The only person who can make our life better is we ourselves. Kind-hearted people can provide us opportunities to make our life better. God can provide us not just the external opportunities but also the inner strength by which we can make our life better. But ultimately it is for us to utilize those opportunities externally and the strength internally to actually make our life better. That is why the Bhagavad Gita in 6.5 states that it is for us to ensure that we elevate ourselves with ourselves and not degrade ourselves with ourselves. When we understand that the responsibility for a better life rests squarely on us, that is when we can become truly empowered.

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06.05 One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.