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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The mind is a perpetual procrastinator – it postpones our resolutions to someday then some decade and then some lifetime Suppose we wanted to go [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Be not self-seeking be seekers of the self Self-seeking people care for their own pleasures, without caring for anyone else. Such people can’t be seekers [...]
Devotion commences when God becomes our guide and culminates when he becomes our goal To embark on any journey, we need to know the starting [...]
A God who pretended we had no shortcomings would be a God who did not take our potential seriously Suppose a coach tells a trainee-athlete, [...]
Addiction is an abductor who extorts ever-increasing ransom but never releases Suppose an abductor abducts a child and demands a huge ransom from the parents. [...]
Complaining is no one’s birthright – and it has made no one’s birth right Some people are chronic complainers. They self-righteously justify their negativity, irritability [...]
If we are grateful when ability manifests through us we can be graceful when it doesn’t Amid life’s challenges, we all look for some ability [...]
God is always ready to work with us are we ready to work with him? Suppose a reputed coach, who has helped many athletes excel, [...]
When you feel like giving up start looking up – not sentimentally but spiritually When life seems overwhelming, we may feel like giving up. As [...]
History and memory are both records of the past. Yet they can differ significantly. Let’s see how. Everything in history is not in memory: Because [...]
Life is tough. The difficulties that befall us can be morale-sapping. One thing that inspires us to persevere is stories of people overcoming challenges. Their [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 11.34 droṇaṁ ca bhīṣmaṁ [...]
