Hope Amid Hardship
Now, tolerance is sometimes misunderstood to be passivity. But the Gita is not talking about tolerance in those terms. For example, the Gita tells Arjuna [...]
Now, tolerance is sometimes misunderstood to be passivity. But the Gita is not talking about tolerance in those terms. For example, the Gita tells Arjuna [...]
Attachment to happiness is often the greatest obstacle to happiness. To be happy, be ready to be unhappy. We all long for happiness, but often [...]
Fear not the promises that we think we can't keep. Focus on the promises that God makes that he can keep and that he can [...]
Even if we can't stop temptation from coming to us, we can still stop ourselves from going to temptation. We live in a temptation-filled world, [...]
Humility does not require us to deny or downplay our ability. It just requires that we don't let our ability overshadow our humanity or our [...]
The insecure mind sees discouragement even amid encouragement; The secure mind sees encouragement even amid discouragement. Life is always a mixed bag. Some things in [...]
God may be invisible to us, but we are never invisible to Him. When we are struggling with challenges in our life, we feel alone [...]
We are never good enough for God, and yet we are always good enough for God. We are never good enough for God in the [...]
While we are waiting for God's blessings, God is waiting for us to become ready for His blessings. Many times a child may want a [...]
We don't need to become good to come to God. We need to come to God to become good. Sometimes we may stay away from [...]
How much we improve depends not on how much we know but on how much we are ready to say no. Many times, to improve [...]
To get the will to say no to something, focus on the thing that we are saying yes to. Whenever we have to say no [...]
How we are saying no, even when we aren't saying no? Saying no is difficult, whether it is to some person who is asking us [...]
God does not come from our imagination; our imagination comes from God, and it can take us to God as well as away from God. [...]
Miracles are not against science; they are above science. Every theistic tradition has accounts of miracles performed by God, wherein actions are done that seem [...]
We worry not because we have too little faith in God, but because we have too much faith in our fears. Whenever we worry, especially [...]
When cheating is not cheating, cheating is cheating when you do it, but cheating is not cheating when I do it. Such is the mentality [...]
Outreach, in any form, compels us to become conscious of something beyond ourselves. At times, we may think, "I want to speak the best possible [...]
We all have our projects, ambitions, and dreams. We work on them, pray for them, and sometimes engage in them as a service to God, [...]
Don't limit God with your dreams. While we all aspire to create a better life, there are times when our dreams remain unfulfilled despite our [...]
Does faith mean accepting without understanding? Not at all. Faith means accepting that some things are beyond our understanding, not that we accept all things [...]