Surprise gifts: Delighted or disoriented? When a surprise is truly surprising, appreciate the fact that it is surprising, not the fact that it is disorienting. Whenever someone says that they have a surprise for us, quite often our mind starts guessing what that surprise might be. And when it turns out to be unexpected, that can be pleasant. But sometimes the unexpected may be so unexpected that we become disoriented. And that may lead us to react in ways that can disappoint and hurt the person who arranged the surprise for us. The strength of our character is seen in maintaining our manners – and being polite and appreciative when somebody has done something for us, even if it is not exactly the way we would have wanted it to be.

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17.15 Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature.