What should be our approach to tribulations and challenges in life?
"Welcome all the blows of fate, all the misfortunes and miseries, as gold welcomes the crucible, the hammer, and the anvil, in order to get shaped into a jewel. Or as the cane welcomes the chopper, the crusher, the boiler, the pan, the sprayer and the dryer, so that its sweetness may be preserved and used as sugar by all.
The Pandavas never demurred when disasters fell thick upon them. They were happy that they helped them to remember Krishna and call upon Him.
Bhishma was in tears on the bed of arrows when he was about to pass away. Arjuna asked him why, and he replied, “I am shedding tears because the miseries undergone by the Pandavas pass through my mind.”
Then he said, “This is done in order to teach the Kaliyuga (the era we are now in) a lesson: never seek power, position, or pelf but submit to the Will of God in a completely resigned way, so that you may be ever happy and unmoved.” "
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse, Sep 08, 1963)
God will foster you from within you, just as He has saved and fostered so many saints who have placed faith in Him. - BABA
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