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.
GAUR GOPAL DASWhen 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.
GAUR GOPAL DASHaving a friend to listen to your problems and discuss them with you is the beginning of finding a solution.
GAUR GOPAL DASPeople who meditate develop a habit of practicing sincere gratitude which helps them in all their relationships. It is a relationship-strengthening emotion because it requires us to see how we’ve been supported and affirmed by other people.
GAUR GOPAL DASStop and reflect on your life regularly. Pressing the pause button to practise gratitude is the way to make it a constant in your life.
GAUR GOPAL DASOur relationships are stronger when they contain a spiritual component. There are three different ways to become good friends with someone.
GAUR GOPAL DASSpirituality helps develop good character. It is character that shines bright when words fail to do so.
GAUR GOPAL DASPeople with a closed mindset want to grow by beating others in their field. Open-minded people, on the other hand, grow by developing themselves.
GAUR GOPAL DASFamiliarity breeds contempt, I replied. When we are overly familiar with people, we forget how important they are to us and the correct way to behave with them.
GAUR GOPAL DASPhysical violence is inflicted with weapons, but emotional violence is inflicted with words; words can leave invisible scars that can take years, or even lifetimes, to heal.
GAUR GOPAL DASMeditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.
GAUR GOPAL DASBehind the smiles, everyone is going through personal struggles we know nothing about.
GAUR GOPAL DASThe sands of time slow for no man. Things change for better and for worse, but what we choose to perceive is up to us.
GAUR GOPAL DASWe can increase our scope of selflessness beyond our family by serving our community, city or even nation.
GAUR GOPAL DASAnyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one that finds the gold.
GAUR GOPAL DASThe first step in selflessness is to practise it with our family.
GAUR GOPAL DASWorry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
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