Our relationships are stronger when they contain a spiritual component. There are three different ways to become good friends with someone.
GAUR GOPAL DASWhen things are beyond your control and there is nothing you can do,why worry?
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To accept someone when everything is going right is easy. But when things are falling apart around you and you stick together, that’s the test of a relationship. Love is when we have every reason to break up but we do not.
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Think: Is this in my control? If yes, you can do something about it. If no, then you cannot do anything about it. Therefore, in both circumstances, why worry?
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Spirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
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Behind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.
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Feeling peaceful, happy and content is not about avoiding challenges in our life, but about how we navigate through these challenges to reach the type of life we want to live.
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We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.
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Our association is powerful: it can uplift us or bring us down.
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This happens with all relationships, not just in marriages. If we are not proactive in our relationships, they start to seem dry and become cumbersome. We have to have respect for the other person, which is reflected in how sensitively we treat them.
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The paradox of our times is that those who have the most can often be the least satisfied.
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It is strange that sword and words have the same letters.
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Experience is not what happens to a man, it is what a man does with what happens to him.
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Even more strange is that they have the same effect if not handled properly.
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At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves.
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Always seeing the best in people and choosing to avoid their faults.
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When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
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