want this thing to happen?” Some people answer firmly in the affirmative, [...]
Our loudest desires won’t lead us to happiness – our deepest desires will
In a conversation, suppose one person speaks the loudest. That doesn’t make them right; the person who has given the deepest thought to the issues [...]
Trying to get even with others gets us at odds with ourselves
Whenever anyone hurts us, a natural human tendency is to want to get even with them, “The way you have hurt me, I will hurt [...]