2.24 How to deal with despair

Have you ever felt so low that you thought, “Nothing I do will change anything”?

Fight that thought. Are you really powerless?

Can you not make your bad situation worse?

Yes, you can. That means you have the power to change your situation—

and you can use it to make things better.

Emphasizing the inalienable power at our core,

the Bhagavad Gita (2.24) assures us that we are indestructible souls—

no pain, no loss, no failure can destroy who we truly are.

Life may put us in a position of despair,

but we can choose our disposition—

and that choice determines whether we stay there or rise from there.

Have the disposition:

“The world may make my life worse,

but I’ll strive to make my life—and my world—better.”

Focus not on what’s gone wrong;

focus on what’s still in your hands.

Even in the darkest situations,

choose purpose over paralysis,

direction over dejection.

Then you will not only survive the lows of life,

but also thrive when the highs return.