December, Thursday 19th., 2019
Today's Thought for the Day
19 Dec 2019
What should be our attitude when we do our work and receive its fruits? Bhagawan lovingly provides us with a barometer for self-evaluation today.
When work is undertaken with an egoistic attitude, impelled by selfish motives and inspired by hopes of self-advancement, it feeds greed and pride, envy and hatred. Then it fastens the bond and fosters the feeling of attachment to more profitable work. It promotes ingratitude to those who lent their hands and brains, and to God Himself who endowed the person with the urge and the skill. "I did it", one declares when the work succeeds and say "Others spoiled it" when it fails. Resentment, depression and despair follow when the work results in failure. The more deeply one is attached to the fruits, the more intense and painful is one's grief when one is disappointed. The only means therefore, to escape from both pride and pain is to leave the result to the Will of God, while one is happy in the thought that one has done one's duty with all the dedication and care that one is capable of.
- Divine Discourse Sep 10, 1984.